If a company called Ciox Health contacts your office on behalf of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) or UnitedHealthcare (UHC), it is because both insurers have contracted with Ciox to collect performance data they are required by law to report.
UHC also is working with Avant-Med, Change Healthcare, and Optum to coordinate records collection for the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS). BCBSTX says it is collecting data for HEDIS and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Quality Rating and Improvement System.
If your practice is one of those randomly selected over the next few months for a medical records request, you’ll receive a list of the records and information needed for certain quality measures. Note that you are required to participate in this data collection as part of your contractual obligation to the payers. Both payers encourage you to reply to any such requests within five business days.
If you have any questions about record requests, contact the representative listed on the letter you receive.
Source: UHC Network Bulletin and BCBSTX Blue Review, January 2019
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Last Updated On
February 28, 2019
Originally Published On
February 28, 2019