Bulk Bill Claims with Medicare Easyclaim

Submit bulk bill claims to Medicare with Medicare Easyclaim.

Before you begin

This topic refers to processing Bulk Bill claims with Medicare Easyclaim:
Alternatively:

Procedure

  1. Open the patient's record and locate the Accounts section.

  2. Locate and right-click the Bulk Bill account you created earlier. In the example above, it is the 'BB' account.
  3. 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.
  4. Within the New Invoice, add Service Items as desired. In the example below, Item 304 has been entered.

  5. Click Issue to issue the invoice. You may be prompted to select a referral to associate this invoice with.
  6. You will be prompted to select the Date of Issue, the default being the current date. Click OK. The Easyclaim process commences
  7. On the TYRO terminal, the Practice will be prompted to accept the claim. Accept the claim to continue.
    Note:
    This is an estimate of the benefit. Medicare may adjust the benefit payable in accordance with the rules set out in the Medicare Benefits Schedule.
  8. On the TYRO terminal, the patient is prompted to assign their right to the benefit to the Practice by pressing Yes.

Results

Once the patient has assigned the right to benefit, the claim will be processed, and if successful will be submitted.

What to do next

You will have the option to print a Practitioner copy of the submitted claim. Processed claim can be found within Bluechip's 'Practice Explorer' window, under the Medicare Australia menu.