For the latest updates on clinical guidelines, compliance requirements, quality incentives, and resources to support your practice, read our Community First 2025 Winter Provider Newsletter, now available on our website. Our newsletter features curated news specifically for Community First Providers, including:

  • Reflecting on 30 Years of Service and Collaboration
  • New Adopted/Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • Required D-SNP Model of Care Training for Providers
  • Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
  • STAR Kids and STAR+PLUS Annual Assessments
  • Our New NICU Care Management Partner
  • Flu Shot Incentives and 2026 Quality of Care Incentives
  • Provider Tip Sheet: Follow-Up After Emergency Department Visit for Mental Illness (FUM) Within 7 Days
  • Provider Tip Sheet: Use of First-Line Psychosocial Care for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics (APP)
  • Provider Tip Sheet: Appropriate Testing for Pharyngitis (CWP) & Avoidance of Antibiotic Treatment for Acute Bronchitis/Bronchiolitis (AAB)
  • Provider Tip Sheet: Follow-Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness (FUH) Within 7 and 30 Days
  • Health & Wellness Programs: Asthma, Diabetes, Maternity, Behavioral Health
  • Provider Portal Features to Streamline Claims and Authorizations
  • And more!

Read the 2025 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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