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Before you start

For BCBS claims through Thrizer, register with each Blue Plan required for your practice or claim-service location. Use the location used for billing, not the client’s home address or the name on the client’s insurance card. If the required plan is unclear, including for telehealth, confirm it with BlueCard provider services. Have your practice EIN/TIN, each clinician’s individual rendering NPI, and the practice or claim-service address ready. Make sure the details you give the plan match the information in Thrizer.

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Find the Regence company for your location

A state name identifies where a Regence company operates. It does not mean that company is the required Local / Host Blue Plan for every location in that state.

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Confirm the first-time process

We recommend Regence’s Provider Information Update Form for a new practice as well as existing-record updates. For new practices, this recommendation is based on payer representatives’ advice reported to Thrizer. Regence’s public instructions describe provider-information submissions and changes, but do not clearly establish the complete first-time out-of-network registration process. For a new practice, use the form to request a nonparticipating provider record for claims processing with the applicable Regence company and follow its submission instructions. Confirm with Regence which clinicians and locations to include and whether additional enrollment or affiliation steps are needed. This is different from joining a network. We have not independently confirmed first-time acceptance, the complete process, or activation from form submission alone. If you’re unsure which practice locations or clinicians to include, whether separate Regence companies need separate submissions, or whether another step is required, contact Regence’s Provider Contact Center. An Availity account, claims payer selection, or EFT/ERA enrollment does not itself confirm provider registration.

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Check that registration is active

Ask each required plan to confirm that your practice record and required clinician affiliations are active, including the effective date and any remaining steps. A form submission or receipt alone is not approval. While waiting, follow the pending-registration guidance. Keep the confirmation and any case number, then notify Thrizer and review what happens next. Registration does not guarantee claim approval or reimbursement.