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Electronic Claims

Optum Supported Payer List

Visit the Optum Payers List page and go to the 'Optum Revenue Cycle Payer Lists' section to access the supported payers list for Real-time Eligibility, Electronic Claim Submission, and Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) transactions.
Optum Supported Payer List

Access the direct URL for:

Real-time Eligibility - https://customerconnect.optum.com/payerlist/IediRealTime

Electronic Claim Submission (Claims - Professional, 837P) and Electronic Remittance Advice download (ERA, 835P) - https://customerconnect.optum.com/payerlist/IediClaimsAndEra

Enrollments for Optum

Practice needs to do ERA enrollment with the Payers to get the ERAs to the Clearinghouse account automatically. A few Payers require enrollment to use Eligibility and for Electronic Claim Submission.

(i) Eligibility Enquiry:

A few Payers that need enrollment to do eligibility checks are:

  • Medicare and Medicaid plans
  • Some commercial payers such as Kaiser Permanente Northern CA and Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield

To view the complete list of Payers that need enrollment for Eligibility Checks, go to the IEDI Real-Time page. Filter the Transaction type by 'Eligibility' and set 'Enrollment Required' to 'Yes' to display all applicable Payers.
Eligibiilty Enquiry for Optum
Eligibiilty Enquiry for Optum

(ii)Electronic Claim Submission

A few payers that need enrollment for Electronic Claim Submission are:

  • All Medicare and Medicaid plans
  • Majority of Blue Cross/Shield plans
  • Avalon Healthcare Solutions North Carolina
  • Beacon Health Strategies

To view all Payers that require enrollment for Electronic Claim Submission and ERA, go to the 'IEDI Claims and Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA)' page and select 'Claims - Professional' or 'Electronic Remittance - Professional' for the 'Transaction' filter and set 'Yes' for 'Enrollment Required'.
Electronic Claim Submission (LOB - Professional)
Electronic Claim Submission (LOB - Professional)

For Any other Clearinghouses

Charm offers an ANSI package for Practices that use any other Clearinghouses besides Optum, such as the following.

To enable the above options, Charm requires specific details from the Practice's Clearinghouse for ANSI 837, as given in the table below.

Segment Name Loop/Segment/Element Value (?) Comments
INTERCHANGE_SENDER_ID ISA06  

An alphanumeric value.

The maximum length is 15 characters.

Provided by Clearinghouse.

For example, Practice's TIN

INTERCHANGE_RECEIVER_ID _QUALIFIER ISA07  

Allowed values are, 01, 14, 20, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, ZZ

Example Value - ZZ

INTERCHANGE_RECEIVER_ID ISA08  

An alphanumeric value.

The maximum length is 15 characters.

Provided by Clearinghouse.

For example, Clearinghouse (or) third-party TIN to whom you will upload the ANSI Claim file.

APPLICATION_SENDER_CODE GS02  

An alphanumeric value.

The maximum length is 15 characters.

Provided by Clearinghouse.

For example, Practice's TIN

APPLICATION_RECEIVER_CODE GS03  

An alphanumeric value.

The maximum length is 15 characters.

Provided by Clearinghouse.

For example, Clearinghouse (or) third-party TIN to whom you will upload the ANSI Claim file

SUBMITTER_NAME Loop 1000A
NM103
NM104
NM105
 

Charm allows either consulting provider of the Claim or Service Facility.

Let us know which has to be sent here.

SUBMITTER_ID Loop 1000A
NM109
 

An alphanumeric value.

The maximum length is 15 characters.

Provided by Clearinghouse.

For example, Practice's TIN

RECEIVER_NAME Loop 1000B
NM103
 

Sixty-character length alphanumeric value.

For example, the Name of the Clearinghouse/
Payer/Third-Party portal to whom the ANSI file will be uploaded.

RECEIVER_ID Loop 1000B
NM109
 

An alphanumeric value.

The maximum length is 15 characters.

Provided by Clearinghouse.

For example, the Clearinghouse (or) third-party TIN to whom you will upload the ANSI claim file.

For more details, contact our dedicated support team at support@charmhealth.com.