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- MED#1 Version 1.07
- New Functions - May 28, 1992
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- Our initial release of MED#1 - 1.07, made the first of this year,
- was a major upgrade from version 1.06 and incorporated three
- different formats of the HCFA-1500 (1990) insurance form. These
- three insurance form formats seemed to be accurate according to
- the instructions available at that time. In the past several
- months MEDshare, Inc. has obtained copies of the MEDICARE "B"
- instructions from about 25 different states along with
- instructions for other carrier usage of the HCFA-1500 (1990) form
- and other state specific forms. A careful review of these
- instructions has resulted in the realization that MEDICARE does
- not have any national standard set of instructions that this new
- HCFA-1500 (1990) form is to be filled out under. TO DATE
- MEDSHARE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY TWO SETS OF INSTRUCTIONS THAT SAY
- THE SAME THING, USE THE SAME WORDING, ASK FOR THE SAME
- INFORMATION, OR EDIT THE INFORMATION ENTERED IN THE SAME MANNER.
- To answer our user needs, to the best of our ability using the
- instructions received to date, MEDshare has revised several
- functions of MED#1 and implemented SIX NEW INSURANCE FORMS just
- to cover the various MEDICARE filing format requirements. Our
- hope was to be able to implement all of the state specific
- insurance forms that we received copies of but that has not been
- fully possible at this time. You will be notified, by letter, of
- those state specific insurance forms not currently implemented as
- they become available.
-
- ************************************
- NOTE - MEDICARE IS STILL MAKING CHANGES TO THE HCFA-1500 FORM!
-
- OTHER INSURANCE CARRIERS ARE ALSO MAKING CHANGES TO HOW
- INFORMATION IS ENTERED ON TO THIS NEW FORM!
-
- IT MAY BE SEVERAL MONTHS, OR YEARS, BEFORE A TRULY NATIONAL
- STANDARD SET OF INSTRUCTIONS ARE ACCEPTED FOR FILLING OUT THIS
- NEW HCFA-1500 FORM. IF YOU RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS THAT CHANGE HOW
- YOU ENTER INFORMATION PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THOSE INSTRUCTIONS
- (OR AN ADDRESS WE CAN WRITE TO IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE
- NEW INSTRUCTIONS) SO THAT THOSE CHANGES CAN BE IMPLEMENTED INTO
- THE MED#1 PROGRAM. THIS REQUEST ALSO APPLIES TO ANY INSURANCE
- FORM CURRENTLY (OR YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE) SUPPORTED BY MED#1.
- CHANGES AND NEW FORMS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AS FAST AS AVAILABLE
- TIME ALLOWS AT NO COST TO YOU. YOUR ONLY COST WILL BE A SMALL
- UPDATE/HANDLING FEE TO RECEIVE THE UPDATED MED#1 PROGRAM WHEN
- THESE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
- ***************************************
-
-
- After you have followed the instructions on how to updated your
- copy of MED#1 to this new release pull up the following UTILITIES
- and make the necessary adjustments.
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- UTILITIES - APPLICATION SUPPORT
- _____________________________
-
- UPDATE PRACTICE INFORMATION: Several subtle changes have been
- made to this information: 1) There is no longer any request by
- this screen for you to enter a SOCIAL SECURITY #, 2) the PIN
- numbers requested in this screen only apply to block #33 of the
- new HCFA-1500 (1990) form and will be treated as your practice
- GROUP PIN #. DO NOT SETUP ANY PIN VALUES IN THIS SCREEN UNLESS
- YOU NEED TO IDENTIFY ALL INSURANCE FILINGS WITH A GROUP PIN #.
-
- INSURANCE FORMS: Six new HCFA-1500 (1990) formats have been added
- to the MEDshare insurance form library. These six forms have
- been specifically defined for MEDICARE but you may find them of
- use for other filings. Check your MEDICARE 'B' instructions for
- the form you should be using.
-
- * **************************************************************
- * CARE_00 = 'MEDICARE' INSURANCE FORM PRINT ROUTINE
- * ***************************************************************
- * This is the most standard interruption of the instructions
- * provided by MEDICARE on the new HCFA-1500 (1990) form. Use
- * this form unless one of the following forms specific
- * differences is required for your fillings.
