Availity reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(691 total reviews)
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Russ Thomas

86% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Availity has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 691 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Availity employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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691 reviews
2.0
Nov 9, 2021
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Pros

It's overall a good company, and it might be a great place to work for some people.

Cons

The call center environment is horrible. The three week training seemed good at the time, but after that, you are thrown on the phones, and you get non-stop calls. Literally non-stop. And nothing goes "by the book" of what you learned in training. Every call you get will have something that wasn't covered in training and you have to look for documentation about it (but likely won't find any). When you reach out for help, people will take 10 or 30 minutes to get back to you. Which of course hurts your metrics. Keeping the metrics is the worst part. You're given two 15 minute breaks (not of your choosing) and also a half hour lunch (also not of your choosing). You are expected to be on the phone the entire rest of the time with no after call work, and sometimes you really need to be able to do some after call work on some of the complicated calls. Even when you get up for two minutes to use the restroom, it counts against you. The ticketing system is garbage, so calls take literally twice as long. They want you to just keep customers on hold while you create the ticket (again no after call work), which you can't always get them to do. Some calls where you're patiently helping a customer work through something can take a long time, which also negatively effects your metrics. People will sometimes send out info about changes in documentation, but you have literally no free time to read it. Some of their policies seem a little strange and anger a lot of customers and create a lot of extra work, often causing customers 10 days to get registered to use availity when they really needed to use it right now. So basically everything counts against you. Trying to get help counts against you. Trying to research an issue counts against you. Helping a customer on a complicated issue counts against you. Taking a few seconds to take a few breaths after a call counts against you.

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Availity Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to write your review. While working in Availity Client Services is an excellent way to start a career in healthcare, there’s a lot to learn in the healthcare industry, and the work we do in client services is challenging. We don’t expect our ACS associates (or anyone new to healthcare) to become experts in the first few weeks or even months. There’s a significant learning curve, which is why we stage our training and call handling to specifically handle more complex calls later after plenty of training. We put a lot of effort into ensuring our call center associates clearly understand the expectations of the job and get the training and feedback they need to be successful in their role so they can grow their careers with us. But we also find that getting our new representatives on the phones and talking with our customers as quickly as possible is the best way to put that training to work and learn about our business. We track the performance of our ACS associates and strive to achieve specific goals; however, providing quality customer service remains our priority. Tracking allows us to measure performance, identify areas where associates can improve, and reward outstanding performance with incremental pay increases through our Milestone Metrics program. It also identifies areas where we can improve our training. Training is a moving target that we are constantly working to improve. As our products, tools, and customers evolve, so does our training. Historically, Availity has always given an hour of time combined for lunch and breaks for our ACS associates. However, we are always looking for ways to improve, and your comments regarding this are timely. We recently surveyed our Associates for feedback regarding lunch and break preference, giving several options to consider. We will use those results to help make a decision that supports both our customers and our Associates' needs and communicate any changes to the team. More to come on this, and thanks again for your feedback!
3.0
Aug 18, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Everyone is really nice and the training is very well put together. It’s just a lot to take in.

Cons

The way time is monitored for hourly employees is absurd. We are here to help you grow and deserve a normal amount of time for breaks.

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Availity Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to share your review. Availity is a fantastic place to start your career in healthcare! And, as mentioned, we have a great team to support you along the way. Availity Client Services (ACS) is often the first point of contact our customers have, so we put a lot of effort into ensuring our call center associates clearly understand the expectations of the job and get the training and feedback they need to be successful in their role so they can grow their careers with us. Historically, Availity has always given an hour of time combined for lunch and breaks for our ACS associates. However, we are always looking for ways to improve, and your comments regarding this are timely. We recently surveyed our Associates for feedback regarding lunch and break preference, giving several options to consider. We will use those results to help make a decision that supports both our customers and our Associates' needs and communicate any changes to the team. More to come on this, and thanks again for your feedback!
5.0
Aug 10, 2021

Healthy Work Life Balance

Recommend
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Pros

- Work life balance - Management listens - Good culture Overall has been the most chill job i have had to work at.

Cons

i would say the largest issue ive ran into here is the internal security on coporate laptops/machines. It can take weeks to months to get basic tools needed to do my job. Machines are extremely locked down and no one knows how to unlock a portion of the computer so i can program.

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Availity Response
4y
We are so glad that you are enjoying our people and culture. We’ve put a lot of energy into becoming a great place to work, so your acknowledgment is appreciated. We hear your comments regarding getting your computer environment set up and are happy to share that we are actively making improvements in this area. Again, thank you for your feedback!
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