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Manage accounts, fees, claiming, billing and banking in Pracsoft.
Online Claiming
Send Bulk Bill claims to Medicare Australia Online or Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) claims.
Medicare Easyclaim
Process Medicare patient claims and Medicare Bulk Billing using Pracsoft.
Claiming with Medicare Easyclaim
Unpaid Patient Claims with Medicare Easyclaim

Finance
Manage accounts, fees, claiming, billing and banking in Pracsoft.
- Recording Visits
- Online Claiming
  Send Bulk Bill claims to Medicare Australia Online or Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) claims.
  - About the Online Claiming Process
  - Batching Bulk Claims for Medicare / Vet Affairs
  - Sending Bulk Claims to Medicare / Vet Affairs
  - Cancelling Claims and Deleting All Visits
  - Deleting Claims (Same-Day Delete)
    Real-time patient claims sent to Medicare Australia can be deleted on the same day that they were sent.
  - DVA Online Claiming Workarounds
  - Medicare Easyclaim
    Process Medicare patient claims and Medicare Bulk Billing using Pracsoft.
    - How Medicare EasyClaim Works
      A summary of the Medicare EasyClaim process in different scenarios.
    - Easyclaim and Online Claiming with Pracsoft
    - Medicare Easyclaim Transaction Status
      Describes the various Medicare Easyclaim Transaction states, and how to deal with them, where applicable.
    - Enabling Medicare Easyclaim with EFTPOS
    - Enabling Medicare Easyclaim with TYRO
    - Claiming with Medicare Easyclaim
  - EFTPOS (HICAPS) for Pracsoft
  - Exception Reason Codes - DVA
  - Exception Reason Codes - Medicare
  - Immunisation Claims
  - Integrated EFTPOS - About and Usage
  - Manually Receipting Bulk Payments
  - Nursing Home Claim Workaround for Pracsoft
  - Manual Online Patient Verification (OPV)
    Online Patient Verification is a process whereby, before processing a claim with Online Claiming, the patient can be checked for eligibility to receive Medicare benefits.
  - Online Veteran Verification (OVV)
  - Patient Claims History
  - Printing Claim Details
  - Resetting a Claim's Status
    Reset the status of multiple claims' simultaneously and view the claim audit logs.
  - Resolving Claim Exceptions
    After sending bulk claims to Medicare Online and requesting the associated processing reports,Medicare may return a processing report that contains exceptions.
  - Sending 'Store and Forward' Claims
  - Tips for Sending Patient Claims
    The Practice has the choice of sending the Patient claims immediately or storing them up for later transmission.
  - Medicare Australia and Post Office Boxes in Pracsoft
  - Medicare Card Swiper
  - Integrating Healthcare Identifiers into Electronic Practice Records
- Accounts and Receipts
- Banking
  Short videos about Pracsoft banking and end of financial year reporting.
- Fees
  Pracsoft provides you with a Standard Fee list of over 100 commonly-used items.
- Institutional Payers

Unpaid Patient Claims with Medicare Easyclaim

Ensure you have configured Pracsoft to use Medicare Easyclaim.
With a patient selected in the Waiting Room, press F5. The Record Visit window appears.
Ensure that you have a selection in the Seen by Dr. drop-down list. If you selected a Practitioner for the patient via the Waiting Room, this field will already be populated.
Ensure that you have a selection in the Location drop-down list. If you selected a Practitioner for the patient via the Waiting Room, this field will already be populated.
(Optional) Modify the Consult Time and Consult Date using the associated controls, if necessary.
Via the Invoice To drop-down list, select Patient.
Enter Service Items as necessary. If you are unsure of the fee number for a given item, you can search the standard item list by pressing Ctrl+S.
- To add additional items, click the Add button.
- To delete a service item, select the item and then click the Delete button.
For each Service Item ensure you select an associated Fee Rate. To do this, click in the Fee Rate field for the service item. A drop-down list of Fee Rates will appear, from which you can make the appropriate selection. The image above indicates that a fee rate of Schedule Fee has been selected for service item 23.
(Optional) You may modify the fees for individual items by clicking in the Fee column and typing a new amount.
In the Payment Options section of the window select the Pay Later radio button option.
Click Account to process the payment.

Note:
The Cheque refund method option is selected. This is the only option available for 'pay later' payments. The Medicare payment will be sent to the claimant as a cheque addressed to the health service provider. Note that if the claim includes items not supported by Medicare Easyclaim, the claim will be sent via Medicare Online. The Store button will save the claim to be sent later. Store-and-Forward claims are sent via Medicare Online.
Enter the residential address details for the claimant if necessary. Alternatively you can tick the Use Medicare Address checkbox to use the claimant's residential address details as recorded with Medicare Australia.
Click Transmit. The claim is processed.