Payer Updates

Payer Updates | February 2026

For a curated summary of the latest payer updates* impacting Northern Michigan provider offices, grouped by payer then category, please see below:

BCBSM and BCN

All Providers: All authorizations for Medicare Advantage patients have been transferred to NASCO. SOURCE

All Providers: BCBSM employees may not appear in Availity, BCBSM's provider portal. SOURCE

Priority Health

All Providers: Priority Health is working to reduce provider call center wait times. SOURCE

*News items from the following payers were reviewed for this month’s highlighted articles: Aetna, BCBSM, Blue Care Complete, Blue Care Network (BCN), Health Alliance, McLaren, Molina, Nomi Health, and Priority Health.