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Turn trusted healthcare connectivity into coordinated action.

Availity Extend (coming Nov 2026) helps healthcare organizations build on trusted healthcare infrastructure instead of rebuilding connectivity for every workflow, initiative, or innovation effort.

Every new healthcare experience comes with the same underlying challenge.


Healthcare is more connected than ever. But connectivity alone doesn’t complete the work. 


Information moves between systems, organizations, and workflows. Teams are still left stitching together the context, decisions, and next steps needed to move work forward. 


AI raises the stakes. If workflows remain fragmented, intelligence alone cannot create outcomes. 

The Network Has Always Been There. Availity Extend Makes It Actionable.

Availity Extend is the activation layer built on top of the Availity network. 

Instead of rebuilding connectivity for every workflow, application, or AI initiative, organizations can build on the trusted infrastructure healthcare already relies on.   

Availity Extend delivers APIs for Coverage Management, Prior Authorization, Claims Lifecycle, Payments & Remittance, and Healthcare Interoperability. Teams can innovate faster while reducing integration complexity and improving revenue cycle efficiency. 

Why Availity Extend

Availity Extend is built to support automation and AI without changing the rules that healthcare already runs on. It operates entirely within existing contractual, security, and governance frameworks—so scale does not introduce new risk or ambiguity.

Activate Workflows

Turn fragmented healthcare processes into coordinated action across payers, providers, and partners.

Scale Faster

Build once and expand across workflows, organizations, and the healthcare ecosystem.

Orchestrate Outcomes

Connect the data, context, and next-best actions that move work forward.

Operationalize AI

Enable agents and automation to participate securely in real healthcare workflows.

Built on Trusted Healthcare Infrastructure

Healthcare innovation depends on trust. Availity Extend is built on the same trusted network relationships, governance experience, and workflow participation that healthcare organizations already rely on today. 

50%


of U.S. healthcare administrative transactions 

95%+


of payers connected through a single network

3.4M


providers connected through the Availity network

25+


years building and running healthcare’s largest network

Security & Governance by Design

Availity’s infrastructure has built-in governance, observability and audit trails with established standards and proven operational resilience developed over decades.

SOC 2 Certified
Independently examined SOC 2 controls align to the AICPA Trust Services Criteria for Security, Availability, and Confidentiality.

HIPAA Certified
Administrative, technical, and physical safeguards align with the HIPAA Security Rule.

HITRUST CSF Certified
Independently assessed controls meet the HITRUST CSF, a framework that unifies HIPAA, NIST, ISO, and other standards for protecting sensitive healthcare data.

Ready to Build What’s Next?

Healthcare has already built the connectivity foundation. Now it’s time to activate it. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Availity Extend?

Availity Extend is an enhanced developer experience and agent‑ready activation layer that helps healthcare technology companies build, automate, and coordinate workflows connected to the Availity network.

How is Availity Extend different from using Availity APIs directly?

Availity APIs already support production healthcare workflows at national scale; Availity Extend improves how teams discover, combine, and activate those APIs to support multi‑step workflows rather than isolated integrations. 

Are the APIs behind Availity Extend production‑grade today?

Yes. The APIs used by Availity Extend already operate in production across eligibility, authorizations, claims, and payments. 

Is Availity Extend required to use Availity APIs?

No. Direct API access remains available; Availity Extend adds activation, workflow context, and scale on top of existing APIs. 

Is Availity Extend production‑ready, or still evolving?

Availity Extend is built on live, production‑grade APIs and workflows already operating at scale; what’s evolving is the developer experience and activation layer, not the underlying infrastructure. 

What does “agent‑ready activation” mean?

Agent‑ready activation refers to standardized patterns that allow customer‑managed AI agents and automation to coordinate interactions across workflows in governed, predictable ways inside live healthcare operations. 

Does Availity Extend change data access, permissions, or governance?

No. Availity Extend operates within existing contracts, security models, and access controls and does not introduce new data rights or permissions. 

Who manages the AI or automation used with Availity Extend?

Healthcare innovators build and manage their own AI, agents, and automation; Availity provides the governed infrastructure those systems operate within. 

Who is Availity Extend designed for?

Availity Extend is an activation layer that helps healthcare technologists turn trusted connectivity into coordinated action across payers, providers, and partners.

Where do APIs fit if we want direct access?

Availity network APIs remain available independently, while Availity Extend provides a more cohesive way to discover, coordinate, and scale them inside real workflows.