Bluechip User Guide
Part-Paid Claims with Medicare Easyclaim

This topic refers to processing Part-Paid claims with Medicare Easyclaim.

o      For making fully-paid Patient claims, see Patient Claims with Medicare Easyclaim.

o      For making bulk bill claims, see Bulk Bill Claims with Medicare Easyclaim.

1.      Ensure you have enabled Medicare Easyclaim.

2.      Ensure you have configured Bluechip for processing claims with Medicare Easyclaim.

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

 

 

4.      Locate and right-click the Patient Claim account. In the example above, it is the 'PC' account.

5.      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.

6.      Within the New Invoice, add Service Items as desired. In the example below, Item 304 has been entered.

 

7.      Click to issue the invoice. You may be prompted to select a referral to associate this invoice with.

8.      You will be prompted to select the Date of Issue. Alter it if desired, and then click

9.      You will be prompted to print the invoice. Then, select the Receipts tab.

 

10.   Click the New Receipt button, and then within the receipt window, enter the following:

o      Select EFTPOS Auto as the type of payment.

o      Enter the card holder's Name.

o      Enter the Amount of the payment.

o      Place a tick in the Allocate check box against each service item you wish to allocate payment to.

 

11.   Click  The New Patient Claim window appear.



Note that for part-paid/unpaid patient claims, the Cheque option is selected automatically.

Where Medicare benefits are assessed as payable for a claim, a statement and/or cheque in the provider's name will be forwarded to the claimant's address recorded by Medicare. The cheque is then forwarded by the claimant to the provider with any outstanding balance. Where no benefit is assessed as payable, a statement only will be forwarded to the claimant's address recorded by Medicare.

 

12.   Click  The online claim process commences, and you can track its progress on-screen.



Note that if you click the Store button at this time, the claim will be processed via Medicare Online instead of via Medicare Easyclaim.

 

13.   Once a claim has been submitted and approved by Medicare, the Patient Claim Results window will appear in Bluechip.

This concludes the steps necessary for processing a part-paid claim via Medicare Easyclaim.