September 2018
Provider Learning Opportunities
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) provides complimentary educational workshops and webinars with an emphasis on electronic options that can help create administrative efficiencies for the independently contracted providers who conduct business with us. A snapshot of upcoming training sessions is included below. For additional information, refer to the Workshops/Webinars page on our Provider website.
| BCBSIL WEBINARS To register now for a webinar on the list below, click on your preferred session date. |
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| BCBSIL Back to Basics: ‘Availity® 101’ Join us for a review of electronic transactions, provider tools and helpful online resources. |
11 a.m. to noon | |
| Introducing Remittance Viewer Have you heard? This online tool gives providers and billing services a convenient way to retrieve, view, save or print claim detail information. |
Sept. 13, 2018 | 11 a.m. to noon |
| iExchange® Training: New Enrollee Training
Learn how to gain access to and begin using our online benefit preauthorization/predetermination of benefits tool. |
Sept. 27, 2018 | 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
Blue Cross Community Health PlansSM for Behavioral Health/Medical Providers This webinar is intended for the following provider types: Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC), Substance Use Prevention and Recovery (SUPR), Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Rural Health Clinic (RHC), Medical Group/Independent Practice Association (MG/IPA), Long Term Supports and Services (LTSS), Primary Care Physician (PCP), School Based Clinic (SBC), Specialist |
LTC, SMHRF, SLF Provider Types: Home Health, Hospice, DME, Home Infusion, Dialysis Provider Types: |
10 to 11 a.m.
Noon to 1 p.m.
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Professional PPO Provider Virtual Workshop These webinars are customized for the BCBSIL commercially contracted professional provider community. BCBSIL Provider Network Consultants (PNCs) will use this format to share upcoming initiatives, program changes and updates, as well as general network announcements. |
11 a.m. to noon
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AVAILITY WEBINARS
Availity also offers free webinars for their registered users. For a current listing of webinar topics, dates and times, registered Availity users may log on to the secure Availity provider portal – the Live Webinar Schedule is located under the Free Training tab. Not yet registered with Availity? Visit their website at availity.com for details; or call Availity Client Services at 800-AVAILITY (282-4548) for assistance.
Availity is a trademark of Availity, LLC, a separate company that operates a health information network to provide electronic information exchange services to medical professionals. Availity provides administrative services to BCBSIL. iExchange is a trademark of Medecision, Inc., a separate company that provides collaborative health care management solutions for payers and providers. BCBSIL makes no endorsement, representations or warranties regarding any products or services provided by third party vendors such as Availity and Medecision. If you have any questions about the products or services provided by such vendors, you should contact the vendor(s) directly.