Availity® Essentials Training

To register now for a webinar on the list below, click on your preferred session date.

Description Dates Session Times

Availity Essentials and BlueApprovRSM Prior Authorizations & Recommended Clinical Review Tools

Learn how to electronically submit inpatient and outpatient prior authorization handled by BCBSMT using the Availity Essentials Authorizations tool. You’ll also learn how to access and submit inpatient and/or outpatient medical/surgical, behavioral health and specialty pharmacy drug prior authorization requests as well as recommended clinical review (RCR) through BlueApprovR.

10 to 11:30 a.m.

Claim Status, Clinical Claim Appeals, Reconsiderations and Message This Payer 

Learn how to verify enhanced claim status, submit clinical claim appeals, reconsiderations requests and Message This Payer online and monitor status using the Availity Claim Status tool.

10 to 11:30 a.m.

Availity Essentials Instructor-Led Training

Register for this session to better understand how electronic transactions can work for your organization. You’ll learn the importance of Manage My Organization, how to use the Patient ID Finder, instruction on how to verify patients' Eligibility and Benefits and more about other online options.

10 to 11:00 a.m.

Remittance Viewer and Provider Claim Summary

These online tools give providers and billing services a convenient way to view claim detail information from the 835 Electronic Remittance Advice and the Provider Claim Summary. 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.

12 to 1 p.m.

BlueApprovRSM: Prior Authorization and Recommended Clinical Review Process

Learn how to access via Availity Essentials to submit and secure real-time approvals for inpatient and/or outpatient prior authorization requests as well as recommended clinical review for medical/surgical services, specialty pharmacy drugs and behavioral health services for many BCBSMT commercial members. 

2 to 3 p.m.

Material presented is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician. Physicians and other health care providers are encouraged to use their own best medical judgment based upon all available information and the condition of the patient in determining the best course of treatment.

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 BCBSMT. BCBSMT makes no endorsement, representations or warranties regarding third party vendors and the products and services they offer.