- * ***************************************************************
-
- * ***************************************************************
- * CARE_01 = 'MEDICARE' INSURANCE FORM PRINT ROUTINE
- * ***************************************************************
- * Block #24e = limit use to only 1 diagnostic reference
- * ***************************************************************
-
- * ***************************************************************
- * CARE_02 = 'MEDICARE' INSURANCE FORM PRINT ROUTINE
- * **************************************************************
- * Block #9 = use term "NA"
- * Block #12 = use term "SOF"
- * Block #13 = use term "SOF"
- * Block #19 = show date as "mmddyy"
- * Block #20 = remove '.' from dollar amounts
- * Block #21 = remove '.' from ICD-9-CM codes
- * Block #24e = print actual ICD-9-CM code (only one)
- * Block #24f = remove '.' from dollar amounts
- * Block #28 = remove '.' from dollar amounts
- * Block #29 = remove '.' from dollar amounts
- * Block #30 = remove '.' from dollar amounts
- * **************************************************************
-
-
- * **************************************************************
- * CARE_03 = 'MEDICARE' INSURANCE FORM PRINT ROUTINE
- * ***************************************************************
- * Block #24g = show units as a three digit field with the right
- * most digit as tenths of a unit, show leading zeros
- * ***************************************************************
-
- * ***************************************************************
- * CARE_04 = 'MEDICARE' INSURANCE FORM PRINT ROUTINE *
- **************************************************************
- * Block #31 = show physicians UPIN number *
- **************************************************************
-
- * **************************************************************
- * CARE_05 = 'MEDICARE' INSURANCE FORM PRINT ROUTINE
- * **************************************************************
- * Block #9 = use term "NA"
- * Block #12 = use term "SOF"
- * Block #13 = use term "SOF"
- * Block #19 = show date as "mmddyy"
- * Block #20 = remove '.' from dollar amounts
- * Block #21 = remove '.' from ICD-9-CM codes
- * Block #24a = show date in 'TO' column only ** special use ***
- * Block #24e = print actual ICD-9-CM code (only one)
- * Block #24f = remove '.' from dollar amounts
- * Block #28 = remove '.' from dollar amounts
- * Block #29 = remove '.' from dollar amounts
- * Block #30 = remove '.' from dollar amounts
- * **************************************************************
-
-
- UTILITIES - SYSTEM SUPPORT
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- (D)OCTOR ASSIGNMENTS: This is a new function that allows you to
- change the patient assigned doctor reference from one doctor to
- another. In the past MED#1, due the the PIN limitations,
- required you to setup multiple references for the doctor
- providing services if there was need for more than one PIN
- number. Changes made in this current release allow for the setup
- of all required PIN numbers for each service provider under a
- single doctor reference. This function provides you the means to
- consolidate all multiple doctor references to a single provider.
- PLEASE CONSOLIDATE ALL MULTIPLE PROVIDER REFERENCES BEFORE
- PRINTING ANY INSURANCE FORMS.
-
-
- SET DEFAULT VALUES - (D)OCTORS PROVIDING SERVICE: This is a new
- feature that will allow you to: 1) identify the type of practice
- you have, and 2) to identify up to two doctors that you setup in
- your DOCTOR MASTER FILE as service providers. (In the near future
- MEDshare will be able to offer expansion of this service provider
- limit to five, eight, or eleven doctors.)
-
- Currently the only value to identifying the type of practice you
- have is that if you are a CHIROPRACTOR you will have the first
- ten characters of your ICD-9-CM code descriptions printed to the
- right of the ICD-9-CM code printed in box 21 of the new HCFA-1500
- (1990) insurance form. If you need this feature go ahead and
- identify your practice as such even if you are not a chiropractor
- - no other use is made of this information.
-
- You need to identify at least one doctor as a service provider.
- The SS# and PIN's will be used to fill out required information
- on the new HCFA-1500 insurance form. The SS# (if entered) will
- be printed in block #25 in place of the practice TAX ID. number.
- The respective PIN (for the type of insurance claim being filed)
- will be printed in 1) block #24k, and 2) block #33 (if no group
- PIN number has been setup).
-
- NOTE - In the past you may have setup several different doctor
- masters of the same service provider in order to have the correct
- PIN number print in block #24k. This is no longer necessary and
- all such setups should be consolidated into one doctor master
- entry.
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-
- PLACE OF SERVICE CODES: This function has been expanded to
- handle up to the full 36 single character place of service input
- codes and correlating output print values. (Prior version of
- MED#1 only supported codes 1-F, now supports 1-Z.)
