Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield is a Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated health plan operating in Arkansas. For an ASC, what matters isn't the logo. It's how Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield pays: where it runs rich, where it runs thin, and how its reimbursement compares with peer plans for the same procedures.
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What Insights reveals
How Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield pays
See how Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield reimburses across procedures and markets, benchmarked against the peer plans competing for the same cases. Not a raw rate sheet, a read on where it sits.
Geographic footprint
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield's presence spans Arkansas. See where it concentrates and how that shapes the markets you compete in.
Peer position
Put your own position next to the benchmark for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and bring the gap to your next contract conversation.
Specialty mix
Understand which procedures and specialties drive Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield's volume, so you know where a rate change moves the needle.
Whether you're an ASC benchmarking a contract or a provider team looking Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield up, DataLily AI maps how it reimburses across procedures and markets, and where your own rates sit against the peer benchmark.
Reference
Working with Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
- Payer ID
- 00520 is the EDI identifier used to route electronic eligibility checks (270/271), claim-status inquiries (276/277), and claims to Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield through a clearinghouse.
- Eligibility verification
- Coverage and benefits for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield members are verified before the date of service, through a clearinghouse using payer ID 00520or through the payer's provider portal.
- Prior authorization
- Requirements are set per plan and per procedure. Confirm whether an authorization is required with Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield directly before the date of service.
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A 15-minute walkthrough of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield the way it pays.
- What is Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield's payer ID?
- Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield's electronic payer ID is 00520. ASC billing teams use it to route eligibility checks (270/271), claim-status inquiries (276/277), and electronic claims to Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield through a clearinghouse.
- How do ASCs verify eligibility for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield members?
- Eligibility and benefits for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield members are verified before the date of service, either electronically through a clearinghouse (a 270/271 transaction using payer ID 00520) or through the payer's provider portal.
- Does Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield require prior authorization for ASC procedures?
- Prior-authorization requirements for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield are set per plan and per procedure. Confirm whether an authorization is required with Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield directly before the date of service.
- What type of payer is Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield?
- Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield is a Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated health plan operating in Arkansas.
- How does Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield compare with other payers for ASC procedures?
- Ask Rose and you get a plain-language read on where Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield pays above or below peer plans for your top procedures, charted, and ending in a recommendation you can take into a contract conversation.
- Is Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield paying my ASC below market?
- Put your own Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield contract next to the peer benchmark in DataLily AI and you'll see the gap by procedure and market, the fastest way to know whether you're leaving money on the table.