The Claim Box (figure 5) contains several important items that are necessary to produce claims correctly.
Figure 5
Included here are
•Where the claims should be sent
•Whether or not the patient has signed an Authorization to Release Information to the insurance carrier
•The Release Date of the patient’s signed authorization
•The Claims Cycle
•The Form Type to be used for this patient’s insurance claims
•Whether or not to include the ChiroPadEMR SOAP notes for the dates that match the claims. This should be done ONLY if the claims are being printed on paper.
•If there is another insurance carrier, if the claims should automatically resubmit to the next carrier
•The automation of Transfers and Write-offs
•A unique Claim Number that is different than the patient’s Policy Number