If your UnitedHealthcare contracting runs through Optum, your physical health and behavioral health records are kept separately. Update one and the other stays the same. This module walks you through both networks, including the written request each one needs for a Tax ID change.
A credentialing service typically charges $50 to $150 for each update it submits to a carrier. This module covers every update you'll make with this carrier, for one price.
What's inside
Updating with Optum's physical health network
Updating with the behavioral health network (Provider Express)
Which fields each portal handles, and processing timelines
How to follow up, plus contact information
Changing your Tax ID
Quick-reference checklists and common mistakes
14-page PDF. Instant download.
Add-on to the Provider Demographic Update Guide, which is required. This module builds on its steps and doesn't repeat them.
If your UnitedHealthcare contracting runs through Optum, your physical health and behavioral health records are kept separately. Update one and the other stays the same. This module walks you through both networks, including the written request each one needs for a Tax ID change.
A credentialing service typically charges $50 to $150 for each update it submits to a carrier. This module covers every update you'll make with this carrier, for one price.
What's inside
Updating with Optum's physical health network
Updating with the behavioral health network (Provider Express)
Which fields each portal handles, and processing timelines
How to follow up, plus contact information
Changing your Tax ID
Quick-reference checklists and common mistakes
14-page PDF. Instant download.
Add-on to the Provider Demographic Update Guide, which is required. This module builds on its steps and doesn't repeat them.