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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 Card Swiper
Use a Medicare Card Swiper in Pracsoft

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.
  - 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
    - Use a Medicare Card Swiper in Pracsoft
  - 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

Use a Medicare Card Swiper in Pracsoft

When searching for patients. Click within the Patient / Medicare / Chart Number field and swipe to return all the patients associated with the card number.
When adding a new patient or editing an existing patient. Click within the Medicare Number text field and swipe to automatically record the card number and expiry date.
When recording a visit. Ensure the Perform OPV Check option is ticked in Online Claiming settings. Ensure the When Recording a Visit option is ticked in Patient Settings. Then, when recording a visit for a patient (who does not already have their Medicare Number recorded), upon finishing the visit you will be prompted to enter the patient's Medicare card details. Click within the Medicare No text field provided, and swipe to automatically record the card number.
When adding a patient to the Waiting Room. Ensure the Perform OPV Check option is ticked in Online Claiming settings. Ensure the When Added to Waiting Room option is ticked in Patient Settings. Then, when adding a patient (who does not already have their Medicare Number recorded) to the Waiting Room you will be prompted to enter the patient's Medicare card details. Click within the Medicare No text field provided, and swipe to automatically record the card number.
When searching for appointments. In the Find Appointment window, ensure the Linked Patient Appointment option is selected, click within the Search For text box, swipe the card, and then click

If a patient associated with that card number has an scheduled appointment, they will be listed in the search results.