June 2020

Provider Learning Opportunities

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) offers free workshops and webinars for the independently contracted providers who work with us. These trainings focus on electronic options and other helpful tools and resources. A preview of upcoming training sessions is included below. For more information, refer to our Webinars and Workshops 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.	June 9, 2020 June 16, 2020 June 23, 2020 June 30, 2020	11 a.m. to noon
Introducing Availity 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. The Reporting On-Demand application allows users to readily view, download, save and/or print the Provider Claim Summary (PCS) and other reports online, at no additional cost.	June 18, 2020	11 a.m. to noon
Monthly Provider Hot Topics Webinar These monthly webinars will be held through December 2020. They are customized for the BCBSIL contracted 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.	June 10, 2020	10 to 11 a.m.
Provider Onboarding Form Training These orientation webinars will give you the opportunity to ask the PNCs questions and will highlight topics such as care coordination, third party vendors, claims, benefit preauthorization and required provider training.	June 24, 2020	10 to 11 a.m.

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 for details; or call Availity Client Services at 800-AVAILITY (282-4548) for help.

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. BCBSIL makes no endorsement, representations or warranties regarding any products or services provided by third party vendors such as Availity. If you have any questions about the products or services provided by such vendors, you should contact the vendor(s) directly.