Availity® Essentials Training

Authorizations via Availity and BlueApprovRSM

BCBSMT is hosting one-hour webinar sessions for you to learn how to electronically submit prior authorization requests handled by BCBSMT using Availity’s Authorizations tool. You will also learn how to access and submit inpatient and outpatient medical/surgical, behavioral health and specialty pharmacy drug prior authorization requests through BlueApprovR via Availity Essentials. To register for sessions, select your preferred date and time below.

Claim Status, Clinical Claim Appeals & Message This Payer

BCBSMT is hosting complimentary webinars for providers to learn how to efficiently verify detailed claim status, submit clinical claim appeals, and send secure claim management questions online using the Claim Status tool via Availity Essentials. Select your preferred date and time below to register for an upcoming session. 

Carelon (formerly AIM) Medical Oncology Provider Training

In cooperation with Carelon Medical Benefits Management (Carelon) (formerly known as AIM Specialty Health®), we invite you to take advantage of on demand Carelon ProviderPortal recorded training on how to:

  • Create and submit prior authorization and post service medical necessity review requests, update an existing request, and retrieve your order summary
  • Check the status of your requests
  • Get tips and shortcuts to navigate the system

BlueApprovR: Prior Authorization Process

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

Register for an instructor-led webinar session by selecting your preferred date and time below:

Remittance Viewer & Reporting On-Demand

These online tools offer 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.

To register, select a webinar date and time from the list below:

Orientation: Save Time and Go Online

Join us for a review of electronic transactions, provider tools and helpful online resources.

New and existing Availity users are highly encouraged to attend. To register for a complimentary webinar, select a session date & time below.

The New Mexico Osteopathic Medical Association (NMOMA) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. NMOMA designates this program for a maximum of 1 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation.

Social Work CEUs Approved by NASW-NM. The Licensee must maintain proof of continuing education courses taken for the past four (4) years. The New Mexico Regulations and Licensing Department, Boards and Commissions, Social Work Licensing Board reserves the right to audit a licensee’s continuing education records as it deems necessary. This event has been approved for a total of 1 CEU.

Physicians (MDs) and nurses can use AOA Cat 1-4 credit toward licensure. Psychologists, social workers and mental health counselors (LPC, LCPC, LPCC) can use the Social Work CEU credit toward licensure.

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.