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MSMS REIMBURSEMENT ADVOCATE ALERT DEADLINE JUNE 21, 2022 Act Now to Maintain Online Access to Blue Cross, BCN Information FAQs: New Implicit Bias Training Requirement – June 1, 2022

The last day to access BCBSM and BCN’s Provider Secured Services and web-DENIS is June 21, 2022. Beginning June 22, these tools will be retired and no longer available.

June 13, 2022

This is the last week before Blue Cross and BCN transition to their new provider portal

June 20, 2022

Blue Cross and BCN have a new provider portal Here is how to find the information you need to register and learn how to use Blue Cross and BCN’s new provider portal, Availity Essentials.

Register

To register for an Availity Essentials account, go to the Blue Cross and BCN Welcome to Availity webpage, scroll down and click Register for Availity Essentials. After registering, your Availity administrator will need to take additional steps for users to access e-referral and Health e-BlueSM. For more information, go to Blue Cross and BCN’s Register for web tools page and scroll down to Getting access

to Blue Cross and BCN tools through our provider portal. Train

After you are registered, you can learn how to use Availity Essentials for Blue Cross and BCN one of two ways: • Go to the Availity Get Up to Speed with Training webpage. (Note that this website will be available through October 2022.) • Within Availity, you can click on Help & Training, then click on Get Trained and enter BCBSM into the search field at the top of the screen.

Get help

• Call Availity Client Services at 1-800-AVAILITY (282-4548) Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern time (excluding holidays). • Within Availity, click on Help & Training and then click on

Availity Support.

More information

• Welcome to Availity special edition newsletter • Welcome to Availity webpage • Transitioning to the Availity provider portal frequently

asked questions for providers

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network are nonprofit corporations and independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Availity is an independent company that contracts with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network to offer provider portal services.

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) now requires implicit bias training for physicians and other health care professionals. The requirements apply to both new applicants, as well as, those renewing their existing licenses or registrations starting on June 1, 2022. Below are some frequently asked questions and answers regarding the new training requirements:

What professions need to comply with this new rule regarding Implicit Bias Training?

All health care professions licensed or registered under the Michigan Public Health Code are required to take Implicit Bias Training. This includes medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing and physician assistants.

Are the MSMS Implicit Bias Training opportunities acceptable for other health care providers re-licensure?

Yes, the MSMS Implicit Bias Training is acceptable for all health care professionals.

When does this requirement begin?

The new requirement took effect on June 1, 2022. If you renew on or after June 1, 2022, the training is required. The training is also required for all new applications for licensure received on or after June 1, 2022.

How many hours of training do I need?

New Applicants for licensure are required to have completed 2 hours of implicit bias training within the 5 years immediately preceding issuance of the license or registration.

Renewing licensees are required to complete 1 hour of implicit bias training for each year of their license or registration cycle. However, for initial renewal after June 1, 2021, licensees will only need to have 1 hour for each year since the rule’s promulgation date of June 1, 2021.

Renewal Timeframe Implicit Bias Educational Hours Needed

June 1, 2021 – May 31, 2022 None June 1, 2022 – May 31, 2023 1 hour June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2024 2 hours June 1, 2024 – May 31, 2025 3 hours Subsequent renewals will require 1 hour of implicit bias training for each year of the license or registration cycle. For fully licensed physicians, this will be 3 hours for their 3-year license.

How is this training different from other mandated CME?

• Training must include strategies to reduce disparities in access to and delivery of health care services. • Training must include the administration of pre- and post test implicit bias assessments. • The training must have a live component.

Does watching a video meet the requirements of the training?

No. Solely recorded or archived content is not allowable, a live component is required that incorporates interaction among the participants (with each other and the instructor). Acceptable modalities of training are a teleconference or webinar that permits live synchronous interaction, a live presentation or an interactive online instruction. BUYERS BEWARE!! Many professional medical education companies are racing to provide implicit bias content to meet Michigan re-licensure requirements. While they claim

they meet Michigan LARA requirements, most do not.

Please make sure your class has a live component (meaning in-person) and a pre- AND post-implicit bias assessment is included.

What courses can I take through MSMS?

MSMS has many opportunities to meet your Implicit Bias Training needs from 1- 3 hours of education. The MSMS Foundation worked with state-wide experts in diversity and equity on a brand-new, two-part monthly series, titled, “Reducing Unconscious Bias - an Imperative (RUBI): Foundation and Impacts on Patient Care,” which includes a one-hour, on-demand video followed by a half-hour live webinar. To meet the implicit bias requirement, physicians will need to complete Part 1 and Part 2 to receive 1.5 AMA PRA Category Credit(s)™. After completing Part 1, participants may choose any of the following Part 2 sessions to complete the activity:

July 13, 2022 August 10, 2022 September 21, 2022 October 12, 2022 November 16, 2022 November 30, 2022 All sessions will run from 12-12:30 p.m. Conference Title Date Format Content/Hours

A Day of Board of Friday Live Onsite 1-hr Medical Medicine Renewal 9/23/22 Marriott Ethics Requirements – East Lansing 3-hr Pain September 2022 & Symptom Management 3-hr Implicit Bias Monday Night Monday Live Virtual 1.5-hr Implicit Medicine: 10/3/22 Bias

Implicit Bias

ASM: Implicit Bias Thursday Live Virtual 3-hr Implicit Bias 10/13/22

A Day of Board of Friday Live Onsite 1-hr Medical Medicine Renewal 11/4/22 Sheraton Ethics Requirements – Ann Arbor 3-hr Pain November 2022 & Symptom Management 3-hr Implicit Bias Monday Night Monday Live Virtual 1.5-hr Implicit Medicine: 11/7/22 Bias

Implicit Bias For more information on the MSMS Implicit Bias Monthly

Series (speakers, cost, etc.) click HERE.

Statement of Accreditation: The Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. AMA Credit Designation Statement: The MSMS designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NEW Online Learning Management System

After a year in the works, a new Learning Management System recently went live for the entire catalog of archived webinars. This internet-based program allows members to more easily access educational offerings and track their completed CME activities.

It uses the same log in credentials as the MSMS website and can be accessed through msms.org/LMS. One important feature to highlight is all of your completed CME certificates from here forward are tracked in your user profile to be viewed, downloaded or printed at your convenience.

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