Provider Connection Archives
2020
- COVID-19 Coverage
- ECHO Update
- Department of Labor & Industery (DLI) Fee Schedule Update 2020
- Highlighting, Time Codes and Submitting Medical Records
- Save the Date - 2021 Medical Conference
- 2020 MTWCC 4 WCC No. 2017-4143 MICHAEL NEISINGER Petitioner vs. NEW HAMPSHIRE INS. CO. Respondent/Insurer
2019
- Medical Management Responsibilities of the Treating Physician/PCP Role
- Rising Medical Solutions/ECHO/Crefuns
- IME News - Catherine Heffernan vs. Safety National Casualty Corp.
- Evaluation and Management – Time
- 19th Annual Medical Conference Follow Up
- 2019 MTWCC 2; WCC No. 2018-4207 Everett Pate v. Montana State Fund
- Medical Billing
- Medical Bill Coding
- Workers’ Compensation Drug Formulary
2018
- New Medical Bill & Payment Vendor
- State Adopts Drug Formulary For Workers’ Compensation System
- National Provider Identifier (NPI)
- Save The Date: Medical Conference 2019
- TROY W. WESTRE v. LIBERTY NORTHWEST INS. CORP.
- New Medical Bill and Payment Vendor Coming
- 18th Annual Medical Conference Follow Up
- Michael Neisinger v. New Hampshire Ins. Co.
- Physical Rehabilitation
- ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes
- Department of Labor & Industry Fee Schedule Updates
- Bill Status/Billing Changes/Resubmissions
- Register for Medical Conference Today
- Medical Review Status
- Please Complete ICD-10
- Resubmissions/Corrections/Records
- No Highlighters Please
- Stress Claims. Yarborough vs. Montana Municipal Insurance Authority
2017
- Medical Bill Review Services
- Save The Date - 18th Annual Medical Conference
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Bill Status/Billing Changes/Resubmissions
- Independent Medical Evaluations (IME’s)
- Kenneth Devers v. Montana State Fund
- Department of Labor & Industry Updates Fee Schedules (Aug 2017)
- Bill Status/Billing Changes/Resubmissions (Aug 2017)
- Physical/Occupational and Chiro Therapy (Aug 2017)
- 2017 Medical Conference A Success (Aug 2017)
- Express Scripts Acquires myMatrixx (Aug 2017)
- ACS Has Changed Their Name & Contact Info (Aug 2017)
- Floyd vs Zurich American Insurance CO. of Illinois (Aug 2017)
- Register for Medical Conference
- Mid Level Provider Information
- New Online Payment Option
- Murphy v WestRock
- Update Your Records: ACS Has Changed To “Conduent”
- New Evaluation Codes for Physical Medicine
- Physical Medicine– Active/Passive
- Rebilling
- Changing Codes
- Need Complete ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes
- The Usual Stuff
- Dennis Barnhart v. Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation
- Thank You For Supporting Medical Conference
2016
- 5 Year Medical Closure
- Provider Billing Update
- The Usual Stuff!
- 16th Annual Medical Conference Slated for November 4, 2016
- Medical Provider Satisfaction Survey
- MSF Medical Staff Welcomes New Staff
- Lockhart Liens
- Outpatient Hospital Physical Therapy Services
- Clean Claim
- Evaluation & Management Services
- Non-Patient Hospital Outpatient Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Payment and Billing – New Guidance
- Bill Status
- Reconsideration (Re-eval) Process
- ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes
- Provider Based Clinic Visits Guidance/Clarification
2015
- Looking Forward to Working With You in 2016
- Save the Date! Montana State Fund’s 16th Annual Medical Conference
- Evaluation and Management (E/M) Revisited
- MSF Reimbursement for Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- MSF's Regulatory Oversight to Change on January 1, 2016
- Fee Schedule Changes Coming in July
- Evaluation and Management
- Incomplete ICD-9 codes
- Hold the Sticky Notes and Highlighters
- Billing and Coding Clarifications
- Morphine Equivalent Dosing Letter – MT001
- Payment and Billing Questions
- Provider Portal Resource
- Save the Date - MSF Medical Conference
- ICD-10 Implementation
- Save the Date - Workers' Compensation Training
- Meet Our New Medical Team Leader
- Welcome New Provider Relations Specialist
- MSF Medical Customer Service Liaisons
2014
- Welcome New Medical Customer Service Liaisons
- Free Return to Work Webinar - December 4, 2014
- Incorrect Payment Received?
