Please follow the link for the Shoppers Guide that has been developed by the AAP to assist Pediatric Providers in finding an EHR/EMR system.

This is an introduction to All Magazines Subscription Agency for Novation members.  AMSA has been serving Novation members since May 2007 offering their members discounted pricing for their reception room magazine subscriptions.

Please find an updated price list for your review here.  Novation members may take an additional 35% off of the reception room rates (**excluded).  Thousands of titles are available so please call for pricing for a title not listed.

We look forward to the possibility of managing your subscriptions for you.  Please contact me should you have any questions or concerns or would like to order your magazines through AMSA!

Julie Goga
AMSA Marketing
julie@allmags.com
Phone 1.800.852.9264
Fax 1.800.852.9268
www.allmags.com

Please be advised of the following pricing changes in accordance with the terms and conditions of the GSK agreements. 

Review the Notification and the Pricing documents provided by Child Health Advantage and GSK. 

These changes will become effective April 1, 2013.

Click here to view an educational video for parents by About  Kids Health.  It describes the use of a variety of interventions for managing infant pain during immunizations.

Fit Families for Life - Be in Charge! Weight Control Program

Click here for complete Health Net Provider Update regarding Be in Charge! Weight Control Program.

New Claims Coding Edits effective January 1, 2013.

Click here for complete Health Net Provider Update regarding New Claims Coding Edits

In an effort to communicate more effectively and in a more timely fashion, ChildNet Medical Associates (“ChildNet”) Board of Directors has amended the corporate bylaws to allow for electronic communication from the corporation to Shareholders and vice-versa.

The Consent to Electronic Communication may be printed, signed and returned to ChildNet in order to permit Shareholders to receive all communications by way of electronic (i.e., e-mail) correspondence regarding the corporations meeting notices and election materials, in lieu of paper correspondence.

Once submitted, the Consent form will remain in effect until withdrawn in writing. Each Shareholder may request non-electronic or paper notices of meetings or election materials to be mailed to the address on file with ChildNet and may rescind the Consent form by contacting ChildNet.

Sanofi Pasteur is temporarily limiting orders of both Pentacel and Daptacel. Please review the Announcement for additonal information. 

GSK has updated their vaccine pricing for ChildNet members who participate in the ChildNet/CHA agreement. If your practice utilizes GSK vaccines, please contact ChildNet Medical Associates at 559-353-5044 or childnet@childrenscentralcal.org for the most recent update.

Three new video modules from the AMA show physicians how completing practice workflow analyses can increase quality of care and safety, mean more time spent with patients and possibly increase revenue.

The online tutorials, available for continuing medical education (CME) credit, provide information to physicians about the link between workflow redesign and the effective use of health information technology (IT). The short videos help physicians and practice staff in small practices make decisions regarding health IT.

The seven-minute-long videos cover:

•Electronic prescribing.
•Pre-visit planning.
•Point-of-care documentation.

The videos cover the benefits and processes involved in installing an ePrescribing system and how pre-visit planning can save time and money and help you improve the service you provide to your complex, high-utilization patients. They also show how point-of-care documentation yields time savings for physicians, patients and practice operations. Physicians and patients have more time to engage and document shared care plan decisions.

"Physician practices may need to redesign and reorganize their office routines so that they can successfully and efficiently adopt health IT," said AMA President Peter W. Carmel, MD. "The AMA created these tutorials to help physicians understand how to best implement new technologies, such as ePrescribing, into their practices."

The modules were created by the AMA and TransforMED, a nonprofit subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians. These activities have been certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. View the tutorials.

Providers can now view the member's current assigned participating medical group when looking up eligibility online.

Blue Cross Notice

The Board of Trustees along with President and CEO Mark Wietecha are excited to share the merged organization of former CHCA, NACHRI and N.A.C.H. has a new name, logo and mission. Our new identity solidifies our forward vision as a single organization, with one voice and a common purpose.

Announcement

Fluvirin is available to order for the 2012-2013 Influenza Season.

• ChildNet Members can take advantage of discounted pricing on Fluvirin, as well as Menveo, RabAvert and Ixiaro. To find out more visit Child Helath Advantage at: http://www.childhealthadvantage.com/vaccines/Novartis.aspx
• To order vaccines visit Novartis Direct at https://www.novartisvaccinesdirect.com/Index

CMS has expanded and enhanced their online presence at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by debuting a new look and feel for CMS.gov, and launching a brand-new site for the Medicaid program, Medicaid.gov, as well as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. To see the new sites follow the links below.

• CMS: http://www.cms.gov/
• MediCaid: http://www.medicaid.gov/
• CMS Innovation: http://www.innovations.cms.gov/

Updates for December

• Injectible Medication HCPCS/DOFR Crosswalk Reference Table Updated (12/5/11)
• Medical Policies - Third Quarter 2011 (12/8/11)
• HIPAA 5010 Claim Standards Require Street Address for Billing Provider Address (12/21/11)   

* To access updates from Health Net, please follow link - https://www.healthnet.com/portal/home.do. Once on the HealthNet site, select "I'm a Provider" and choose California. Log in to My Health Net. Choose Provide Library, when Select Provider Library page loads click go on the bottom. On the left side of the PPG...Library page select Updates and Letters. All Health Net provider updates for 2011 and prior are available to view.