April 2019

Provider Learning Opportunities

We provide free workshops and webinars to help independently contracted providers who work with us. See the snapshot of upcoming training sessions is included below. For more information, refer to our Workshops/Webinars page.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) WEBINARS *To register now for a webinar on the list below, click on your preferred session date.*
Descriptions:	Dates:	Session Times:
BCBSIL Back to Basics: ‘Availity^® 101’ Join us for a review of electronic transactions, provider tools and helpful online resources.	April 2, 2019 April 9, 2019 April 16, 2019 April 23, 2019 April 30, 2019	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.	April 11, 2019	11 a.m. to noon
iExchange^®: New Enrollee Training Learn how to gain access to and begin using our online benefit preauthorization/predetermination of benefits tool.	April 18, 2019	11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Blue Cross Community Health Plans^SM for Behavioral Health/Medical Providers This webinar is intended for the following provider types: Long Term Care Facilities (LTC), Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), Intermediate Care Facility (ICF), Specialized Mental Health Rehab Facility (SMHRF), Supportive Living Facilities (SLF), Home Health, Hospice, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), Home Infusion, Dialysis	LTC, SMHRF, SLF Provider Types: April 2, 2019 Home Health, Hospice, DME, Home Infusion, Dialysis Provider Types: April 2, 2019	2 to 3 p.m. Noon to 1 p.m.

AVAILITY WEBINARS
Availity also provides 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 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.