Verify L.A. Care Health Plan (California) eligibility in real time.
L.A. Care Health Plan (California) supports electronic real-time eligibility. Send the check to payer ID LACAR and the full benefits picture comes back in under a second, before the patient sits down.
Also billed as: Los Angeles Care Health Plan (California)
Under 1 second
The same L.A. Care Health Plan (California) check that takes 15 to 25 minutes on the phone. Ten patients tomorrow: ten checks, or three hours on hold.
2 billing names
L.A. Care Health Plan (California) shows up on cards under 2 names. Every one routes to payer ID LACAR, and so do 4 older payer IDs still printed on cards. No guessing which card this is.
Medicaid plans
L.A. Care Health Plan (California) runs Medicaid plans in California. One setup, every patient on the schedule verified before they arrive.
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 L.A. Care Health Plan (California) 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 LACAR, 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 L.A. Care Health Plan (California) 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 L.A. Care Health Plan (California) 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 LACAR
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, L.A. Care Health Plan (California) 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 L.A. Care Health Plan (CA) 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 a few weeks
- Electronic funds transfer
- Not offered electronically
- Claim attachments
- Not offered electronically
Names and IDs this payer goes by
L.A. Care Health Plan (California) · Los Angeles Care Health Plan (California). Older cards may show payer ID 11060, 5988, 6484 and LACRE. All of them route to payer ID LACAR.
Payer site: lacare.org
How to verify L.A. Care Health Plan (California), 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 LACAR.
Read the response (the 271): status, deductible, max, percentages, frequencies.
Save the breakdown to the patient. Valian does all four automatically, before every visit.
L.A. Care Health Plan (California) runs Medicaid plans across California. Medicaid dental benefits change by state and by age, which is exactly what the check reads off the plan.
L.A. Care Health Plan (California), quick answers
Does L.A. Care Health Plan (California) support real-time eligibility?
Yes. Eligibility checks to L.A. Care Health Plan (California) clear electronically in under a second through payer ID LACAR.
What payer ID do I use for L.A. Care Health Plan (California)?
LACAR for eligibility transactions. The same payer also appears on cards as Los Angeles Care Health Plan (California).
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 L.A. Care Health Plan (California) require enrollment before I can check eligibility?
No. Eligibility checks work from day one, with no payer enrollment paperwork.
Which L.A. Care Health Plan (California) plans does this cover?
L.A. Care Health Plan (California) runs Medicaid plans in California. The eligibility check reads the specific plan on the patient's card, whichever program it belongs to.
Can I get L.A. Care Health Plan (California) remittances electronically?
Yes. L.A. Care Health Plan (California) sends electronic remittance advice (835) after a multi-step enrollment, typically a few weeks.
What if the patient's card shows a different L.A. name?
Alternate billing names route to the same payer ID, LACAR. The check resolves them automatically.
More questions about verifying L.A. Care Health Plan (California)? Schedule 15 minutes with us and bring your toughest plan.
Every L.A. Care Health Plan (California) patient, verified before they walk in.
First month free, then $2.50 a check. No seat fees, no platform fee, no contract.
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Related payers
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.