Carrier Code Maintenance

Use Carrier Code Maintenance to maintain information about the physical attributes of the communications workfile.  Carrier Codes are used for communications processes, such as, electronic billing.

Tips:  

• Generally, the carrier codes are maintained during the electronic billing installation and do not change unless the carrier makes changes to their process or governmental agencies make changes to their electronic billing regulations.  For more information, contact NDS Technical Support.

• For more information about working with data in fields, see the Data Entry Guidelines.

Directions:

To see directions for...

• Opening Carrier Code Maintenance, click More.

   

  1.  Click Billing Functions from the Menu Bar.

  2.  Click Communications.

  3.  Click File Maintenance.

  4.  Click Carrier Codes.
  
  
  
  Advanced Methods:
  
  Click the following sequence:
  Billing Functions from the Menu Bar; Menu Panel; File Maintenance on the Menu Bar; and Carrier Code Maintenance.

   

  Carrier Code Maintenance Window Example:

  

   

• Creating a New Carrier Code, click More.

   

  To create a new record choose one of these methods:

  • Enter the new Carrier Code and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
    Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]

  • Or, enter the new Carrier Code and click File from the Menu Bar; next click New.
    Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [f] [n]

  Tip:  To indicate that you are building a new Carrier Code, New  displays near the Carrier Code.  Default entries display and the first field is highlighted to let you know you can begin entering information.

   

  Carrier Code Maintenance Prompts Tip:  To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for the field name.
  Carrier Code	Enter the unique code that identifies the carrier information. (up to 10 characters) Note:  The Carrier Code is assigned by NDS.
  	To update the new or changed information, click Save or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]
  	CAUTION To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.
  	To view all of the existing Carrier Codes, click Search.  From the Search list you can select the record to change or delete. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + r]
  	To display an existing Carrier Code, enter the Carrier Code and click Retrieve, or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Description	Enter the Description for the carrier code. (up to 20 characters)
  Text File Area	Note:  This field is reserved for future use.  Please maintain the default setting.
  Carrier Type	Enter the defined Carrier Type for the carrier. (up to 9 characters) Tips:   To search for a Carrier Type, click Search or press [CTRL + f]. To create a new Carrier Type, click Fast Access Maintenance or press [CTRL + o].
  Comms Type	To specify the Communications Type, click a choice in the drop-down list.
  Background Check	Note:  This field is reserved for future use.  Please maintain the default setting.
  Zip File	To specify if the carrier can receive a Zip File, click a choice in the drop-down list.
  Uppercase File	Note:  This field is reserved for future use.  Please maintain the default setting.
  Sequence File	To set the Sequence File parameter, click a choice in the drop-down list. Tip:  Generally this is set to Yes, to maintain each file and not to overwrite it.
  Sequence Number	The Sequence Number is maintained by INSight and displays for your reference.
  Series Number	The Series Number is maintained by INSight and displays for your reference.
  Sequences Kept	The Sequences Kept is maintained by INSight and displays for your reference.
  Last Date Transferred	The Last Date Transferred displays the most recent date the Transfer was run.  The Last Date Transferred is maintained by INSight and can not be edited. Tip:  When troubleshooting Technical Support may verify that the Last Date Transferred matches the date the Transfer was run.
  Last Date Sent	The Last Date Sent displays the most recent date the Send was run.  The Last Date Sent is maintained by INSight and can not be edited.
  Transfer path\file	Enter the name and address of the file generated during the Transfer routine. (up to 80 characters) Notes: The Transfer Path/File is not always required.  If a file name is maintained then INSight creates a parallel file during the process.  For more information, contact NDS Technical Support. This is where the workfile is stored for the billing person to be able to retrieve it.
  Destination path\file	Enter the name and directory address of the transmission file that is created during the Send routine. (up to 80 characters)
  Launch	Enter the dos commands for sending the transmission file. (up to 70 characters)
  Note:  To toggle to the Append or Log fields, click the desired button.
  Log Path	If log files are automatically sent to you when sending the transmission file, enter the address location where the log text files are stored. (up to 80 characters)
  Receive Log Launch	If you manually receive log files later, enter the launch commands to pick them up and the address location for the log files. (up to 80 characters)
  Notes:   Certain carriers allow other carriers' claims to be included and transmitted in the same billing communications file.  Use the fields below to maintain up to four additional carriers to be included in the communications transmission file, if applicable.  For more information, contact NDS Technical Support. To toggle to the Append or Log fields, click the desired button.
  Append EMC Table 1	To specify the additional carrier to include in the billing communications transmission file, enter the defined EMC Table ID assigned to the carrier, if applicable. (up to 9 characters)
  Append EMC Table 2	To specify the additional carrier to include in the billing communications transmission file, enter the defined EMC Table ID assigned to the carrier, if applicable. (up to 9 characters)
  Append EMC Table 3	To specify the additional carrier to include in the billing communications transmission file, enter the defined EMC Table ID assigned to the carrier, if applicable. (up to 9 characters)
  Append EMC Table 4	To specify the additional carrier to include in the billing communications transmission file, enter the defined EMC Table ID assigned to the carrier, if applicable. (up to 9 characters)

   

• Editing an Existing Carrier Code, click More.

   

  CAUTION:  To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.

  1.  To display the record to be changed, enter the Carrier Code and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  
  Tip:  If you do not know the Carrier Code, you can click Search  to see a list of Carrier Codes.

  2.  To position the pointer to the information that you want to change, press [TAB] or click the field using the mouse.

  3.  Enter the data changes.

  4.  To complete the edit process, click Save , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]

   

• Deleting an Existing Carrier Code, click More.

   

  1.  To display the record to be deleted, enter the Carrier Code and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Tip:  If you do not know the Carrier Code, you can click Search  to see a list of Carrier Codes.

  2.  Click File from the Menu Bar, and next click Delete.
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [f] [d]

  3.  At the Delete Records prompt, click Proceed to delete the record, or click Cancel to escape from the delete routine.

  Example:

  

   

  Note:  After you click Proceed, you will see the following message on the Status Bar.