- Getting those ICD-9 Codes Correct
- Does a New Injury Translate to New Patient?
- MT001: How To Correctly Bill Using This Code
- Critical Access Hospitals and Type of Bill 85X
- Independent Medical Evaluation/Impairment Rating
- Laboratory Services in Outpatient Hospital Setting
- Physical Therapy in the Outpatient Hospital Setting
- APC Status Indicator (SI) Changes
- Coding Updates
- Evaluation and Management (E/M) Audit
- Corrected Billing
- Save the Dates: Upcoming MSF Webinar and Medical Conference
- Provider Relations Specialist
- Provider Based Clinics
- Physician Owned Facilities
- New Proposed Rules and Rates on the Horizon From Department of Labor
- ICD-10 UPDATES
- Medical Bill Payment
- Know the Code - MT001
- Medical Office Professional Meeting
- Treatment Guidelines
- Billing Updates
- Millennium Urine Drug Testing Contract
- Check Your Montana State Fund FAX #
- Express Scripts Physician Outreach Program – Morphine Equivalent Dose (MED)
- Welcome New Provider Relations Specialist
- Revised Medical Status Form
- Physical Therapy Changes Effective 7/1/13
2013
- Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) Adopts New Rules
- 2013 Medical Conference
- Training for Medical Office Professionals and Providers
- Provider Resources On Our Website
- Contact Information and Reminders
- Clean Claim and Corrected Billing
- U & T Guidelines: Physical Therapy - When the Threshold is Not Enough
- Designated Treating Provider/Worker Status Form
- Drug Registry
- ICD-10
- Save the Date- April 2, 2013
- Bill Payment Status
2012
- Clean Claim Revisited
- CPT Codes for Massage Therapists
- Prolonged Service Codes
- Implant Invoices - What to Submit
- To Highlight or Not to Highlight
- G-Codes vs HCPS/CPT
- Conscious Sedation - What You Need to Document
- Reconsideration/Re-Evaluation Results
- Call for Billing Status
- 2012 Medical Conference
2011
- Changes on the Horizon for Medical Bill Processing and Payment
- Billing Re-Evaluation or Reconsideration Requests
- "Clean Claim" Defined
- Utilization and Treatment Guidelines
- Passage of House Bill 334
- NPI Revisited
- Supplies/DME/Equipment
- CCI versus Specialty Edits
- Fall Medical Conference
- Re-evaluation/Reconsideration Requests and Payment Status
- Legislative Updates
- Coding 101
- Medical Decision Making
- New Pharmacy Benefit Manager
- The Usual stuff
2010
- The Big Move!
- Massage Therapy to Gain Licensure in Montana
- Prolonged E/M Service Codes and Non-Treating Impairment Ratings
- Radiology Revisited
- Non-Facility Fee Schedule
- 2010 Coding Changes
- Billing Reminders
2009
- Montana Facility Fee Schedule
- HB119
- Gentle Reminders to Get Your Bills Paid on Time — THE FIRST TIME!!!
- MSF Medical Conference
- New Year, New Fee Schedule
- Billing Reminders for the New Year
2008
- Facility fee schedule delayed!
- New phone greeting system at MSF
- Impairment ratings 101 an impairment rating refresher
- 2008 Medical Conference Mark your calendars!
- Out with the Old
- UB04 Documentation Requirements
- Pharmacy Benefit Manager