Utah Health Information Network (UHIN) to raise electronic fees

If you are a medical billing service or are a medical provider in the state of Utah and you are credentialed with UHIN (Utah Health Information Network) please be advised that they are raising their per transaction surcharge from $0.12 to $0.168 effective January 1, 2009.

If you submit claims using RelayHealth please be aware that they will pass this fee onto the providers as it is currently in place at this time.

The health insurance carriers that this affects:

CPID 1536 Altius Health Plan
CPID 4726 Altius Health Plan
CPID 4728 Deseret Mutual Benefits Association
CPID 4410 Educators's Mutual Insurance Association
CPID 4480 SelectHealth
CPID 4727 Public Employee Health Program (PEHP)
CPID 1529 Utah Blue Cross
CPID 1530 Utah Blue Cross FEP
CPID 2412 Utah Blue Shield
CPID 2788 Utah Blue Shield FEP
CPID 1486 Utah Medicaid
Please be aware of these changes when you are looking at your 2009 invoices.

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