When will Availity be ready to test submission of files in the 5010 version?
Availity will be ready to test real-time transactions from business-to-business submitters (not portal submitters) beginning January 2011. Availity will be able to test transactions with batch EDI submitters beginning January 2011. Web portal users will not be required to test their connections; Availity will test with individual payers as they are implemented throughout 2011, with the goal of having all portal transactions migrated by the federally-mandated deadline of January 2012. Please see the timeline chart above.