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January 2025

Sign up to benefit from EFT

When you sign up for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network's electronic funds transfer and online voucher program, you can electronically send payments to your choice of financial accounts and view and print remittance advices, or vouchers, online.

Benefits of EFT

The benefits of electronic funds transfer include:

  • Faster payment and free participation
  • Elimination of problems associated with multiple mailings of checks and paper payment vouchers, including the incidental disclosure of protected health information by mail when addresses aren’t updated in our systems
  • Access to 36 months of voucher history

How to sign up

To sign up for EFT, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to our provider portal at availity.com.**
  2. Click on My Providers on the Availity Essentials™ menu bar, and click on Enrollments Center.
  3. Click on Transaction Enrollment.
  4. Follow the steps to complete your enrollment.

Note: If you’re a new provider with Blue Cross or BCN, you’ll need to perform a check verification before enrolling in EFT.

Where to find additional information

For more information, see the What is the Electronic Funds Transfer and Online Voucher Program? webpage on bcbsm.com.

Note: The “How do I register?” section of the above webpage contains instructions for signing up for Availity, which is required for EFT.

**Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network don’t own or control this website.

Availity® is an independent company that contracts with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network to offer provider portal and electronic data interchange services.

No portion of this publication may be copied without the express written permission of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, except that BCBSM participating health care providers may make copies for their personal use. In no event may any portion of this publication be copied or reprinted and used for commercial purposes by any party other than BCBSM.

*CPT codes, descriptions and two-digit numeric modifiers only are copyright 2024 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.