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Version 4.3
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  2. Finance

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

  3. Billing and Online Claiming

  4. Online Claiming

  5. In Hospital Claiming (IHC)

    Bluechip uses ECLIPSE as an online claiming solution for In Hospital Claiming.

  6. Day Surgery In Hospital Claims Process

  7. Setting up for IMC

  • 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.

          • Setup and Process Overview

          • Estimates for In Hospital Claiming

          • Submitting Claims for IHC

          • Printing IHC Claim Reports

          • Banking and Reconciliation for IHC

          • Day Surgery In Hospital Claims Process

            • Stage 1: Create Fee List from Health Fund Contract

            • Stage 2: Create Company Group for IHC

            • Stage 3: Create and Configure IHC Batch

            • Stage 4: Create Classes for In Hospital Claims

            • Stage 5: Configure Day Surgery for In Hospital Claims

            • Stage 6: Create an Estimate for In Hospital Claims

            • Stage 7: Performing Online Eligibility Check (OEC)

            • Stage 8: Create an Invoice from the Estimate

            • Stage 9: Record Day Surgery Episode

              Before you can submit IHC for processing, you must first record the episode in Day Surgery.

            • Stage 10: Transmitting In Hospital Claims

            • Stage 11: Transmitting In Hospital Claims

            • Eclipse Claiming (No Gap) with Bluechip

            • Eclipse Claiming (Gap) with Bluechip

            • Eclipse Reports

              Bluechip provides many Medicare Reports that can assist with claiming and reconciling.

            • Inpatient Medical Claiming via Medicare ECLIPSE

            • Setting up for IMC

              • Configuring a Batch Type for IMC

              • Configuring ECLIPSE Access and Patient Verification

              • The IMC Setup Wizard

              • Creating a New Class for IMC with ECLIPSE

              • Recording Hospital Provider Numbers for IMC with ECLIPSE

            • Submitting Inpatient Medical Claims

        • 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.

        • 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.

Setting up for IMC

To setup Bluechip for inpatient medical claiming, complete the following steps:
  • Create a batch type for IMC.
  • Configure your Medicare ECLIPSE access and patient verification.
  • Run the IMC Setup Wizard.
  • Create your class for IMC.
  • Record your hospital provider numbers.
  • Configuring a Batch Type for IMC
  • Configuring ECLIPSE Access and Patient Verification
  • The IMC Setup Wizard
  • Creating a New Class for IMC with ECLIPSE
  • Recording Hospital Provider Numbers for IMC with ECLIPSE
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