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# Setting up your providers

## **What is a provider?**

In Effra, a provider is the clinic, location or practitioner whose details are used when submitting invoices to insurers.

Depending on how you are registered with each insurer, you may bill under:

* a **clinic provider number**
* a **location-specific provider number**
* an **individual practitioner’s provider number**

## **How many providers do I need to set up?**

You need a provider in Effra for each clinic, location or practitioner whose details you use to bill insurers.

If you bill an insurer using your **clinic provider number**, you can add that provider number to your clinic profile. Your clinic profile is automatically created when your Effra account is set up.

If an insurer recognises different **locations** separately, you may also have separate provider profiles for those locations, each with its relevant provider number.

If you bill an insurer using individual practitioner provider numbers, you should create a **separate provider** for each practitioner you bill under. For each practitioner, you should also

For example, you might bill Bupa using a clinic provider number, but bill Aviva using individual practitioner provider numbers. In this case, the Bupa number would sit against the relevant clinic or location profile, while each Aviva-recognised practitioner would need their own provider profile in Effra.


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