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Provider Manual and Alerts

The 2010 HealthChoices Provider Manual is designed to introduce you to Community Care and provide you with phone numbers as well as instruction regarding authorizations, billing, and quality of service.

The following files are in PDF format. In order to read these files, Adobe Acrobat Reader software must be installed on your computer. If you need the Acrobat Reader, you can download it FREE from the Adobe website by clicking here. If you have any problems opening these files, go to the Adobe website from the link above and download the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.

2010 Provider Manual
Entire Manual 1.7 MB 554 pages PDF
Billing Excerpt 148 KB 26 pages PDF

Throughout the year we issue Provider Alerts which are official updates to the main manual. Please print and save these updates and keep them with your manual. Alerts apply to all counties except where noted.

2010 Provider Alerts
PA8 Aug-10 Change in Assessment and Identification of Service Coordination Needs for Children and Adolescents [Allegheny]

36 KB PDF
PA7 Aug-01 Change in Timeframes for BHRS Services

OMHSAS-10-04 Bulletin
34 KB PDF
PA6 Jun-04 Provider Reporting of School Based Services

PA Public School Codes
37 KB PDF
PA5 May-26 Time Senstive Provider Survey - LGBTQI

LGBTQI Survey
52 KB PDF
PA4 May-01 Peer Support Services - Change in Authorization Procedure 55 KB PDF
PA3 Apr-01 Notification Regarding Changes Related to Child and Adolescent Acute and Non-Acute PHP Services [York/Adams, Berks] 62 KB PDF
PA2 Jan-29 Crisis Authorizations 40 KB PDF
PA1 Jan-21 Access Standards 41 KB PDF

The information in Provider Alerts from previous years is included in the 2009 Provider Manual. The archive below is available for your convenience.

Archive of Provider Alerts
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