BlueSpeak Provider Newsletter — August 2026
Blue KC requires National Drug Codes (NDCs) and NDC units on all professional (837P) and outpatient institutional (837I) claims for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic injection or infusion (CPT 96379), effective November 1, 2026. The newsletter lists other changes with their own dates, including the observation care payment policy and the Phothera device codes effective September 1, 2026, the addition of CPT 58674 to the prior authorization list effective October 1, 2026, and the AMA maternity billing change effective January 1, 2027.