September 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 |
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| Availity® Authorizations Tool We are hosting one-hour webinar sessions for providers to learn how to electronically submit inpatient and outpatient benefit preauthorization requests handled by BCBSIL using Availity’s new Authorizations tool. |
Sept. 9, 2020 Sept. 16, 2020 Sept. 23, 2020 Sept. 29, 2020 |
11 a.m. to noon |
BCBSIL Back to Basics: ‘Availity 101’ |
11 a.m. to noon |
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| Availity Remittance Viewer and Reporting On-Demand Have you heard? These online tools give providers and billing services a convenient way to view claim detail information from the 835 Electronic Remittance Advice (835 ERA) and the Provider Claim Summary (PCS). Attend a webinar to learn how to gain or grant access, conduct a search, view general and payer-specific information and save or print results. |
Sept. 17, 2020 | 11 a.m. to noon |
| BCCHPSM and MMAI Required Provider Training Webinars If you provide care and services to our Blue Cross Community MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid Plan)SM and/or Blue Cross Community Health PlansSM (BCCHP) members, please join us for guided webinars that will review all the provider trainings required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) and/or Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS). |
Sept. 9, 2020 Sept. 23, 2020 |
9 to 11 a.m. 1 to 3 p.m. |
| 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 . |
Sept. 16, 2020 | 10 to 11 a.m. |
| Patient ID Finder via Availity We are hosting free webinars for you to learn how to use the new Patient ID Finder tool. |
Sept. 8, 2020 Sept. 9, 2020 |
10 to 10:30 a.m. 2 to 2:30 p.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.