Availity^®, LLC (Availity)

Availity is a full-service clearinghouse capable of meeting your electronic transaction needs.

Advantages and conveniences:

• 24-hour availability
• Easy batch submission using a toll-free telephone number
• Detailed, instant error reports
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-compliant
• Claims processing for all types of physicians, dentists, other health care professionals, facilities, independent laboratories, vision hardware providers, ambulance services and suppliers of durable medical equipment
• Claims processing for all Regence and Regence Life and Health products and other payers as well
• No submission charges for Regence claims sent directly to Availity
• Conversion of electronic claims to paper claims for those payers who accept only paper - with only postage charged to you

Provider offices, facilities and billing services must use one of the following HIPAA-compliant formats to submit electronic claims to the Availity clearinghouse:

• Professional claims: use the ANSI ASC X12N 837P 4010A1 format
• Institutional claims: use the ANSI ASC X12N 837I 4010A1 format

Register with Availity

Contact Availity EDI at 1 (800) 282-4548 or register online.

Availity, one of our EDI partners, now supports business-to-business (B2B) integration for eligibility and benefit inquiry transactions. Contact your practice management system vendor and ask if they support B2B transactions with Availity for Regence, or view the Availity technology partners list (PDF).