Bulletins and Newsletters
Review these bulletins to stay up to date on news, policy changes, and other issues important to your practice.
For Medical Policies, Medical Benefit Drug Policies, Coverage Determination Guidelines, Utilization Review Guidelines and corresponding update bulletins for UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, visit the Policies and Protocols section.
Visit the Payment Policy Notifications page to view updates.
A Team Approach to Managing Members with Diabetes
Caring for people with diabetes is a team effort for everyone involved in their care.
A Reminder About Our Satisfaction Survey
Keep an eye out for the Physician Satisfaction Survey.
Appointment Availability Standards
As a reminder, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan has appointment availability requirements for primary care providers (PCPs) and specialists.
Breast Cancer Screening
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) measures can help enhance quality of care by identifying ways to support preventive care.
Get Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Mississippi promotes the use of nationally recognized evidence-based clinical guidelines to support care providers in making decisions about health care.
UnitedHealthcare Dual Complete: Mississippi Members Matched with a Navigator
The UnitedHealthcare Dual Complete® plan will now pair our members with a Navigator.
New, Streamlined Link Experience Launching in July
You spoke and we listened! In response to user feedback where you let us know that Link tiles take up too much space on your screen and are difficult to navigate, we’re launching a new digital experience in phases.
Current News, Bulletins and Alerts
- 10.21.2020 - 2020 MS DOM Provider Workshop
- 09.29.2020 - New Inappropriate Primary Diagnosis Facility Policy - Effective Nov. 1, 2020
- 04.24.2020 - New Obstetrical Ultrasound Policy - Effective June 1, 2020
- 04.24.2020 - New Vitamin D Policy - Effective June 1, 2020
- 04.24.2020 - New Respiratory Viral Panel Testing Policy - Effective June 1, 2020
- 04.01.2020 - Site of Service FAQs
- 03.12.2020 - 2nd Quarter 2020 Preferred Drug List Update
- 02.12.2020 - DUR Educational Newsletter: Respiratory Therapy
- 01.02.2020 - FAQ for Speech-Language Pathology Services & Prior Authorization
- 08.16.2019 - DUR Educational Newsletter: Opioid and Buprenorphine Use for Treating Opioid Use Disorder
- 07.02.2019 - Update to MSCAN Enhanced PCP Reimbursement Effective July 1, 2019
- 06.01.2019 - Update Emergency Department Facility Coding Reimbursement Policy Effective July, 1 2019
- 05.02.2019 - Update to Procedure to Modifier Policy for “Always Therapy” Codes Effective July 1, 2019
- 02.12.2019 - Notice of Payment Methodology Change Effective July 2018 (MississippiCAN only)
- 11.01.2018 - Update to Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction Policy
- 09.04.2018 - New Claim Edits to Help Verify Medicaid Participation