This document explains the purpose and functionality of the Authorization Dump. It is imperative to understand that this is an ongoing dump that is updated every morning to list the status of every Authorization created for the past 6 months (changed from a year on 5/5/2014). Contents To download your Authorization Dump file: click Menu > Download Q Everyone receives a Claims, Authorization and Consumer Dump file in this repository. Locate the file named Current_Auths_####_alphamcs_###.txt 1st set of #### - is your unique provider ID for the MCO 2nd set of ### - is the MCO acronym for where the dump file came from. For providers that bill to multiple MCOs, this is what you reference to determine which MCO you’re reviewing. Click the checkbox next to the file you want to download and choose the Download button. You will be asked to leave page or stay on page. Choose Leave page (you will not actually be navigated away from the Download Q module. Opening the Auth file It’s slightly different depending on what browser version and Excel version you use but the options and rudiments are the same. You will be given the option Open, Save or Save As. It is suggested to choose Save As and save it where you can easily access it (Desktop or My Documents). Opening it will open the dump file in a NotePad or EditPad that will display jumbled information where it is basically illegible. Therefore, you will want to open it in Excel so you can format the file in the appropriate columns. There are a few ways to do this but the below explains one method. After you have saved the file to your local machine or network drive, launch your MS Excel program. With Excel program opened, you will now want to Choose File > Open which will open your Windows Explorer to navigate to the file you wish to open. First, you will want to change the file type from ALL Excel Files to ALL Files so you will see the .txt file you recently downloaded and saved.
This document explains the purpose and functionality of the Authorization Dump. It is imperative to understand that this is an ongoing dump that is updated every morning to list the status of every Authorization created for the past 6 months (changed from a year on 5/5/2014). Contents To download your Authorization Dump file: click Menu > Download Q Everyone receives a Claims, Authorization and Consumer Dump file in this repository. Locate the file named Current_Auths_####_alphamcs_###.txt 1st set of #### - is your unique provider ID for the MCO 2nd set of ### - is the MCO acronym for where the dump file came from. For providers that bill to multiple MCOs, this is what you reference to determine which MCO you’re reviewing. Click the checkbox next to the file you want to download and choose the Download button. You will be asked to leave page or stay on page. Choose Leave page (you will not actually be navigated away from the Download Q module. Opening the Auth file It’s slightly different depending on what browser version and Excel version you use but the options and rudiments are the same. You will be given the option Open, Save or Save As. It is suggested to choose Save As and save it where you can easily access it (Desktop or My Documents). Opening it will open the dump file in a NotePad or EditPad that will display jumbled information where it is basically illegible. Therefore, you will want to open it in Excel so you can format the file in the appropriate columns. There are a few ways to do this but the below explains one method. After you have saved the file to your local machine or network drive, launch your MS Excel program. With Excel program opened, you will now want to Choose File > Open which will open your Windows Explorer to navigate to the file you wish to open. First, you will want to change the file type from ALL Excel Files to ALL Files so you will see the .txt file you recently downloaded and saved.