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Welcome to Bluechip, a practice management solution for specialist practices, larger general practices and private day surgery hospitals!
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Patient Explorer
Access and record patient information.
Estimates
Generate estimates before invoicing the patient.
Estimate Examples
Estimate Example - Known Gap (Scheme)
Scenario: The practitioner or practice opts into a scheme with the health fund but charges their own fee rate. Therefore, instead of paying up to the Medicare Benefit Schedule, the health fund will pay up to their own published rate.

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Welcome to Bluechip, a practice management solution for specialist practices, larger general practices and private day surgery hospitals!
- Updating Your Bluechip Registration
  Enter a new registration key that reflects the number of practitioners or tenants in your practice.
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  Table of keyboard shortcuts that are available for use in Bluechip.
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- Getting Around
  Navigate around inside Bluechip.
  - Patient Explorer
    Access and record patient information.
    - Accounts Tab
      Manage the patient's accounts, transactions, and billing.
    - Bookings Tab
      Display the appointments schedule for your patients.
    - Correspondence Tab
      Create correspondence relating to the patient.
    - Estimates
      Generate estimates before invoicing the patient.
      - Creating Estimates
        Estimate the fees or costs of the services or equipment to be supplied to the patient.
      - Cloning Estimates
        Clone an existing estimate so you can change some of its details.
      - Estimate Examples
        Estimate Example - No Gap
        Scenario: The practitioner or practice has a contractual agreement with a health fund and agrees to accept the health fund and Medicare rebate for this procedure as payment in full. Therefore there is no out-of-pocket expense for the patient.
        Estimate Example - Known Gap (Scheme)
        Scenario: The practitioner or practice opts into a scheme with the health fund but charges their own fee rate. Therefore, instead of paying up to the Medicare Benefit Schedule, the health fund will pay up to their own published rate.
        Estimate Example - Gap (Standard)
        Scenario: The practitioner or practice does not have an agreement with a health fund and has not opted into a scheme; they charge their own fees. Therefore there will be an out-of-pocket expense for the patient, which will be displayed in the Gap column of the New Estimate of Fees window.
    - ImageLite Tab
      Import files and add them to a patient's record.
    - Notes Tab
      Enter general information about a patient into their record.
    - Patient Details Tab
      Manage the patient's basic and demographic details.
    - Recalls Tab
      Send a reminder about a visit to a patient.
    - Referrals Tab
      Record and manage the patient's referrals.
  - Practice Explorer
    Access and display information about your practice and its activities.

Estimate Example - Known Gap (Scheme)

Scenario: The practitioner or practice opts into a scheme with the health fund but charges their own fee rate. Therefore, instead of paying up to the Medicare Benefit Schedule, the health fund will pay up to their own published rate.

The calculations are based on the following:

Doctor's fee is displayed under Fee.
Medicare rebate of (75%) is displayed under Medicare.
Health Fund Rate is the difference between the health fund published rate and the Medicare benefit.

Gap difference is displayed under the Gap column.

This table shows an example of a practitioner charging above the schedule fee for item 32090.


Practitioner Charges	$450.00
Less Rebate Medicare Rebate ($221.55) Health Fund ($157.20)	$378.90
Gap to pay	$71.25