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Introducing Highmark’s Provider News

Date:
December 20, 2022

To: All Providers

As part of our affiliation with Highmark, we want to create a more seamless and enhanced provider experience. To support this, we will be transitioning our monthly newsletter from Blue Bulletin to Provider News.

Beginning next month, you will begin receiving Highmark’s monthly Provider News newsletter emails. Provider News will be emailed monthly to the address we have on file for you. As with Blue Bulletin, Provider News contains valuable updates, information, tips, and reminders about Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York products and services.

You can also access Provider News here on the Highmark Provider Resource Center (PRC). You can also view past issues and download them as PDFs. We recommend bookmarking the URL for future reference.

This change coincides with the decommissioning of the legacy bcbswny.com/provider website on February 1, 2023. After this date, you will still be able to access a year’s worth of Blue Bulletin articles on the legacy website here.

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