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Medicare Easyclaim with Bluechip using Tyro
Claiming with Medicare Easyclaim
Submit patient claims to Medicare using Medicare Easyclaim.
Part-Paid Claims with Medicare Easyclaim

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
      - 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.
    - 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.

Part-Paid Claims with Medicare Easyclaim

Before you begin

This topic refers to processing Part-Paid claims with Medicare Easyclaim.

For making fully-paid Patient claims, see Patient Claims with Medicare Easyclaim.
For making bulk bill claims, see Bulk Bill Claims with Medicare Easyclaim.

Procedure

Ensure you have enabled Medicare Easyclaim.
Ensure you have configured for processing claims with Medicare Easyclaim.
Open the patient's record and locate the Accounts section.
Locate and right-click the Patient Claim account. In the example above, it is the 'PC' account.
From the right-click menu that appears, select New Invoice. You may be prompted to verify the patient with Medicare if you have not previously done so.
Within the New Invoice, add Service Items as desired. In the example below, Item 304 has been entered.
Click Issue to issue the invoice. You may be prompted to select a referral to associate this invoice with.
You will be prompted to select the Date of Issue. Alter it if desired, and then click OK.
You will be prompted to print the invoice. Then, select the Receipts tab.
Click the New Receipt button, and then within the receipt window, enter the following:
- Select EFTPOS Auto as the type of payment.
- Enter the card holder's Name.
- Enter the Amount of the payment.
- Place a tick in the Allocate check box against each service item you want to allocate payment to.
Click Issue. The New Patient Claim window appear.

Note that for part-paid/unpaid patient claims, the Cheque option is selected automatically. Where Medicare benefits are assessed as payable for a claim, a statement and/or cheque in the provider's name will be forwarded to the claimant's address recorded by Medicare. The cheque is then forwarded by the claimant to the provider with any outstanding balance. Where no benefit is assessed as payable, a statement only will be forwarded to the claimant's address recorded by Medicare.
Click Send The online claim process commences, and you can track its progress on-screen.

Note that if you click the Store button at this time, the claim will be processed via Medicare Online instead of via Medicare Easyclaim.

Results

Once a claim has been submitted and approved by Medicare, the Patient Claim Results window will appear in Bluechip.