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.
Mercy Care publishes provider notices with up-to-the-minute information you may need to know from our regulators, new coding/claims processing rules or any other new plan information. Our goal is to keep you as well informed about our plan as possible. You can receive provider notices directly via email. Click here to sign up for our mailing list.
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Mercy RBHA Current Notices
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- Provider Types 77, IC and 05 - new provider billing requirements Document Date: 08/14/2019 NEW
- AzAHP Forms for Credentialing Document Date: 08/12/2019 NEW
- Monitoring parameters for Behavioral Health medication Document Date: 08/08/2019 NEW
- Mercy Care methodology for Behavioral Health intake medical records Document Date: 08/08/2019 NEW
- Interpretation services completed in a physician's office Document Date: 08/08/2019 NEW
- Prescription for Change Opioid Conference Document Date: 08/08/2019 NEW
- Oxford House offering NEW sober living options in Maricopa County Document Date: 08/06/2019 NEW
- Appropriate billing for T1016 - Case Management - Revised Document Date: 08/06/2019 NEW
- American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) CONTINUUM Tool Document Date: 08/05/2019 NEW
- Allergy Services Document Date: 08/02/2019 NEW
- Enhanced Clinical Editing Process Document Date: 07/23/2019 NEW
- Prior Authorization Required for Specific J Codes 7/18/19 NEW
- Behavioral Health Residential Facility Requirements Document Date: 07/11/2019 NEW
- Home Visit Resources in Arizona Document Date: 07/11/2019 NEW
- New Reference Material Updates - Crisis/State-Only Membership Services Online and Non-Title Enrollment Date: 6/14/2019 NEW
- Notification of admissions at Sub-Acute facility Date: 6/13/2019 NEW
- Health Advisory – Hepatitis A in Arizona Provider Notification from ADHS Date: 6/13/2019 NEW
- HCPCS H0038-GT performed in a Telehealth location Date: 6/7/2019 NEW
- AHCCCS Medical Coding Resources Date: 6/7/2019 NEW
- Prior Authorization for Residential Substance Abuse for Adults Date: 6/7/2019 NEW
- Timely filing reduction Date: 5/28/2019
- EPSDT Standards and Tracking Forms Date: 5/20/2019
- Update: AHCCCS Electronic Visit Verification Provider Survey-Due Date: 5/28/2019
- Pharmacy Changes Effective May 1, 2019
- UPDATE: AHCCCS Electronic Visit Verification Provider Survey Date: 05/03/19
- Mandatory use of OPI or VRI for interpretation sessions one hour or less Date: 05/03/19
- Non-Emergency Transportation - trips over 100 miles and multi-leg trips Date: 04/15/19
- Mercy Care wins statewide BH/PH Integrated DDD contract Date: 04/03/19
- New Mental Health Block Grant (UB) modifier available for immediate use Date: 04/03/19
- Implementation date change - Notification of change to inpatient claim submission requirements Date: 3/28/19
- Provider referral hold process Date: 3/28/19
- Acute Skilled Nursing Facility authorization process change Date: 3/19/19
- Online Provider Directory accuracy Date: 3/19/19
- Public Health Agencies announced confirmed measles case in Pima County Date: 3/18/19
- Addressing the increase of Syphilis in Arizona Date: 2/9/19
- Mesa Behavioral Health Specialty Clinic Date: 2/8/19
- Notification of Change to Inpatient Submission Requirements Date: 1/30/19
- eviCore healthcare to authorize high-tech radiology and pain management for Mercy Care RBHA Date: 1/28/19
- Comprehensive Claims Report (CCR) and Non-Duplicate Denial Report eliminated Date: 1/24/19
- Member Handbook Updates Date:1/17/2019
- Billing Mercy Care Advantage and Mercy Care members for non-covered services Date:1/17/2019
- Access to Care Provider Deliverable Discontinued Date: 1/4/2019
- Effective approach to submit attachments to claim resubmissions Date: 12/19/2018
- Behavioral Health Residential Facility (BHRF) and HCTC provider documentation and billing Date: 12/19/2018
- Split-billing - non-emergency transportation Document Date: 12/19/2018
- Arizona State Immunization Information System (ASIIS) Document Date: 12/18/2018
- Services Allowed in Place of Service 03 - School Document Date: 12/12/2018
- Flex Care Program Change - supported housing fees Document Date: 12/5/2018
- Dual eligibility - MCA cost sharing and coordination of benefits Document Date: 11/30/2018
- Coordination of Care between ACC and RBHA Grants Document Date: 11/16/2018
- AHCCCS Special Assistance Portal Document Date: 11/16/2018
- Action Alert - Impending opioid e-presccribing mandate guidance Document Date: 10/16/2018
- AHCCCS Complete Care award Document Date: 05/03/2018
- AHCCCS Complete Care message Document Date: 09/14/2018
- Akorbi interpretation services Document Date: 10/04/2018
- Alternative non-emergency transportation billing Document Date: 10/31/2018
