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Version 4.3
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  1. Home
  2. Finance

    Manage accounts, fees, claiming, billing and banking in Bluechip.

  3. Billing and Online Claiming

  4. Online Claiming

  5. 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.

  6. Creating and Sending Invoices for Medicare Online DVA Streamlined

  7. Creating and Sending Invoices for Medicare Online Patient Claims

  8. Creating Invoices for Medicare Online 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

          When errors are displayed there will be a description and an associated Error code. The Error code for the message determines the type of error and points you in the direction of where the problem lies.

        • 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.

          • 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

            • DVA Streamlined Online Claiming with Bluechip

            • Creating and Sending Invoices for Medicare Online Patient Claims

              • Creating Invoices for Medicare Online Patient Claims

                • Invoicing for a Patient Claim Account

              • Patient Claiming

              • Patient Claiming Scenarios

            • 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.

            • Sending Batch Invoices to Medicare Australia Online

            • 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.

Creating Invoices for Medicare Online Patient Claims

Before You Begin

  • Ensure you have configured Bluechip correctly for Medicare Online Patient Claims.
  • Ensure your patient has an account for Patient Claims.
  • Ensure you are aware of the rules for creating invoices to send to Medicare.
  • Invoicing for a Patient Claim Account
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