Verify CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage eligibility in real time.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage supports electronic real-time eligibility. Send the check to payer ID 45282 and the full benefits picture comes back in under a second, before the patient sits down.
Also billed as: CareFirst BCBS Medicare Advantage · University of Maryland Health Advantage
Under 1 second
The same CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage check that takes 15 to 25 minutes on the phone. Ten patients tomorrow: ten checks, or three hours on hold.
3 billing names
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage shows up on cards under 3 names. Every one routes to payer ID 45282, and so do 3 older payer IDs still printed on cards. No guessing which card this is.
7 CareFirst plans
verify in real time through Valian. One setup covers the whole CareFirst family, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage included.
First month free
Then $2.50 a check, only when you run one. No seat fees, no platform fee, no contract. Cancel any time.
The phone way
Call, hold, transcribe, repeat.
Verifying CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage by phone means a menu, a hold queue, and 15 to 25 minutes per patient while someone at the desk reads benefits back by hand. Ten patients on tomorrow's schedule is half a workday on hold.
The real-time way
Payer ID 45282, under a second.
The same check, sent electronically. Valian runs it automatically for every patient on the schedule before the day starts, and flags the ones that need a human look.
| By phone | In Valian | |
|---|---|---|
| Time per patient | 15 to 25 minutes on hold | Under a second |
| When it happens | Day of, squeezed between patients | Before the day starts, automatically |
| What you get | Notes scribbled while someone reads benefits aloud | The full breakdown, saved to the patient |
What a CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage eligibility check returns
- Whether coverage is active, with plan and group details
- Deductible, and how much of it is already met this year
- Annual maximum, and how much of it is left to work with
- Coverage percentages by category: preventive, basic, major
- Frequency limits on cleanings, exams, and X-rays
- Waiting periods, where CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage reports them electronically
Eligibility result
Sample data- Status
- Active
- Plan
- PPO · Group 8823
- Deductible
- $50 · $0 met
- Annual max
- $1,500 remaining
- Preventive
- 100%
- Basic
- 80%
- Major
- 50%
- Cleanings
- 2 / year
Returned in under a second · payer ID 45282
How practices handle this today, in their own words
Verbatim from recorded calls to dental offices. Names withheld.
We call the insurance, or I go on their website and do it. Yeah, we manually do it.
We have a third party insurance verification team that does it for us. I’m not too sure, maybe like seven, ten minutes.
Our system does it, and the ones that are not set up for electronic, we do ourselves.
How getting set up works
Sign up
About ten minutes: create the account, sign the agreement, and your free first month starts.
Connect your system
We connect your practice management software with your office manager. Open Dental, Dentrix, Eaglesoft, and more.
Checks run themselves
Every patient on the schedule gets verified automatically before their visit, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage included. Your team just reads the results.
Under half an hour of your time all in. See the full walkthrough on the insurance verification page.
What CareFirst BCBS Medicare Advantage supports electronically
- Real-time eligibility (270/271)
- Yes, under a second
- Enrollment for eligibility
- None, checks work day one
- Dental claims (837D)
- Not offered electronically
- Claim status (276/277)
- Yes
- Electronic remittance (835)
- Yes, after a multi-step enrollment, typically within hours
- Electronic funds transfer
- Not offered electronically
- Claim attachments
- Not offered electronically
Names and IDs this payer goes by
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage · CareFirst BCBS Medicare Advantage · University of Maryland Health Advantage. Older cards may show payer ID 45282MA, 7487 and 9643. All of them route to payer ID 45282.
Payer site: www.carefirst.com
How to verify CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage, step by step
Get the member ID and date of birth from the card or the patient.
Send the electronic eligibility request (a 270) to payer ID 45282.
Read the response (the 271): status, deductible, max, percentages, frequencies.
Save the breakdown to the patient. Valian does all four automatically, before every visit.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage runs Medicare plans across MD VA DC. Medicare dental benefits live in the specific Advantage plan, not in Medicare itself, so the plan on the card decides.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage, quick answers
Does CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage support real-time eligibility?
Yes. Eligibility checks to CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage clear electronically in under a second through payer ID 45282.
What payer ID do I use for CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage?
45282 for eligibility transactions. The same payer also appears on cards as CareFirst BCBS Medicare Advantage, University of Maryland Health Advantage.
What does a check cost with Valian?
$2.50 per verification, run automatically before every appointment. Your first month is free, with no contract and no seat fees.
Does CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage require enrollment before I can check eligibility?
No. Eligibility checks work from day one, with no payer enrollment paperwork.
Which CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage plans does this cover?
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage runs Medicare plans in MD VA DC. The eligibility check reads the specific plan on the patient's card, whichever program it belongs to.
Can I get CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage remittances electronically?
Yes. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage sends electronic remittance advice (835) after a multi-step enrollment, typically within hours.
What if the patient's card shows a different CareFirst name?
Alternate billing names route to the same payer ID, 45282. The check resolves them automatically.
More questions about verifying CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage? Schedule 15 minutes with us and bring your toughest plan.
Every CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Medicare Advantage patient, verified before they walk in.
First month free, then $2.50 a check. No seat fees, no platform fee, no contract.
Book 15 minutes, demo or onboarding
Pick a time, then tell us on the form whether it is a demo or an onboarding call.
The CareFirst family in the network
7 CareFirst plans verify in real time through Valian.
- Verify CareFirst Administrators eligibility
- Verify CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield Maryland eligibility
- Verify CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield Maryland - Dental eligibility
- Verify CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield District of Columbia (NCA) eligibility
- Verify CareFirst Community Health Plan Maryland eligibility
- Verify CareFirst Medicare Advantage eligibility
Payer names and marks belong to their owners and identify the insurance company a practice can verify. Sample result shown for illustration; real results reflect the patient's actual plan. Payer capabilities can change between network updates.