The Community First Summer 2026 Provider Newsletter is now available. This issue features important updates, compliance guidance, Provider Portal enhancements, care coordination resources, quality initiatives, and clinical tools designed to support your practice and the patients you serve. Highlights include:
- NEW Community Assistance Office at Vida: Local Support for Your Patients
- EVV Compliance & Operations for Agencies and FMSAs
- NEW Portal Feature: Authorization Pre-Check Tool
- Interdisciplinary Care Team (ICT) Meetings: Supporting Care Coordination for PCPs
- 2026 Medicaid Mental Health Care Provider Incentive Program
- Provider Tip Sheet: Follow-Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness (FUH) Within 7 and 30 Days
- Upcoming Policy Changes Related to Improvements in Claims Processing
- Responding to Rising Rates: New Support for Congenital Syphilis Prevention
- Health & Wellness Programs: Asthma, Diabetes, Behavioral Health, Maternity, and Blood Pressure Management
- LTSS: Who Qualifies for Services
- And more!
Read the 2026 Summer Provider Newsletter at CommunityFirstHealthPlans.com/Provider-Newsletter.
Order professionally printed copies to share with your staff, free of charge. Order online at CommunityFirstHealthPlans.com/patient-resources.
You can also order copies of our Member Newsletter for your office waiting area using the link above.
Action
Providers are encouraged to share this information with their staff. If you have any questions about this notice, please email Provider Relations at ProviderRelations@cfhp.com or call 210-358-6030. You can also contact your Provider Relations Representative directly.
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- Log into the Community First Provider Portal
- Go to CommunityFirstHealthPlans.com/Provider-News
- Sign up for the Community First Provider eNewsletter