Notices
Provider Notifications are designed to furnish you with any new or important communications from Mercy Care in order to assure you have the most up to date information from us.
Our Claims Processing Manual is located on our Claims Information web page. Many of our previously listed provider notifications are related to claims processing and have been incorporated into our Claims Processing Manual.
Please use the below boxes to review important information and current provider notifications.
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Long Term Care Current Notices
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- EPSDT Standards and Tracking Forms Date: 5/20/2019
- Update: AHCCCS Electronic Visit Verification Provider Survey-Due Date: 5/28/2019 NEW
- Pharmacy Changes Effective May 1, 2019 NEW
- UPDATE: AHCCCS Electronic Visit Verification Provider Survey Date: 05/03/19 NEW
- AHCCCS Electronic Visit Verification Provider Survey Date: 04/24/2019 NEW
- Non-Emergency Transportation - trips over 100 miles and multi-leg trips Date: 04/15/2019 NEW
- Q&A for Optum Care Termination Date: 04/12/2019
- Mercy Care wins statewide BH/PH Integrated DDD contract Date: 04/03/19 NEW
- Optum Care Termination April 30, 2019 Date: 3/29/19 NEW
- Implementation date change - Notification of change to inpatient claim submission requirements Date: 3/28/19 NEW
- Acute Skilled Nursing Facility authorization process change Date: 3/19/19 NEW
- Online Provider Directory accuracy Date: 3/19/19 NEW
- Public Health Agencies announced confirmed measles case in Pima County Date: 3/18/19 NEW
- Addressing the increase of Syphilis in Arizona Date: 2/9/19 NEW
- Notification of Change to Inpatient Submission Requirements Date: 1/30/19 NEW
- Member Handbook Updates Date:1/17/2019 NEW
- Billing Mercy Care Advantage and Mercy Care members for non-covered services Date:1/17/2019 NEW
- AHCCCS Fee-For-Service (FFS) rates for HCBS and Nursing Facilities Date: 1/10/2019 NEW
- Effective approach to submit attachments to claim resubmissions Date: 12/19/2018 NEW
- Split-billing - non-emergency transportation Document Date: 12/19/2018 NEW
- Arizona State Immunization Information System (ASIIS) Document Date: 12/18/2018 NEW
- Services Allowed in Place of Service 03 - School Document Date: 12/12/2018 NEW
- Dual eligibility - MCA cost sharing and coordination of benefits Document Date: 11/30/2018 NEW
- Action Alert - Impending opioid e-prescribing mandate guidance Document Date: 10/16/2018 NEW
- AHCCCS Complete Care message Document Date: 09/14/2018 NEW
- Alternative non-emergency transportation billing Document Date: 10/31/2018 NEW
- Behavioral health inpatient admission triage line change Document Date: 09/14/18 NEW
- Consolidation of Site IDs and Health Plan IDs Document Date: 10/18/2018 NEW
- Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) - Contact Information Change Document Date: 10/02/2018 NEW
- Formulary Change Effective 7/1/18 for Mercy Care Opens In New Window Document Date: 06/29/2018
- FY19 Substance abuse block grant allocations received Document Date: 09/14/2018 NEW
- Gabapentin abuse Document Date: 07/27/2018
- Important provider notice regarding AHCCCS eligibility and enrollment Opens In New Window Document Date: 09/24/2018 NEW
- Lorry Bottrill - President and CEO of Mercy Care Document Date: 10/08/2018 NEW
- Mercy Care Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) service providers Document Date: 10/04/2018 NEW
- Mercy Care Long Term Care rate increases effective 10/1/2018 Document Date: 10/01/2018 NEW
- Obstetric Billing Document Date: 10/18/2018 NEW
- Pharmacy is offering electronic prior authorization (ePA) Document Date: 11/02/2018 NEW
- Pima County provider services after 10/01/2018 Document Date: 10/31/2018 NEW
- Prior authorization change Document Date: 09/25/2018 NEW
- Provider Manual Updates - July 2018 Opens In New Window Document Date: 07/02/2018
- Secure Web Portal - submitting attachments Document Date: 07/10/2018
- Substance use treatment dollars available for non-Medicaid members Document Date: 09/14/2018 NEW
- Synagis - Information for 2018-2019 Document Date: 10/10/2018 NEW
- Vaccine for Children re-enrollment by June 30, 2018 Document Date: 06/08/2018
- Welcome to Mercy Care! Document Date: 07/01/2018
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Long Term Care Archived Notifications
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- Arizona State Immunization Information System (ASIIS) Document Date: 12/12/2018 NEW
- 2017 AHCCCS Provider Survey Document Date: 12/04/2017
- 5-day supply limit of prescription opioid medications Document Date: 11/27/2017
- AHCCCS Complete Care award Document Date: 05/03/2018
- Behavioral health treatments by PCPs Document Date: 04/30/2018
- Change in prior authorization requirements Document Date: 01/12/2018
- Discarded physician-administered medications Document Date: 01/18/2018
- Infusion network change Document Date: 03/02/2018
- Non-emergency transportation program integrity review update Document Date: 04/03/2018
- Non-emergent transportation - documentation required for trips 100 miles or more Document Date: 01/10/2018
- Oxycontin formulary removal effective 1/1/2018 Opens In New Window Document Date: 11/27/2017
- Parsabiv and Sensipar - approval for renal dialysis services Document Date: 01/05/2018
- Post Office box change for refunds Document Date: 02/01/2018
- Smoke-free HUD public housing policy Document Date: 02/22/2018
- Social Determinants of Health - NORC study Document Date: 03/09/2018
- Use of Social Determinants of health codes for member outcomes update Document Date: 02/08/2018
- Void Request Document Date: 04/06/2018
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Long Term Care AHCCCS Minimum Subcontract Provisions
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- Mercy Care Minimum Subcontract Provisions Effective 10/01/2017
- Mercy Care Minimum Subcontract Provisions Effective 10/01/2016
- Mercy Care Minimum Subcontract Provisions Effective 07/01/2016