Forms
Calls
Acronyms
Soft Skills
Systems
100

The form that Behavioral Health Practitioners (specialist in category) use to enroll with BCBSM/BCN

What is the New Mental Health Practitioner Enrollment Form?

100

You have placed the caller on an open hold

What is Mute?

100

PEDM

What is Provider Enrollment and Data Management?

100

Understanding what the person is dealing with from a personal point of view

What is Empathy?

100

System that PEDM uses for prac/prov inquiry, status and changes 

What is PORTICO?

200

The Form that Practitioners (specialist in category) use to enroll with BCBSM/BCN

What is the New Practitioner Enrollment Form?

200

The greeting that the caller receives

What is Call Opening?

200

MAPPO

What is Medicare Advantage Plus Blue PPO or Medicare Advantage Preferred Provider Organzation?

200

This speaks volumes about your thoughts and can come across even over the phone

What is Body Language?

200

System used for verification of a practitioners status with the state

What is the License and Regulatory Affairs
(LARA) system?

300

The form that the Certified Nurse Practitioner uses make changes to their profiles

What is the Allied Practitioner Change form?

300

3 minutes

What is the Hold Time?

300

PHI

What is Protected Health Information?

300

Maintaining your character and attitude throughout the call regardless of the persons mood on the other end 

What is Tone?

300

System used to document every call and used when assistance from another department is required for resolution of an inquiry

What is MACESS?

400

The form that the Physician Assistant must send in with the Enrollment Application and Signature Document in order to enroll with BCBSM

What is the Physician Assistant/Physician Practice Agreement Attestation Form?

400

Obtaining a person on the line before sending the call to someone in the dept

What is a Warm Transfer?

400

NPI

What is National Provider Identifier?

400

Though I have never experienced it, I really feel bad that their car was stolen

What is Sympathy?

400

The two systems used to verify Medicare Standing required for enrollment and network changes

What are Medicare Opt Out List and Preclusion List?

500

The form used to make changes to group and add practitioners to the group 

What is the Group Change form? 

500

This is where you thank the caller for choosing/calling BCBSM and bid them a good day

What is the Call Closing?

500

NPPES

What is National Plan and Provider Enumeration System?

500

The ability to focus on the speaker, understand their message, comprehend the information and respond clearly and thoughtfully

What is Active Listening?

500

System used to verify the national listing of a Practitioner/Provider/Facility NPI

What is the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES)

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