Medecision supports three types of providers: practitioners, provider groups, and facilities. Most providers are added through the Provider feed. However, you can add a new provider of one of these types to Aerial to associate the provider to a patient’s care.

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* Access to Care Management or Utilization Management * Permission to create new providers

When you have exhausted all search criteria for a provider and need to add the provider to be able to associate them with a person’s care.

* Be aware of whether your organization permits you to add a new provider. * Exhaust all search options before adding a new provider to the system. * When the provider is received in a data load, any data manually entered that does not match the data in the load is overwritten

From any page, click the advanced search icon at the top of the page.

Click **Provider.**

_Alternate_: Select the **Providers** option from the Quick Search bar and click the **Advanced Search** button. You navigate directly to the **Providers** tab.

Click **+ Create Provider**

Select a **Provider Type**. Available options are Practitioner, Provider Group, and Facility. Available fields are based on the selected provider type.

Click the **Auto Assign ID** checkbox.

_Alternate:_ Enter a value in the **ID** field.

An auto-assigned ID begins with the letter T and is followed by numbers. If you choose to auto-assign an ID, the **ID** entry field disables.

For a _Practitioner,_ enter the provider’s **Last name** and **First name**. For a _Provider Group_ or a _Facility,_ enter the organization’s **Name.**

For a _Practitioner,_ select a **Gender.**

_Optional:_ Fill in additional fields on the Identification page.

Click **Create.**

At this point, the provider has been created. The provider will not be activated until at least one address is added to the record.

Enter values in **Address 1**, **City, State**, and **Zip code**.

_Optional:_ Enter values in **Address 2** and **Address 3**, if needed

Click **+ Add Address**

### Optional: Adding a Phone NumberEnter a valid phone number in the **Phone Number** field

_Optional:_ Select a **Phone Type**

_Optional:_ Add an **Extension**

_Optional:_ Select an address from the **Associated Address** drop-down.

Click **+ Add Phone Number**

### Optional: Adding an Email AddressEnter a valid email in the **email address** field.

Click **+ Add Email**

### Optional: Adding Provider Specialty

Provider Specialty is only relevant if your organization has elected to use this selection.

Click **Specialty** in the left panel

Search for the desired specialty

Click **Add Specialty**

If multiple addresses, phone numbers, electronic addresses, or specialties are added to a provider, the _Primary_ one is indicated by a purple flag. To change the primary, simply check the flag on the record that should be marked as primary.

Click **Close.**