To enable eCLAIMS to work with the Availity system, you need to verify that your version number is U07 (or ANY 08 VERSION) and that the AVAILITY flag is set to YES under UTILS and CONFIG.

Claims processing will be the same with the only exception being how the claims are transmitted.  Once you import and print your report, you need to go back to FILE and choose MAKE ECF FILE.  This creates the file that is actually going to be transmitted to Availity.  The file you are creating is called MSB.NSF and it is (normally) in the c:\eclaims folder.

To upload (send) your file, go to www.availity.com and click on Registered Users Login to bring up the login screen.

Put in your user id and password as supplied by Availity and click on login.

On the menu on the left, select EDI File Management, and select Send and Receive EDI files from the submenu.

Select your Organization Name and click submit.

Next, click on the send files folder.

Next you can fill in the file name to send (typically c:\eclaims\msb.nsf) or click browse and browse to the folder that contains the file you are sending.  Note: regardless of the directory that eclaims is installed to the file name will ALWAYS be msb.nsf.

Now click upload file.