Essentials vs. symplr Provider

From the first phone call with a new patient through final claim reconciliation and payment, you need a simpler way to collect, submit, and track the administrative, clinical, and financial data that make healthcare possible. Availity Essentials is the place to connect with your payers—at no cost to providers. Availity works with hundreds of payers nationwide to give providers a one-stop-portal where they can check eligibility, submit claims, collect patient payments and track ERAs, and even sign up for EFT. Your Essentials account gets you access to all this and more, with one password.

The all-in-one credentialing solution, symplr Provider (formerly known as Cactus), takes care of everything from the initial application to ongoing recredentialing, which helps chief medical officers of large, multi-facility health systems speed up onboarding, so physicians can start caring for patients and bill for services sooner.  symplr Provider is a cloud-based solution that helps credentialing teams manage the entire provider lifecycle, from initial application to ongoing credentialing.