Humana will shutter its secure provider portal on Oct. 3. To continue or begin working with Humana online, prepare now by registering for the Availity Provider Portal if your practice doesn’t already have an account.
Refer to this quick reference guide for registration tips, or take a free webinar about the Availity portal.
- Not sure if you have an account? If your practice’s tax identification number (TIN) is already registered, the registration results screen will give you a contact number and customer ID to help you identify your Availity administrator.
- If you don’t have an account, designate a staff member as an Availity administrator to register for a new account. This should be someone with the legal authority to sign agreements for the practice, or that person’s designee. The administrator then can add users for the practice and maintain its access permissions
Humana will continue to make many resources available to physicians without a user ID and password on Humana.com/provider. To learn more, visit Humana.com/providerselfservice.
Request Radiology Preauthorizations Online
When you request preauthorization for your Humana patient’s diagnostic imaging (e.g., CT scan, MRA, MRI, nuclear stress test, PET scan, or SPECT scan), the benefit management company HealthHelp performs the review through its Consult Online service. Take this tutorial to learn how to request, schedule, and follow up on imaging services and treatment plans with Consult Online. For more information, email Consult Online at RCSupport[at]HealthHelp[dot]com or call (800) 546-7092.
Source: Humana’s Your Practice, August 2018
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If you have questions about billing and coding or payer policies, contact the specialists at paymentadvocacy[at]texmed[dot]org for help, or call the TMA Knowledge Center at (800) 880-7955. TMA members can use the TMA Hassle Factor Log to help resolve insurance-related problems. Visit www.texmed.org/GetPaid for more resources and information.
Last Updated On
August 27, 2018
Originally Published On
August 27, 2018