Provider Alert

Issued:  October 30, 2020 Time-Limited Rate Increases As part of the Partners Service Stability Program, and to align with communication from DHHS, Partners will continue time-limited rate increases for the following Medicaid services as outlined below. The temporary increases will be continued through Jan. 21, 2021. Date of Rate Increase Service Code Description Rate Increase

Issued:  October 20, 2020 Partners will lift the State Benefit timely filing guidelines to allow providers to submit State Benefit claims not previously invoiced through Non-UCR for dates of service beginning March 1, 2020-June 30, 2020. Any State Benefit claims with dates of service March 1, 2020-June 30, 2020 that previously denied due to timely

Issued:  Oct. 14, 2020 Time-Limited Rate Increase Continued As part of the Partners Service Stability Program, we are implementing and continuing time-limited rate increases for the following Medicaid services as outlined below. The temporary increase will be effective with dates of service October 19, 2020 through December 31, 2020. Service Code Description Rate Increase Effective

Issued:  Oct. 13, 2020 AlphaMCS 2.17 Build scheduled Wed., Oct. 14  The next AlphaMCS build is scheduled to occur this Wednesday, October 14, 2020.  The system will be unavailable from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Please make sure you are logged out of the AlphaMCS system prior to 5 p.m.-  - If you have questions, please contact Partners’ IT Service Desk at