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Before you start

Use this guide when BCBS of Alabama is a required Local / Host Plan for your practice or claim-service location. Your practice coordinates registration and any required clinician records so the payer can process affected claims. Registration is separate from joining a network and does not guarantee reimbursement. Not sure which plan applies? First identify your required Local / Host Plan. Open the Medical Practitioners page. Under the instructions for practitioners who are not interested in participating, download the Auxiliary Provider Application. Do not use the separate network-participation or Lucet application.

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Registration steps

1

Choose the request

For a new record, select Add New Provider/Facility. If the clinician already has a record, confirm the appropriate update request with Alabama instead.
2

Identify the clinician and practice

Complete Provider Information with the clinician’s individual NPI, license, specialty, and requested service-location information. In Payee/Remittance Information, enter the actual practice legal name, TIN, and applicable payee NPI.
3

Keep reimbursement going to the client

Under Please make all payments to, select To Patient for BCBS claims through Thrizer. The payee-information fields do not mean you should elect payment to the clinician.
4

Review, sign, and fax

Have the authorized person review and sign the application, then fax it to 205-220-9545, as shown on the current form. Keep a copy and ask Alabama to confirm when the record is active.

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If you have several clinicians

Your practice coordinates its clinician records. Ask Alabama which affiliation steps it needs for the group; do not assume this individual application includes a bulk roster or have each clinician establish a separate practice.

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What happens next

Once each required plan confirms registration and the required clinician associations are active, notify Thrizer support and review what happens next. For associate, pre-licensed, or supervised clinicians, confirm payer recognition separately and review Thrizer’s supported claim structure.