Professional providers and facilities can now register for training on TurningPoint's clinical model and more

Professional providers and facilities can now register for training. For professional providers, the training will cover TurningPoint Healthcare Solution's clinical model and working in the TurningPoint Provider Portal. For facilities, the training will cover TurningPoint's clinical model and facility-specific information.

Webinar training sessions are available on various dates in April.

• Professional providers can register for training here.
• Facility providers can register for training here.

Note: Only professional providers can register for and access the TurningPoint Provider Portal at this time. Professional providers can request an authorization through the portal and then provide the appropriate facility with the authorization number. Facilities can view the status of an authorization request through the e-referral system 24 hours after TurningPoint makes a determination.

To learn more, see the following articles:

• TurningPoint begins managing authorizations for musculoskeletal surgical procedures with dates of service on or after June 1 - on page 37 of the March-April issue of BCN Provider News.
• TurningPoint to manage authorizations for musculoskeletal procedures with dates of service on or after June 1 for certain members - in the March issue of The Record

As we communicated previously, TurningPoint will manage authorizations for surgical procedures related to musculoskeletal conditions for Medicare Plus Blue^SM PPO, BCN HMO^SM and BCN Advantage^SM members for dates of service on or after June 1, 2020.

You can also find information about TurningPoint on the Musculoskeletal Services pages on this website:

• Blue Cross Musculoskeletal Services page
• BCN Musculoskeletal Services page

Posted: February 2020
Lines of business: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network