AmeriHealth would like to remind you that, per your AmeriHealth Professional
Provider Agreement and/or Hospital, Ancillary Facility, or Ancillary Provider
Agreement (Agreement), you are required to notify AmeriHealth whenever key
practice information changes. Submitting changes in a timely manner helps to
ensure prompt payment of claims, delivery of critical communications, seamless
recredentialing, and accurate listings in our provider directories.
Professional providers*
AmeriHealth requires at least 30 days advanced notice to process most
updates as long as the information submitted is accurate. For a complete
outline of the advanced notice time frames that AmeriHealth requires to process
most updates, refer to the Administrative Procedures section of the Provider
Manual for Participating Professional Providers (Provider Manual). Most of
the changes to basic practice information can be quickly submitted using the
Provider Change Form, available at the AmeriHealth New Jersey
website and at the AmeriHealth
Pennsylvania website.
Note: The Provider Change Form cannot be used if you are
closing your practice or terminating from the network. Refer to ?Resignation/
termination from the AmeriHealth network? in the Administrative Procedures
section of the Provider Manual for more information regarding policies
and procedures for resigning or terminating from the network.
Facility and ancillary providers
As outlined in the Administrative Procedures section of the Hospital
Manual for Participating Hospitals, Ancillary Facilities, and Ancillary
Providers, AmeriHealth requires at least 30 days advanced notice to process
changes to your information as long as the information submitted is accurate.
Per your Agreement, all changes must be submitted in writing to our
contracting and legal departments as follows:
AmeriHealth New Jersey:
- AmeriHealth New Jersey
- Attn: Vice President, Provider Network Operations
- 259 Prospect Plains Road, Building M
- Cranbury, NJ 08512
- AmeriHealth
- Attn: Deputy General Counsel, Managed Care
- 1901 Market Street, 43rd Floor
- Philadelphia, PA 19103
AmeriHealth Pennsylvania:
- AmeriHealth
- Attn: Senior Vice President, Provider Networks and Value-Based
Solutions
- 1901 Market Street, 27th Floor
- Philadelphia, PA 19103
- AmeriHealth
- Attn: Deputy General Counsel, Managed Care
- 1901 Market Street, 43rd Floor
- Philadelphia, PA 19103
Authorizing signature and W-9 Forms
Updates that result in a change on your W-9 Form (e.g., changes to a
provider?s name, tax ID number, billing vendor or ?pay to? address, or
ownership) require the following signatures:
- For professional providers: A signature from a legally
authorized representative (e.g., head physician of the practice, practice
administrator) is required.
- For facility and ancillary providers: Written notification
on company letterhead is required.
An updated copy of your W-9 Form reflecting these changes must also be
included to ensure that we provide you with a correct 1099 Form for your tax
purposes. If you do not submit a copy of your new W-9 Form, your change will
not be processed.
AmeriHealth will not be responsible for changes not processed due to
lack of proper notice. If you have any questions about updating your
provider information, please contact your Provider Partnership Associate or
Network Coordinator.
Behavioral health providers contracted with Magellan
Healthcare, Inc. must submit any changes to their practice information to
Magellan via their online Provider Data Change form
by selecting the ?Display/Edit Practice Info? link or by contacting their
Network Management Specialist at 1-800-435-7670, extension
53869, for assistance..