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Manage accounts, fees, claiming, billing and banking in Bluechip.
Billing and Online Claiming
Online Claiming
Medicare Easyclaim with Bluechip using Tyro
Claiming with Medicare Easyclaim
Submit patient claims to Medicare using Medicare Easyclaim.
Fully-Paid Patient Claims

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
      - Medicare Easyclaim Introduction
        Medicare Easyclaim is a system that allows patients to claim instant Medicare benefits at the practice, via your Tyro EFTPOS terminal while at the surgery. You can process Patient Claiming and Bulk Bill via Medicare Easyclaim using Bluechip's Integrated Easyclaim functionality.
      - Enabling Medicare Easyclaim
      - EFTPOS / Easyclaim Terminals and Settings
      - Configuring Bluechip for Medicare Easyclaim and Online Claiming
      - Claiming with Medicare Easyclaim
        Submit patient claims to Medicare using Medicare Easyclaim.
        Fully-Paid Patient Claims
        Part-Paid Patient Claims
        Bulk Bill Claims with Medicare Easyclaim
        Submit bulk bill claims to Medicare with Medicare Easyclaim.
        Patient Claims with Medicare Easyclaim
        Part-Paid Claims with Medicare Easyclaim
        Medicare Easyclaim Records
        Medicare Easyclaim Transaction Status
        Requesting Easyclaim Bulk Bill Integrated Reports
        Receipts and Rejections for Bulk Bill Claims with Medicare Easyclaim
        After you have successfully submitted a Bulk Bill claim using Easyclaim, details of the claim and its status appear in the Practice Explorer.
    - 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.
    - 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.

Fully-Paid Patient Claims

Before you begin

Procedure

Open the patient's record and locate the Accounts section.
Locate and double-click the Patient Claim account to open it.
Select the Invoices tab.
Click New Invoice.
You may be prompted to verify the patient with Medicare if you have not previously done so.
In the new invoice, add the required service items.
Select the Date of Issue and click OK.
You will be prompted to print the invoice.
Select the Receipts tab.
Click New Receipt and then within the receipt window, enter the following:
- In the Type column, select EFTPOS Auto as the type of payment.
- In the Name column, enter the card holder's Name.
- In the Amount column, enter the Amount of the payment.
- In the Allocate column, select each service item to which you want to allocate payment.
Click Issue and enter the date on which the receipt was issued.
Process the payment with your EFTPOS device.
Select the Invoices tab again.
Click Patient Claim.
In the New Patient Claim window, click Send.
The online claim process commences, and you can track its progress on-screen.

Results

Once a claim has been submitted and approved by Medicare, the Patient Claim Results window appears.