Derived Fees in Detail

Bluechip calculates charges and benefits for services according to how you configure your Service Items.

Some Medicare Service Item fees are based on calculations that take into consideration:
  • The number of patients seen
  • The number of fields
  • The percentage % or fixed fee of an Associated Service
  • The time taken for the service
In regards to the Derived Fee types available for selection with a Service Item, these include:
  • Patient
  • Field Quantity
  • Associate Item
  • Time

In order to factor-in the number of patients when billing Derived Fees, an initial configuration of Derived Fees is required within Bluechip's 'Practice' options, and 'Class' options.

These instructions guide you through the configuration of these options in order to bill Derived Fees, and then how to issue an invoice that includes Derived Fees to Medicare.

We examine:
  • Configuring Practice Options to allow 'Number of Patients' in invoice items (one time setup only)
  • Configure Class options (one time setup only)
  • Access Service Items to view the Derived Fee setup (automatically configured)
  • The setup and billing process for Derived Fees, which covers:
    • Patient
    • Field Quality
    • Associate Item
    • Time