{"id":8847,"date":"2026-02-27T20:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/?p=8847"},"modified":"2026-02-27T20:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:56:58","slug":"payment-policy-updates-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/payment-policy-updates-march-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Payment Policy Updates (March 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Health New England is committed to reviewing our internal procedures and defining coverage and billing guidelines with applicable laws and industry standards to ensure our policies are appropriate. To access payment policies, please visit\u202fhealthnewengland.org\/Providers\/Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions about the information in this notice, please contact Health New England Provider Experience at (800) 842-4464, extension 5000. A representative is available Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

The following policies were reviewed and updated:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Updates<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Effective Date<\/strong><\/td>\nNotes<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payment Policy<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revenue Code Billing<\/p>\n

(NEW POLICY)<\/td>\n

05\/01\/2026<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • All lines of business<\/li>\n
  • Any billed revenue codes must be paired with a valid proc code to be reimbursed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Increased Procedure Services<\/td>\n03\/01\/2026<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • All lines of business<\/li>\n
  • Annual revision, no updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Claims Editing<\/td>\n03\/01\/2026<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • All lines of business<\/li>\n
  • Annual revision, no updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neuropsychological, Psychological & ImPACT Testing<\/td>\n03\/01\/2026<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • All lines of business<\/li>\n
  • Annual revision, updated time duration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Health New England is committed to reviewing our internal procedures and defining coverage and billing guidelines with applicable laws and industry standards to ensure our policies are appropriate. To access payment policies, please visit\u202fhealthnewengland.org\/Providers\/Resources. If you have any questions about the information in this notice, please contact Health New England Provider Experience at (800) 842-4464, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-provider-newsletter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZHB-2iH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8847"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8851,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8847\/revisions\/8851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/provider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}