Notices, News, and Updates
All News and Updates
May 2024
SelectHealth: Enhance STI Awareness With Screenings and Education
We need your assistance to best help those at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). When you complete an STI screening, especially with a patient in SelectHealth from VNS Health, we ask that you document both screening and treatments in their medical records.
May 2024
Document Cancer Screenings for Your Patients
We need your help to ensure patients at risk for cancer are getting the support they need from us. When you conduct cancer screenings for your patients, please document both screenings and any treatments in their medical records.
May 2024
How to Request Authorizations on the VNS Health Provider Portal
Easily submit a new authorization by logging into our provider portal and clicking on the authorizations tab in the left-hand navigation, then selecting the button at the bottom of the page.
May 2024
Help Us Enhance Patient Access
VNS Health Medicare is now available in Albany, Rensselaer, and Schenectady counties, and as of May 1 2024, our MLTC service area expanded to include Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming counties.
May 2024
Medicare Patients May Be Surveyed About the Care You Provide
From July 2024 to November 2024, the Centers for Medicare, and Medicaid Services (CMS) is mailing out the Health Outcomes Survey (HOS) survey to some members of the VNS Health Medicare plans.
January 2024
Covid-19 Billing Guidance & Contact Request
Billing guidelines can be found at this location: https://health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/covid19/guidance/billing_guidance.htm
January 2024
SelectHealth from VNS Health Coverage of Drugs Provided as Part of a Medical Visit/Incidental to Medical Visit
For drugs provided as part of a medical visit or incidental to a medical visit, Providers may bill covered drugs via the applicable J-Code and will be reimbursed based on the applicable drug fee schedule.
January 2024
Providing Services for Children/Youth in Foster Care
As a SelectHealth from VNS Health network provider, you may find yourself in a position to provide trauma-informed care to Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) enrolled children/youth in direct placement foster care and in the care of Voluntary Foster Care Agencies (VFCAs).
January 2024
Vaccine Billing Guidance & Contact Request
Billing guidelines can be found at this location: https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/program/phar_immun_fact.htm