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Billing Manual for Community Care Network Providers

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The request must be in writing. Credentialing staff will send a copy of a practitioner’s file to him/her within 10business days of receipt of the written request <strong>for</strong> the file. This file when mailed willbe sealed in an envelope marked confidential. NPDB in<strong>for</strong>mation is not included. Peer review in<strong>for</strong>mation is not included. Practitioners are notified by the credentialing staff of any in<strong>for</strong>mation obtained duringcredentialing or recredentialing activities that varies substantially from thein<strong>for</strong>mation provided by the practitioner. Practitioners have the right to correct erroneous in<strong>for</strong>mation. Practitioners may submit any corrections in writing or additional documents to theCredentialing Department. Credentialing staff will document any verbal in<strong>for</strong>mation or corrections provided by apractitioner in the file including the date and signature of the individual who obtainsthe in<strong>for</strong>mation.In<strong>for</strong>ming <strong>Providers</strong> about ConfidentialityThe following policies and procedures are included in <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Care</strong>’s Provider<strong>Manual</strong> and are updated as needed: General Confidentiality Provisions. Oversight of Confidentiality Practices. Collecting and Using Member Identifiable In<strong>for</strong>mation. In<strong>for</strong>ming Members about Confidentiality. Ability to Give In<strong>for</strong>med Authorization. Member Access to Utilization Records. Disclosure of In<strong>for</strong>mation. Disclosure of In<strong>for</strong>mation to Employers. Handling of Practitioner Specific In<strong>for</strong>mation. Practitioner Office Confidentiality.Practitioner Office ConfidentialityMember identifiable data and in<strong>for</strong>mation maintained in paper based or removablecomputer storage media must be maintained under lock and key, either in lockedcabinets or in a locked area.Member identifiable data and in<strong>for</strong>mation includes, but is not limited to, medicalrecords, appointment books, patient reminder cards, correspondence, laboratoryresults, billing records, and treatment plans whether maintained on paper, magneticdisk or tape, optical disk, or any other removable storage medium.These paper based records and removable computer storage media must be lockedexcept at times when the practitioner or another member of the office staff, who isauthorized to access treatment records, is present.When unlocked, these paper-based records and removable computer storage media<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Care</strong> Provider <strong>Manual</strong> | 1-888-251-CCBH | © 2012 All Rights Reserved | Page 192

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