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Announcing Availity Essentials to Enhance Online Resources for Providers

Date: 12/23/24

Louisiana Healthcare Connections has chosen Availity Essentials as its new, secure provider portal.

Starting January 20, 2025, you can validate eligibility and benefits, submit claims, check claim status, submit authorizations, and access payer resources via Availity Essentials.

If you are already working in Availity Essentials, you can log in to your existing account to enjoy these benefits for Louisiana Healthcare Connections members beginning January 20th:

  • Use Availity Essentials to verify member eligibility and benefits, submit claims, check claim status, submit authorizations, and more.
  • Look for additional functionality in Louisiana Healthcare Connections' payer space on Essentials
    and use the heart icon to add apps to My Favorites in the top navigation bar. 
  • Access Manage My Organization – Providers to save provider information. You can then auto-populate that information repeatedly to eliminate repetitive data entry and reduce errors.

Our current secure portal will still be available for other functions you may use today.

Getting started: Designate an Availity administrator for your provider organization

If you are new to Availity Essentials, getting your account is the first step toward working with on Availity.

Your provider organization’s designated Availity administrator is the person responsible for registering your organization in Essentials and managing user accounts. This person should have legal authority to sign agreements for your organization.

HOW DOES THIS IMPACT ME?WHAT IS MY NEXT BEST STEP?
I am the administrator. 
I am the designated Availity administrator for my organization.		Visit Register and Get Started with Availity Essentials to enroll for training and access other helpful resources. 
I am not the administrator. 
I am NOT the designated Availity administrator for my organization.		Your designated Availity administrator will determine who needs access to Availity Essentials on behalf of your organization and will add user accounts in Essentials. 
I am not sure. 
I am not sure who will be the designated Availity administrator for my organization.		Share this information with your manager to help determine who will be the designated Availity administrator for your organization.

 

We're excited to welcome you to Availity Essentials, helping you transform the way you impact patient care with Louisiana Healthcare Connections.

If you need additional assistance with your registration, please call Availity Client Services at 1-800-AVAILITY (1-800-282-4548). Assistance is available Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.