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Manage accounts, fees, claiming, billing and banking in Bluechip.
Billing and Online Claiming
Online Claiming
Using Medicare Online Claiming
Medicare Online functionality enables you to lodge Medicare Bulk Bill, DVA medical claims, and patient claims with Medicare securely over the internet.
Configuring Medicare Online
To lodge Medicare Bulk Bill, DVA medical claims, and patient claims with Medicare you must first configure Medicare Online.
Enable Bluechip to use Medicare Australia Online

Finance
Manage accounts, fees, claiming, billing and banking in Bluechip.
- Account Management
  In Bluechip, the term Account refers to a record of accounting transactions.
- Fee and Service Item Management
- Billing and Online Claiming
  - Invoicing
  - Online Claiming
    - What is Online Patient Verification?
    - Online Claiming Error Messages
    - Batching
      To batch invoices to a particular company, you must have a class of patient devoted to that company.
    - Billing for Radiation Oncology Services
      Configure online billing functions specifically for Radiation Oncology services.
    - ECG Billing with Bluechip
    - HealthPoint
    - In Hospital Claiming (IHC)
      Bluechip uses ECLIPSE as an online claiming solution for In Hospital Claiming.
    - Finalising Receipting and Rejections for Inpatient Medical Claims
    - Medicare Easyclaim with Bluechip using Tyro
    - Using Medicare Online Claiming
      Medicare Online functionality enables you to lodge Medicare Bulk Bill, DVA medical claims, and patient claims with Medicare securely over the internet.
      - Notes on Preparing a Claim
      - Bulk Bill Claiming with Bluechip
        Bulk Bill Claims are streamlined, paperless, electronic claims to Medicare.
      - Configuring Medicare Online
        To lodge Medicare Bulk Bill, DVA medical claims, and patient claims with Medicare you must first configure Medicare Online.
        Enable Bluechip to use Medicare Australia Online
        Set-up for Medicare Online Bulk Bill
        Set-up for Medicare Online DVA Allied Health
        Set-up for Medicare Online DVA Streamlined
        Set-up for Medicare Online Patient Claims
        Company Groups (Hospitals)
      - Sending Invoices to Medicare Australia Online
      - Creating and Sending Invoices for Medicare Online Bulk Bill
      - Creating and Sending Invoices for DVA Allied Health
      - Creating and Sending Invoices for Medicare Online DVA Streamlined
      - Creating and Sending Invoices for Medicare Online Patient Claims
      - Performing an OPV
      - Authorising a Claim
      - Claimant Date of Birth Warning
        All patients must have a date of birth in their record. Claims cannot be submitted to Medicare without a date of birth.
      - Clearing Unprocessed Claims
        Clear unprocessed claims from the Medicare Australia window
      - Deleting Submitted Online Claims
        All online claims sent to Medicare via Bluechip can be deleted.
      - DVA Streamlined Online Claiming with Bluechip
      - Manual Receipting of Online Claims
      - Medicare Claim Status
      - Handling Medicare Rejections
      - Receipting a Patient Claim
      - Reprinting Patient Claims
      - Rules for Creating Invoices to Send to Medicare
      - Updating Patient Information from Medicare
    - Online Eligibility Check (OEC)
      An online eligibility check lets you check the eligibility of a patient with the Department of Human Services or private health insurers, and to estimate out-of-pocket expenses for in-hospital care.
    - Setting Medicare Service Indicators
    - Creating an Invoice Using Online Patient Claiming
    - Sending Invoices Using Online Patient Claiming
    - What is an LSPN?
  - Private Billing using Quantity
    Bluechip allows you to configure its Estimation and Invoicing functions so that you can include Quantity and Equipment for Private Billing of User Defined Fee List Service items (e.g. Cosmetic Surgery).
- Receipts
- Banking and EFTPOS
- Refunds
- VMoney
  Manage VMoney payments from NSW Health.

Enable Bluechip to use Medicare Australia Online

Before you begin

Procedure

Select Setup > Practice > Options from the Bluechip main window. The Bluechip Options window appears.
Select the General tab.
Select the Use Medicare Online check box.
Click OK to exit the window and save the details.

What to do next

Set up your system to use Medicare Online. The procedure for doing this will depend on whether you are using Location Certificates only, or a combination of Location Certificates and Individual Practitioner Certificates.