Setting up a Batch Type
Set up batch types for patient claiming and Medicare bulk billing.
Before you begin
About this task
Create two batch types in Bluechip - one for Patient Claiming and one for Bulk Bill.
Procedure
To create batch types:
- Select Bluechip Main window. from the
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To create a new batch type for Medicare Online, in the Batch Setup window, click
New.
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Enter the name Patient Claims and select the method
Medicare Patient Claim.
- Click OK.
- Click Configure Medicare Australia to configure the Medicare Online Parameters.
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Select the Location and Authentication tab, and enter your Location ID and a unique password. These will have been sent to you by Medicare.
- In the Crypto Store Location field enter the store location directory. Ensure you have selected the medicare australia.psi file and the C:\Program Files\MEDICARE AUSTRALIA\PKI\ directory is displayed as the Store Location, providing C:\ is your local system directory/drive.
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Enter the PSI Store password that you created in the previous step and click
Save. If you have installed Bluechip onto a server/network,
enter or browse for either:"X:\Program Files\Medicare
Australia\PKI\" where X is the letter of the
relevant mapped network drive on which you created the PSI Store,
or"\\SERVER\Program Files\Medicare Australia\PKI\" where
SERVER is the name of the computer on which you created the
PSI Store is located (indicated in the previous step as the "Store Location), and
assuming that Program Files is a share on the Server. On the Medicare Australia
System tab, enter the Server and Recipient settings as
follows:"www2.medicareaustralia.gov.au/pext" is entered as
the "Medicare Australia Server"
and"ebus@medicareaustralia.gov.au" is entered as the
"Medicare Australia Recipient".
- X:\Program Files\Medicare\PKI\ where X is the letter of the relevant mapped network drive on which you created the PSI Store, or
- \\SERVER\Program Files\Medicare\PKI\ where SERVER is the
name of the computer on which you created the PSI Store is located (indicated
in the previous step as the "Store Location), and assuming that Program Files
is a share on the Server.On the Medicare System tab:
- Medicare Server - www2.medicareaustralia.gov.au/pext
- Medicare Recipient - ebus@medicareaustralia.gov.au
- Click OK.
- Repeat this process to create a batch type for Bulk Bill, using the name Bulk Bill and the method Medicare Australia Bulk Bill.