-
-
-
- OTHER DEFAULTS: This function has been changed slightly in
- layout and has been expanded to allow you to setup defaults for
- 1) printing service provider name block #31 of new HCFA-1500
- (1990) form, and 2) printing totals in blocks #28 - 30 on each
- page of a multi page insurance form.
-
-
- PATIENT POSTING FUNCTIONS:
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- PATIENT MAINTENANCE:
-
- SCREEN #1 - 'EMPLOYER/SCHOOL' - You can now enter the patients
- 'SCHOOL' name in this area. Be sure that the name and address
- entered in this area corresponds the patient status question of
- 'EMPLOYED' or 'FULL/PART TIME STUDENT'.
-
-
- SCREEN #2 - INSURANCE INFORMATION -
- A new field 'INSURED'S ID.' has been established. The value
- entered in this field will be printed in block #1 of the new
- HCFA-1500 (1990) insurance form. (For those patients you have
- already setup in your system the patients 'POLICY NUMBER' will be
- printed in block #1 if no entry has been made into this new
- field.
-
- The question for MEDIGAP (Y/N) has been changed to
- MEDIGAP/SUPPLEMENTAL (M/S). Enter 'M' if this is a MEDIGAP
- coverage policy. Enter 'S' if this is an EMPLOYER/SUPPLEMENTAL
- coverage policy. Leave blank if neither. Proper use of this
- field is required in order to have block #10d properly filled out
- for MEDICARE. (When you run the 'MED_UPDT' program to adjust
- your files for this release of MED#1 all 'MEDIGAP = Y' setups
- will be changed to a default of 'M' and all 'MEDIGAP = N' will be
- changed to a 'blank'.)
-
- Assigned (Y/N): This response will now accept one of three
- values: Y = yes, N = no, or a 'blank' = no. A 'blank' entry has
- the same affect when print the HCFA-1500 insurance form with the
- exception that neither the 'Y' or 'N' box for 'Assignment
- Accepted' will be marked. There have been several requests for
- this flexibility but take care to use it as your needs require.
-
-
-
- TRANSACTION POSTING: SCREEN #1 - INSURANCE INFORMATION - This
- screen has now the ability to capture information to be printed
- in block #19 of the new HCFA-1500 insurance form. The contents
- of the new 'COMMENT' and 'DATE' field directly below 'REFERRING
- DOCTOR' will be printed in block #19. DO NOT USE THIS SPACE
- UNLESS YOUR PRACTICE IS REQUIRED TO PRINT INFORMATION IN THIS
- BLOCK.
-
-
-
- REPORTS:
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- INSURANCE FORMS BATCH PRINTING: You now have the option to
- 'PRINT TO DISK' specific groups of insurance forms. The name
- given to each respective print image file will be the default
- form type name followed by the type of '.PRN' (such as
- 'BCBS_NC.PRN'). Many insurance agencies will accept this
- electronic image in place of a printed form. You will need to
- check with your respective agencies to find out if this method is
- acceptable. KEEP IN MIND THAT ONLY ONE IMAGE OF A SPECIFIC
- INSURANCE FORM GROUP PRINTING WILL BE MAINTAINED ON DISK AT A
- TIME. EACH TIME YOU REQUEST THE 'PRINT TO DISK' OPTION ANY
- EXISTING FILE FOR THE SAME FORM REQUEST WILL BE DELETED.
-
-
- (NOTE: DO NOT PRESS THE 'ESCAPE' KEY WHEN THE 'REPRINT' REQUEST
- IS DISPLAYED UNLESS YOU WISH TO RETAIN THE CURRENT INSURANCE FORM
- PRINT REQUEST FOR LATER REPRINTING. (THE USE OF THE 'ESC' KEY
- SHOULD BE LIMITED TO ONLY THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE A FORMS JAM
- IN YOUR PRINTER.) THIS IS TRUE WHEN PRINTING INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS
- FOLLOWING TRANSACTION POSTINGS AND WHEN BATCH PRINTING FORMS.
- PRESSING THE 'ESCAPE' KEY WILL TERMINATE THE PRINT REQUEST BUT IT
- ALSO LEAVES ACTIVE THE INITIAL REQUEST TO PRINT THE INSURANCE
- FORMS.)
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