Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Provider Information Management forms are used to maintain provider accounts as well as begin the process of joining Highmark's networks for new practitioners and offices. Practice information updates can be made with many of the forms below. Please carefully read and follow the instructions contained within the individual form for submission.
Highmark no longer requires a copy of the Medicare Welcome Letter for proof of Medicare eligibility for professional credentialing.
Electronic forms are submitted directly to Highmark via this website. You may need to upload documentation/provide additional research during parts of this form. Please feel free to take the time to research these items and input the responses as the form will not time out.
Provider Directory Update Form
Providers should utilize this electronic form to update a practitioner or group name, address, phone number, email, website address, and specialty or to terminate a practitioner from a group. This form has been created for in-network provider use in order to comply with the No Surprises Act that was signed into law in December 2020. Changes to these elements will not be accepted via any other electronic form.
Change of Ownership (CHOW) Form
Please use this form to report any changes in ownership which may include the Legal Name, Doing Business As name, NPI or Tax ID information.
24/7 coverage is a requirement for participation in the Highmark credentialed networks. Please complete this form to indicate how 24/7 coverage is provided by your practice.
Request for Assignment Account
Please use this form when you need to create a billing account for your practice.
Addition Request to Existing Assignment Account
Please use this form when needing to update practitioners affiliation to existing assignment account information.
Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Enumeration Form
This form is used to enumerate Advance Practice Providers (APPs) in Highmark's reimbursement systems.
Please only use this form to send Highmark a contract. Other uploads will not be processed and not be returned.
Facility-Based Provider Affirmation Statement
Please use this form when adding a practitioner to an existing assignment account when the services provided to members are delivered exclusively in a participating skilled nursing facility, participating ambulatory surgery center, inpatient hospital and/or freestanding inpatient or outpatient facility setting and for members only because they are directed to the facility setting.
Highmark Facility/Ancillary Change Form
Please use this form when needing to update address, phone numbers and contact information to existing locations for UB Facility Billers, Urgent Care Centers/Medical Aid Unit/Retail Clinics, or for Organizational Behavioral Health Billers.
Hospital Privilege Update Form
Please use this form if you want to add/update your hospital privileges.
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Provider Form
Please use this form to update your profile for Medication Assisted Treatment services in Highmark's networks.
Please use this form if a practitioner's name on any document is different than what appears on their current medical license. They may also update the information in the Other Names section of their CAQH profile.
Opioid Treatment Certificate Update Form
Please complete this form to add your Opioid Treatment Program Certificate to your provider file. An Opioid Treatment Certificate is required to receive payment when providing services at Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) to deliver Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) treatment services.
A DEA number is required for providers who prescribe controlled substances in each state where the provider provides care to its members. Please use this form to indicate your DEA status.
Return From Leave of Absence Form
Please complete this form when the provider is returning from a leave of absence. This will allow for the reinstatement of network participation.
Provider-Hospital Affiliation Upload Form
Please use this form quarterly to upload your provider/hospital affiliation data.
In this form you will be able to change your NPI.
Request to be a Highmark Professional Pennsylvania Participating Provider
Please complete this form to have a Highmark Professional Pennsylvania Participating Provider contract sent to your billing practice. This form is for providers who are already enumerated. If you are not enumerated, please complete the Request for New Billing Practice (Assignment Account) form.
Request to Terminate a Contracted Network
Please only use this form to terminate the following Highmark networks: All Commercial Networks, All Medicare Networks, or All Medicaid Networks.
This form may not be used to terminate an individual commercial network. It may only be used to terminate the groups of networks listed above.
Assignment Account Regulations
Healthcare professionals who have supplied the CRNA employment status form receive 100 percent of the approved allowance for covered services from Highmark Blue Shield when they medically direct (supervise) their employee. If this information is not on file with Highmark Blue Shield, reimbursement will be 50 percent of the approved allowance, in accordance with our existing policy.