Bywater
Bywater is a payer organization. For an ASC, what matters isn't the logo. It's how Bywater 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 Bywater pays
See how Bywater 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
See where Bywater concentrates and how its presence shapes the markets you compete in.
Peer position
Put your own position next to the benchmark for Bywater and bring the gap to your next contract conversation.
Specialty mix
Understand which procedures and specialties drive Bywater'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 Bywater up, DataLily AI maps how it reimburses across procedures and markets, and where your own rates sit against the peer benchmark.
Reference
Working with Bywater
- Payer ID
- 12090 is the EDI identifier used to route electronic eligibility checks (270/271), claim-status inquiries (276/277), and claims to Bywater through a clearinghouse.
- Eligibility verification
- Coverage and benefits for Bywater members are verified before the date of service, through a clearinghouse using payer ID 12090or through the payer's provider portal.
- Prior authorization
- Requirements are set per plan and per procedure. Confirm whether an authorization is required with Bywater directly before the date of service.
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A 15-minute walkthrough of Bywater the way it pays.
- What is Bywater's payer ID?
- Bywater's electronic payer ID is 12090. ASC billing teams use it to route eligibility checks (270/271), claim-status inquiries (276/277), and electronic claims to Bywater through a clearinghouse.
- How do ASCs verify eligibility for Bywater members?
- Eligibility and benefits for Bywater members are verified before the date of service, either electronically through a clearinghouse (a 270/271 transaction using payer ID 12090) or through the payer's provider portal.
- Does Bywater require prior authorization for ASC procedures?
- Prior-authorization requirements for Bywater are set per plan and per procedure. Confirm whether an authorization is required with Bywater directly before the date of service.
- What type of payer is Bywater?
- Bywater is a payer organization.
- How does Bywater compare with other payers for ASC procedures?
- Ask Rose and you get a plain-language read on where Bywater pays above or below peer plans for your top procedures, charted, and ending in a recommendation you can take into a contract conversation.
- Is Bywater paying my ASC below market?
- Put your own Bywater 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.