Emdeon Referral Tutorial May 28, 2014
Overview Healthfirst Leaf Plan members will require referrals from their PCPs to visit a Leaf Plan participating specialist. Referrals are not required for the following care: Primary Care Emergency Services OB/GYN Visits Urgent Care Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Healthfirst has partnered with Emdeon to coordinate referral requests for our Leaf Plan members. Leaf Plan providers can access Emdeon through the Healthfirst secure Provider Portal. Page 2
Access to Emdeon As a Healthfirst Leaf Plan provider, you may access the Emdeon Referral Request System one of three ways: 1. On the HF Provider Portal homepage, click on the Authorizations/Referrals link under the Tools section on the right side of the page. After clicking on the hyperlink, you will be directed to a tab where you can Create a New Referral and be directed to the Emdeon log in page. If you are a Specialist, you may also Search for a referral by typing in the Referral/Trace number or by entering in the member s information. Page 3
Access to Emdeon 2. On the HF Provider Portal homepage, scroll over the header link Provider Inquiries and select Referrals from the drop down menu. You will then be directed to the landing page below announcing the partnership between Healthfirst and Emdeon to handle Referral requests. Click on the link indicated below to be re-directed to the Emdeon website for your Referral inquiry. Page 4
Access to Emdeon 3. Type in the following URL in the address line of your browser: https://office.emdeon.com/vendorfiles/healthfirst.html This will give you direct access to the Emdeon Login page. Page 5
Getting Started At the Log In Screen: 1. Enter your User ID and Password. 2. Click Log In. 3. You will be directed to the Home Page. 4. If you do not yet have a User ID, click on Enroll New User and complete the Pre-Registration process. Page 6
Password Reset & Recovery Password & Recovery To recover or reset your password, click on I Forgot My Password Answer the two security questions, enter your Tax ID and Zip Code in the appropriate fields, and click Submit. If you select the a pop-up will appear with the Emdeon Support phone number to call for assistance. Page 7
Submitting Referrals for Healthfirst Leaf Plan Members
Referrals Service Reviews Overview The New Service Review provides a way to refer patients online. The New Service Review form is used to send all the pertinent patient and service information to the payer in the form of a referral request. Benefits Electronic referral requests Eliminate time-consuming paper and phone-based processes Comply with Managed Care requirements Page 9
Submit a New Referral New Service Review Page 10
Submit a New Referral Creating a New Service Review Gather your Healthfirst identification information: Patient s Healthfirst Leaf Plan Member ID number Your Healthfirst Provider ID number The Healthfirst Provider ID number of the specialist you are referring the member to. 1. Select Service Review > New Review from the main menu at the top of the homepage screen. 2. Select a Plan should already be populated with Healthfirst New York however if it is not please select it. 3. The type of service review should already be populated, however if it is not, please select New Specialty Care Review 4. Enter Subscriber ID and Provider information of your new review: Enter the Healthfirst Leaf Plan Subscriber ID Under Requesting Provider the Payer Assigned ID should already be populated; Enter your active Healthfirst Provider ID Under Service Provider, please select Payer Assigned ID and enter the specialist Healthfirst Provider ID. Page 11
Submit a New Referral New Service Review 5. If you need to verify/confirm the Healthfirst Provider ID for the specialist you are referring to, please click on the Provider Directory link on the upper right hand side of the screen. Alternatively, you can also access the Healthfirst online provider directory through hfdocfinder.org 6. Select a Service Type. This field will default to Physician Visit Office: Sick, however it can be changed as appropriate. 7. Enter in the number of Visits. Please note that the maximum number of visits is 6 visits in a 6 month period. 8. The Start Date and End Date will already be populated with a 180 day period. 9. Enter Diagnosis Code. Clicking Edit will allow you to search for diagnosis codes using key words or code values. 10.Click Send to Payer to submit the new service review. Next a response appears. Page 12
Submit a New Referral New Service Review Make a note of the Emdeon trace number. Healthfirst will want you to use this when checking the status of your service review. 11.An Approved referral will list Certified in Total 12.Click on Save Response to Batch. You can save the referral you just requested by clicking on save. It will save to a default folder that you will be able to view. 13.You may print the approved referral by clicking the Print icon in the top right corner of the screen. Page 13
Emdeon Batch Manager for Referrals
Emdeon Batch Manager for Referrals Overview All referral transactions submitted and saved under the Default batch name by your practice can be accessed through the Batch Manager function. 1. Select Batch Manager from the main menu. 2. The Manage Batches screen appears. Page 15
Emdeon Batch Manager for Referrals 3. Select the batch you wish to view by clicking on Default. Details from the selected batch will display in the Batch Inquiry screen, as shown below. Page 16
Sort Referral Transactions Clicking on any column header on the Batch Inquiry screen will cause the batch list table to be resorted based on the selected column. A yellow triangle is displayed in the column header to indicate which field is the current sort criterion. An upwards pointing triangle means the search is in ascending or alphabetical order. Clicking on a column which is already being used as the sort criteria will cause the sort order to reverse and the triangle to turn upside down. To search for a specific referral, you may enter the Subscriber ID in the search filed. Page 17
Search Within a List Referrals To search within a batch, select the batch by clicking on it. When the Batch Inquiry screen displays, enter the data in the Search Text field to narrow down the number of referral transactions. After clicking the Search button, only those transactions that match the data in the Search Text field will display as shown in the image below. You can search the Default batch for member specific referrals by using a Healthfirst Member ID in the Search Text field. This will produce the a list of referral transactions submitted for that specific Healthfirst Leaf Plan member Page 18
Search Within a List Referrals The Clear button (next to the Search button) can be used to remove the search filter and show all referral requests in the batch. Clicking the Search button also clears the search filter if no value is entered in the Search Text field. Page 19
Don t Forget! Check Leaf Plan Member Eligibility on the Healthfirst Provider Portal Confirm Leaf Plan member is assigned to your panel Check Provider Leaf Plan Participation Status to ensure the specialist provider you are referring to is an in-network provider on www.hfdocfinder.org Confirm the Healthfirst Provider ID for the provider you will be referring the Leaf Plan member to. You will need this provider ID number to finalize the Emdeon referral transaction. *Please note: There is no out-of-network coverage for Leaf Plan members with the exception of emergency care. Page 20
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