Enhanced Physician Finder
Keeps Your Information Up to Date

The Physician Finder tool has always been one of the most popular resources on the www.humana.com Web site. It's an important online service for practices because it provides patients with current information about your location — as long as you inform your provider relations representatives of updates.

Physician Finder has been enhanced and is now called Physician Finder Plus, with a whole host of new features so Humana members can get updated physician and other health care provider information. Here are some of the most important changes:

• Provider search parameters are now much more specific, allowing members to narrow their search and find physicians that meet their criteria. New search parameters include: practice specialty, physician name, IPA or network relationship, hospital affiliation, office distance from home or work, county, language and a physician's gender.
  
• Health provider information now includes a practice's new patient status so members will know quickly if your office is accepting new patients.
• Members no longer have to select their market from a list. Now, they simply enter their city and state or ZIP code and the market is determined for them. This reduces errors and alleviates member — and health provider — frustration.
• Users can now get maps and driving directions to physicians' practice locations online, a feature that cuts down on calls to your office.
• All information on Physician Finder Plus is now updated nightly so office information is always current.

These and many more enhancements to Physician Finder Plus make it even easier for Humana members to connect with Humana providers and help make the connection a good one. Take a minute to visit Humana's Web site, check your practice's information and tell your provider relations representative of any changes.

Florida providers can also access Physician Finder Plus through www.availity.com. Just go to "Health Plans" under the left navigational bar and click on the Humana logo at the bottom of the page. Once on Humana's home page, click on "Physician/Provider." Then click on "Physician Finder" on the left navigational bar, and you will have access to Humana's Physician Finder Plus. For more information, contact your local market provider relations representative or your electronic commerce coordinator.