The Billing Functions Menu contains commands used to perform billing functions including building the workfile for all appropriate charges to be billed as well as, printing a prelist containing any errors and omissions to the patient charges, processing third-party insurance claims, printing patient statements and charging finance interest on overdue accounts.
Note: For information on the steps and the timing of the various billing tasks, see the Billing Overview.
Directions:
To open the Billing Functions menu, click Daily Work from the Menu Bar, and next click Billing Functions.
Keyboard shortcut: [ALT] [b] [ENTER]
The table below describes the available options.
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Billing Functions Menu Items |
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Calculates finance charge interest on delinquent amounts for the appropriate patient accounts. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT] [b] [ENTER] |
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Opens a menu of routines for printing various insurance claim forms for billing purposes. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT] [b] [f] |
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Opens a menu of routines for processing and printing patient statements. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT] [b] [ARROW] |
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Print Ambulance Cover |
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Prints insurance labels for any insurance company that is included in the billing workfile. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT] [b] [ARROW] |
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Allows a referral authorization to be attached to a charge or allows the user to view referrals already associated with charges. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT] [b] [p] |
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Prints a listing of all tickets that were scheduled to be billed, but did not have an insurance claim submitted nor a patient statement printed. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT] [b] [u] |
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Builds the workfile containing the appropriate charges to be billed and prints a prelist containing any errors with the charges. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT] [b] [w] [ENTER] |
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Opens a menu for electronic billing and other communications programs. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT] [b] [c] [ENTER] |
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Opens a menu for Wizards for billing purposes. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT] [b] [w] [w] [ENTER] |
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