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| July 14, 2022

Covid Code Updates, Appeals Pilot Program & Data Validation Tool

Update: New COVID Codes Added BCBSWY has updated COVID codes. Please visit BCBSWY.com to see the new codes. Seeking Volunteers: Join Our Appeals Pilot Program…

| January 18, 2022

Over-The-Counter At-Home Covid-19 Tests Update

Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Tests The Biden administration on Jan.10 announced that starting Jan.15, 2022, commercial insurance companies and group health plans will be required to…

| December 30, 2021

Telemedicine Services & COVID-19 Cost-Share Wavier Updates

Place of Service Codes Update The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Place of Service Workgroup has approved two changes for…

| December 16, 2021

Covid-19 Cost-Share Waiver & Holiday Closures

COVID-19 Cost-Share Waiver BCBSWY is discontinuing the member cost share for COVID-19 treatment effective 1/1/22. Member cost-share will apply for inpatient hospital stays beginning…

| October 11, 2021

COVID-19 Reimbursement Vaccine Codes

Updated 07.14.22 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming welcomes the arrival of safe and effective vaccines as a key component in the national and…

| April 23, 2021

Inpatient Prior Authorizations & Concurrent Review Using Availity

Inpatient Prior Authorizations & Concurrent Review Using Availity Beginning April 1, BCBSWY started requiring all hospital inpatient prior authorizations and concurrent reviews for BCBSWY members…

| January 8, 2021

Reimbursement Update for COVID-19 Vaccine

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming welcomes the arrival of safe and effective vaccines as a key component in the national and local COVID-19…

| December 11, 2020

NEW! Screening for COVID-19 Diagnosis Guidance

Screening for COVID-19 Diagnosis Guidance Asymptomatic and pre-surgical COVID-19 diagnostic testing is covered when medically appropriate and supported by the accepted standards of current…

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| December 11, 2020

New! COVID-19 Test Billing Guidance

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the FFCRA) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) require health plans to…

| December 7, 2020

Hospital Transfers

BCBSWY understands that providing care during the COVID 19 pandemic is challenging. To minimize administrative burden, we are relaxing our prior authorization requirements for…