- ALTA Language Test - staffing proficiency score change Document Date: 06/08/2018
- Behavioral health inpatient admission triage line change Doducment Date: 09/14/2018
- Behavioral health residential facility room and board limitation Document Date: 05/16/2018
- Buprenorphine/naloxone, oral - corrected notification Document Date: 05/08/2018
- Change in prior authorization requirements Document Date: 01/12/2018
- Change in location for SMI Clinic Document Date: 07/27/2018
- Consolidation of Site IDs and Health Plan IDs Document Date: 10/18/2018
- Crisis/State-Only Membership Document Date: 11/21/2018
- Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) - Contact Information Change Document Date: 10/02/2018
- Formulary change effective July 1, 2018 Document Date: 06/29/2018
- FY19 Mental Health Block Grant Funds allocated Document Date: 10/08/2018
- FY19 Substance abuse block grant allocations received Document Date: 09/14/2018
- Gabapentin abuse Document Date: 07/27/2018
- Important provider notice regarding AHCCCS eligibility and enrollment Document Date: 09/19/2018
- Inpatient hospital payment methodology Document Date: 08/23/2018
- Integrated Care Clinics - VBP Differential Adjusted Rate Reminder Document Date: 08/02/2018
- Lorry Bottrill - President and CEO of Mercy Care Document Date: 10/08/2018
- Making it Home initiative Document Date: 08/03/2018
- Mercy Care Housing Department Application Submission Change Document Date: 08/21/2018
- Mercy Care Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) service providers Document Date: 10/04/2018
- Mercy Care relocation Document Date: 09/28/2018
- Non-emergency transportation program integrity review update Document Date: 08/16/2018
- Non-Title enrollment transition effective August 2018 Document Date: 07/25/2018
- Obstetric Billing Document Date: 10/18/2018
- Pharmacy is offering electronic prior authorization (ePA) Document Date: 11/02/2018
- Pima County provider services after 10/01/2018 Document Date: 10/31/2018
- Prior authorization change Document Date: 09/25/2018
- Provider Manual Updates - July 2018 Document Date: 07/02/2018
- Secure Web Portal - submitting attachments Document Date: 07/10/2018
- Special treatment plan for forced administration of medication Document Date: 05/24/2018
- Substance use treatment dollars available for non-Medicaid members Document Date: 09/14/2018
- Transitional Living and Planning (TLP) Program Change Document Date: 08/24/2018
- Vaccine for Children re-enrollment by June 30, 2018 Document Date: 06/08/2018
- Video Remote Interpreting or Over the Phone Interpreting Document Date: 07/27/2018
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Mercy RBHA Archived Notices
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- 2017 AHCCCS Provider Survey Document Date: 12/04/2017
- 5-day supply limit of prescription opioid medications Document Date: 11/27/2017
- A new expansion clinic offers more member choice Document Date: 12/11/2017
- Behavioral Health Residential Facility (BHRF) provider documentation Document Date: 02/09/2018
- Behavioral health treatments by PCPs Document Date: 04/30/2018
- Demographic and Outcome Data Set Transition Document Date: 02/27/2018
- Discarded physician-administered medications Document Date: 01/18/2018
- Electronic visit verification Document Date: 02/27/2018
- Infusion network change Document Date: 03/02/2018
- Jacob's Law (ACOM 449) applies to CMDP-enrolled children and those who are adopted Document Date: 12/21/2017
- New Notification of member in need of special assistance form Document Date: 03/15/2018
- Non-emergent transportation documentation required for tripps 100 miles or more Document Date: 01/10/2018
- Notice of Adverse Benefit Determination Document Date: 01/30/2018
- Oxycontin formulary removal effective 1/1/2018 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
- Provider deliverable file naming Document Date: 02/13/2018
- Seclusion and Restraint reporting for Mercy Care Plan and Mercy Maricopa Document Date: 12/1/2017
- Smoke-free HUD public housing policy Document Date: 02/22/2018
- Social Determinants of Health - NORC study Document Date: 03/09/2018
- Southwest Network transition Document Date: 05/16/2018
- Use of Social Determinants of health codes for member outcomes update Document Date: 02/08/2018
- Void Requests Document Date: 04/06/2018
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Mercy RBHA AHCCCS Minimum Subcontract Provisions
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Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care Minimum Subcontract Provisions Effective 10/01/2017
Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care Minimum Subcontract Provisions Effective 10/01/2016
Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care Minimum Subcontract Provisions Effective 07/01/2016