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Professional Provider Seminars

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) and CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc. (CareFirst BlueChoice) offer half-day seminars and half-hour webinars designed to familiarize professional providers and office staff with CareFirst policy and provider oriented procedures. We are especially excited about our newest seminar, Basics & Updates. Our seminars and webinars are designed to appeal to the needs of our versatile provider community. A brief description and its identification code to assist in the selection of the appropriate educational session specific to your needs and requests are listed below:
  • (B&U) - Basics & Updates - this new seminar has a fresh new look and is designed to introduce to professional providers CareFirst's full portfolio of products, claims submission procedures, coordination of benefits, administrative policies, quality improvement, and the latest information on BlueCard. The seminar will end with CareFirst updates and changes making this seminar an excellent "new provider staff" or "provider refresher" tool.
  • {Migration} - this seminar is a special learning session for providers practicing in the southern Maryland area designed to assist in the understanding of the CareFirst Migration of members to the NASCO system.
  • Webinars - A Web Based Training - designed to present CareFirst policies and procedures to professional and institutional providers, within the comforts of their own office workspace. These seminars will be one half hour long, but participants should allow for log on and instruction time. After enrolling, you will receive instructions 1 day prior to the presentation date via email. There are several webinar types being offered:
    • Blue Choice - BlueChoice policies and a review of referrals and authorizations.
    • MPOS - Maryland Point of Service - explanation of product and review of referrals and authorizations.
    • CareFirst Direct - Perform eligibility and benefits for local and out-of-area members.
    • Professional Specialty: PT/OT/ST/Chiro, OB/Gyn and Anesthesia and Sub/Mtl - information specific to these specialties.
    • CDH - Consumer Directed Healthcare. - product information.
    • FEP - 2010 FEP Benefit Updates
    • RealMed New Capabilities - Learn more about how CareFirst has teamed with RealMed to provide enchanced electronic capabilites to participating CareFirst providers.
Webinars are CareFirst Quality Rewards qualitfied web-based office staff training modules.

To enroll in a seminar or webinar as a professional provider (If you are a hospital/ancillary provider, please go back to the previous screen and click on "Institutional" seminars so your enrollment will reflect your correct specialty.)
  • Click on your date/location selection below.
  • If you have problems enrolling on line, or if classes are full and you wish to attend a class, please call the Provider Seminar Registration Line at 877-269-2219.
  • Please note: Sign-in begins 15 minutes prior to the scheduled seminar and webinar time.
  • Specific claim inquiries will not be reviewed at these seminars.
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If you are already registered for a seminar and would like to change your enrollment information, enter your email address in the field below and then click Go.

Seminar Registration

To view the seminar details, click the Date of the seminar you would like to attend, and then complete the on-line registration form. Click on the <> to sort by the location.

DateSeats
Available
LocationCan be sorted ascending or descendingCityTime
11/24/20092MPOS Webinarn/a2:00 p.m.
11/24/200947RealMed New Capabilities Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
12/02/200910Anesthesia Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
12/08/20098PT/OT/ST/Chiro Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
12/08/200939{Migration} - CSM, LaPlata CampusLaPlata11:00 a.m.
12/15/200950RealMed New Capabilities Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
12/17/200911OB/GYN Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
12/17/200947FEP 2010 Updates Webinarn/a2:00 p.m.
01/05/201050RealMed New Capabilities Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
01/05/201050FEP 2010 Updates Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
01/12/201049BlueChoice Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
01/12/201040{FEP} Columbia GatewayColumbia 10:00 a.m.
01/14/201050FEP 2010 Updates Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
01/20/201050MPOS Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
01/20/201047{FEP} Providence HospitalWashington10:00 a.m.
01/26/201050RealMed New Capabilities Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
01/26/201050Anesthesia Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
01/27/201050FEP 2010 Updates Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
02/04/201050PT/OT/ST/Chiro Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
02/10/201049OB/GYN Webinarn/a2:00 p.m.
02/16/201050RealMed New Capabilities Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
02/16/201049CFD Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
02/24/201050CDH - Webinarn/a2:00 p.m.
03/04/201050BlueChoice Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
03/09/201050RealMed New Capabilities Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
03/16/201050Anesthesia Webinarn/a10:00 a.m.
03/25/201050PT/OT/ST/Chiro Webinarn/a2:00 p.m.

Check-in begins 15 minutes prior to the scheduled seminar time.

Future seminars and workshops will be posted to this site as they become available. If you would like to host a seminar at your facility, contact your provider representative.

If you have trouble registering for a seminar, call the seminar registration line 877-269-2219.



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