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Update - How BCBSKS is Responding to COVID-19
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas·KS·Provider News
Effective date
Jul 1, 2020
We identified it
Jun 19, 2026
Summary
BCBSKS extended COVID-19 related telehealth expansions, cost-share waivers for testing and treatment, and precertification waivers through December 31, 2020, while resuming prior authorization requirements for transfers to long-term acute care and inpatient rehabilitation effective July 1, 2020.
Action Required
By July 1, 2020: Billing team must reinstate prior authorization requirements for all transfer requests to long-term acute care and inpatient rehabilitation facilities. Update billing system to flag these transfers for prior auth. Resume collecting member cost-share for telehealth services (except COVID-19 treatment via telehealth) according to member contract terms. Verify ASO group elections for COVID-19 treatment cost-share waivers.