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Version 4.3a
Version 4.3a (Current) Version 4.3
  1. Home
  2. Finance

    Manage accounts, fees, claiming, billing and banking in Pracsoft.

  3. Online Claiming

    Send Bulk Bill claims to Medicare Australia Online or Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) claims.

  4. Sending Bulk Claims to Medicare / Veterans Affairs

    Prepare and transmit bulk claims to Medicare or Veterans Affairs.

  • 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 / Veterans Affairs

        Batch bulk billing or Veterans Affairs claim vouchers for processing.

      • Sending Bulk Claims to Medicare / Veterans Affairs

        Prepare and transmit bulk claims to Medicare or Veterans Affairs.

        • Step 1 - Selecting Claims

          Select claims for bulk claiming.

        • Step 2 - Preparing Claim Data for Transmission

          Prepare selected claims for transmission.

        • Step 3 - Printing Claim Reports

          Print reports about the claims you have prepared for transmission.

        • Step 4 - Transmitting Claims

          Transmit prepared claims to Medicare Online Australia.

        • Step 5 - Requesting Medicare Australia Online Reports

          Request reports about processing and payments from Medicare.

      • 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.

      • 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

        Make Healthcare Identifiers available for Secure Message Delivery and for use in the personally controlled electronic health (eHealth) record.

    • Accounts and Receipts

    • Banking

    • Fees

      Pracsoft provides you with a Standard Fee list of over 100 commonly used items.

    • Institutional Payers

Sending Bulk Claims to Medicare / Veterans Affairs

Prepare and transmit bulk claims to Medicare or Veterans Affairs.

Claims must be batched before they are sent to Medicare Australia Online. The steps for sending the batched claims are:

  • Step 1 - Selecting Claims
  • Step 2 - Preparing Claim Data for Transmission
  • Step 3 - Printing Claim Reports
  • Step 4 - Transmitting Claims
  • Step 5 - Requesting Medicare Australia Online Reports (for requesting Processing Reports or Payment Reports from Medicare)
  • Step 1 - Selecting Claims
    Select claims for bulk claiming.
  • Step 2 - Preparing Claim Data for Transmission
    Prepare selected claims for transmission.
  • Step 3 - Printing Claim Reports
    Print reports about the claims you have prepared for transmission.
  • Step 4 - Transmitting Claims
    Transmit prepared claims to Medicare Online Australia.
  • Step 5 - Requesting Medicare Australia Online Reports
    Request reports about processing and payments from Medicare.
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