BCBSTX provides complimentary training opportunities for providers, billing services, clinical and administrative staff members who are new or already participating in a BCBSTX network. You're invited to join us for informal or participate in convenient online training sessions. For complete course descriptions and prerequisites, please select any of the courses below.
Availity® Essentials and BlueApprovRSM Prior Authorizations, Referrals, & Recommended Clinical Review Tools
Learn how to electronically submit inpatient and outpatient prior authorizations handled by BCBSTX 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 RCR through BlueApprovR.
Note: All sessions are 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central Time. Select your preferred date below:
Availity Essentials Claim Status, Clinical 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.
Note: All sessions are 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CT. Select your preferred date below:
Availity Essentials Instructor Led Training
Register for this session to better understand how the 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.
Note: All sessions are 11 a.m. to noon Central Time (CT). Select your preferred date below:
Remittance Viewer & 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 (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.
Note: All sessions are 1 to 2 p.m. Central Time (CT). Select your preferred date below:
BlueApprovR℠:Prior Authorizations 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 BCBSTX commercial members.
Note: All sessions are 3 to 4 p.m. Central Time (CT). Select your preferred date below:
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 BCBSTX. BCBSTX makes no endorsement, representations or warranties regarding any products or services offered.