March 2019

Provider Learning Opportunities

We provide free workshops and webinars that can help create administrative efficiencies for the independently contracted providers who conduct business with us. See the snapshot of upcoming training sessions is included below. For more information, refer to our Workshops/Webinars page.

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.	March 5, 2019 March 12, 2019 March 19, 2019 March 26, 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.	March 14, 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.	March 21, 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: 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	For CMHC, LTSS, SUPR Provider Types: March 13, 2019	9 to 10 a.m.
Blue Cross Community Health Plans – Webinars for Ancillary 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: March 5, 2019 Home Health, Hospice, DME, Home Infusion, Dialysis Provider Types: March 5, 2019	10 to 11 a.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.