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1 Provider Manual + HEALTHSPAN

2 Section 1: HealthSpan Provider Manual Medical Care Program For Fully Insured + HEALTHSPAN

3 Table of Contents WELCOME...4 INTRODUCTION...4 SECTION 1: HEALTHSPAN MEDICAL CARE PROGRAM FOR FULLY INSURED PRODUCTS HISTORY HealthSpan Mission Statement HealthSpan Values HealthSpan Organizational Structure...7 3

4 Welcome It is our pleasure to welcome you as a Plan Provider with HealthSpan. As a valued Plan Provider, we want this business relationship to work well for you, your medical support staff, and HealthSpan Members. The HealthSpan Network Services (Provider Relations) Department is committed to providing support to you and your staff. This includes responding to your operational inquiries and providing education regarding new products and plans. If, at any time, you have a question or concern about the information outlined in this Manual, you can reach our Provider Relations Department by calling Introduction This Provider Manual ( Manual ) for Fully Insured products is referenced in your Agreement ( Agreement ) with a HealthSpan entity. The information in this Manual is proprietary and may not be used, circulated, reproduced, copied or disclosed in any manner whatsoever, except as specified in your Agreement, or with prior written permission from HealthSpan. This Provider Manual and the Medicare Advantage Provider Manual are posted on the HealthSpan Providers website at healthspan.org/providers/north-coast. Updates, changes and additions to the information contained herein are posted on this website and made part of this Manual as the date posted thereon, unless otherwise required by your Agreement or applicable Law. If any revisions constitute a Material Change to your Agreement with HealthSpan, written notification will be sent in writing to your office by certified mail, 90 days in advance of the change. If there is a conflict between this Manual and your Agreement, the terms of your Agreement will control. All defined terms in Section 12 are capitalized throughout this Provider Manual. Capitalized terms that are used in this Manual, but not defined, will have the meanings given to them in your Agreement. Provider Support For your convenience, HealthSpan has established a phone system that allows Plan Providers to call one phone number to address most issues or questions regarding HealthSpan Plan protocols or Members. Representatives are available to answer your questions Monday through Thursday, from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Once you dial , you will be prompted to select one of the following options: 4

5 Option 1: Option 2: Option 3: Option 4: Leave a message for a callback within business hours. This option will connect you with a representative in the Customer Relations Department who can assist with any of the following inquiries: Member Eligibility and Covered Benefits verification. Claims payment inquiries (that is, to check on the status of Claim payment, an over or under claim payment, a denial or partial denial of Services, or Coordination of Benefits). Claims submission questions. Obtain current Plan Provider directories. Electronic Data Interchange Clearinghouse information. If a HealthSpan Member needs to be admitted to a hospital, select option 3. Option 3 will connect you with a representative in the HealthSpan Repatriation Department. To initiate an urgent or emergent request for Services requiring Referral or Precertification, select option 4. Option 4 will connect you with a representative in the HealthSpan Referrals Management and Clinical Review Department ( [toll-free]). To initiate a new Referral request for routine Services requiring Authorization, fax your request to the HealthSpan Referrals Management and Clinical Review Department at (toll-free). For the following inquiries, contact your Network Associate in Cincinnati or Cleveland: Add or delete a Practitioner in the practice. Confirm or change the open or closed status of a Practitioner s practice with HealthSpan. Provide demographic updates. Agreement questions. See Section 2 of this Provider Manual for a contact list of Network Associates, by territory. If a Member has a question about Covered Benefits, desires to change his/her Primary Care Physician, would like to file a compliment or Complaint, or appeal an Adverse Determination, refer the Member to the HealthSpan Customer Relations Department, Monday through Thursday, 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 5

6 Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The hearing/speech impaired may call (toll-free TTY). 6

7 Section 1: HealthSpan Medical Care Program for Fully Insured 1.1 History HealthSpan is a division of Mercy Health, formerly Catholic Health Partners, and the largest health system within the State of Ohio. Mercy Health operates more than 250 health facilities in Ohio and Kentucky, including 24 hospitals, 15 senior living communities, five hospice programs, eight home health agencies and a health insurance plan HealthSpan Mission Statement HealthSpan delivers compassionate, high-quality, affordable health care to improve the health of our communities with emphasis on people who are poor and underserved HealthSpan Values HealthSpan demonstrates behaviors reflecting our core values of compassion, excellence, human dignity, justice, sacredness of life and service HealthSpan Organizational Structure HealthSpan offers Fully Insured Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) products throughout the State of Ohio. The HealthSpan administrative headquarters are located in Cincinnati, Ohio. HealthSpan Physician networks include the following Providers: Community Mercy Health Partners in Springfield, Ohio. Humility of Mary Health Partners in Youngstown, Ohio. Mercy Health Partners in Lorain County, Ohio. Mercy Health Partners-Kentucky in Paducah, Kentucky. Mercy Health Partners-Southwest Ohio in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mercy Health Partners in Toledo, Ohio. St. Rita s Health Partners in Lima, Ohio. For more information regarding HealthSpan, view the website online at healthspan.org/providers/north-coast. 7

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