Printing claims to a file, poor formatting

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ron2368
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Printing claims to a file, poor formatting

Post by ron2368 » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:01 pm

I use Medisoft v 14, and want to send a .txt file to ash networks( I upload direct to their site.) When I have medisoft print the paper bill, I use the report, cms1500, which prints out correctly formatted on paper, but when I send it to file( .txt), it is jumbled, some lines out of order and some numbers missing. So my bills are not acceptable due to this formatting problem. The only formatting solution I see is lines per page on output files but this does not help. I have tried many different lines per page , some look better some are worse. Have also tried font sizes with no change. Can you help me? thanks

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Gavin Walker
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Post by Gavin Walker » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:18 am

Hi Ron, probably the easiest way to do this will be to setup an EDI Reciever and then mark the claims as electronic in Medisoft.

Here is our documentation on how to set this up:

How to setup EDI receiver

At the Main menu -> Lists -> EDI Receivers -> New -> Address tab
Enter Code (in your case, Ash will work)
Enter Name (Ash Networks)
Go to ID tab
Enter Program file = CMS11.EXE
Go to Extras tab
Enter Extra 1 = 83
Save

How to setup Insurance

At the Main menu -> Lists -> Insurance -> Carriers
Double-click on desired Insurance
Go to Options tab
Edit Default Billing Method = Electronic
Go to EDI, Codes
Edit EDI Receiver = the EDI Receiver code you entered above
Save
Continue until all insurance companies are set up.

How to change claims from paper to electronic

This is done once for the current claims only
At the Main menu -> Activities -> Claims Management
Double-click on desired claim
Carrier 1 tab
Enter Billing method = Electronic
Enter EDI Receiver = the EDI Receiver Code you entered above
Save
Continue for all applicable claims.

How to generate the CMS to file

At the Main menu -> Choose Activities -> Claims Management
Click Print/Send
Choose Electronic
Choose Electronic Claim Receiver – the EDI Receiver you setup above
Click OK
File name – for example c:\\claims.txt (you must key in every time, and check the folder -c:\\program files\\medisoft\\bin is usually the default)
Save, click OK
This will create the CLAIMS.TXT file and mark the claims “SENT”.
Gavin Walker
Walker Tek Solutions, LLC
417-890-6777 x0
fax: 417-763-6386

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Post by ron2368 » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:27 pm

Thank you.

One more question, On my old version (6) when a claim was printed/sent the claim number was listed with each procedure in the transaction screen. When I enter visits in v14 I do not see anywhere on that screen where the claim # is listed. I can see it if I right click each line. Why is it not listed on each line as in v6 ? Why is this better? thanks

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