Educational Webinar Sessions

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) provides complimentary training opportunities for providers, billing services, clinical and administrative staff members who are new or already participating in the BCBSTX network.

You're invited to join us for convenient online training sessions.

For complete course descriptions and prerequisites, please select any of the courses below.

Note: All times indicated are Central Time (CT).

AIM ProviderPortal^SM Training for Prior Authorizations

Refer to the AIM training page for all upcoming Provider Portal sessions available on the following services that may require prior authorization through AIM:

Advanced Imaging & Cardiology
Genetic Testing
Joint/Spine Surgery & Pain Management
Medical Oncology
Radiation Therapy
Sleep Medicine

For more information on AIM prior authorizations, refer to the AIM Specialty Health page.

Authorizations & Referrals Via Availity

BCBSTX hosts one-hour webinar sessions for you to learn how to electronically submit prior authorization and referral requests handled by BCBSTX using Availity's Authorizations & Referrals tool. To register for session, select your preferred date and time below.

Availity^® Orientation - Save Time and Go Online!

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

Claim Status and Clinical Claim Appeals via Availity

BCBSTX is hosting complimentary webinars for providers to learn how to efficiently verify detailed claim status and submit clinical claim appeals online using Availity's Claim Status tool. Select your preferred date and time below to register for an upcoming session.

Behavioral Health – Free CME/CEU Webinars

BCBSTX periodically offers free educational behavioral health webinars. Those who attend will earn continuing medical education credits (CMEs) or continuing education units (CEUs). Register at links below.

Webinar	Date	Time	CME/CEU
Differential Diagnoses of Depression	March 7, 2022	8 a.m.	1
Differential Diagnoses of Depression	March 9, 2022	9 a.m.	1

Note- Register or sign in to watch a recordings of our 2021 webinars and earn CME/CEU.

Depression in a Primary Care Setting (recorded June 2021)
Opioid Use Disorder (recorded August 2021)
Comorbid Behavioral Health and Physical Health Conditions (recorded October 2021)

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 DOs), nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and psychologists can use AOA Cat 1-4 credit toward licensure. Social workers and mental health counselors (LPC, LCPC, LPCC) can use the Social Work CEU credit toward licensure.

The above material 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.

eviCore Training

eviCore and BCBSTX periodically will be hosting orientation sessions for providers for various care categories. In addition, eviCore provides ongoing training on the eviCore implementations site . Refer to the eviCore Webex page to register and the select the menu bar symbol located on the left-side of the webpage and select "Webex Training". The "Live Sessions" page will display. Please retain the confirmation email. Use the link and toll-free phone number to access your training

Laboratory Policies and Laboratory Management Program Webinars

Register to attend free webinars on how to use the Avalon Healthcare Solution Trial Claim Advice Tool via Availity^® and learn more about the Laboratory Management Program effective Jan 1., 2021:

Remittance Viewer & Reporting On-Demand Via Availity

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.

To register now, select a webinar date and time from the list 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 provided by independent 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.