Re: more on billing, ezclaim, office ally

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Larry, in your specific setup witt Amazing Charts etc, how do you do

your practice financial analysis if so desired, e.g. account aging,

CPT analysis, average reimbursement etc? , would you mind chiming

in?

Marius

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up to this point, i have not looked closely at the financial management portion of AC, however, you can bet your boots i will be now. the other thing i am thinking and wondering is, does OA do any of those functions, and can i have AC and/or OA interface with quicken home and business to do any other necessary functions? i don't know the answers yet. i will have a much better idea tomorrow @ 0800, when i am scheduled for training with OA. until tomorrow, same bat-time, same bat-channel. LL mllaumans wrote: Larry, in your specific setup witt Amazing Charts etc, how do you do your practice financial analysis if so desired, e.g. account aging, CPT analysis, average reimbursement etc? , would you mind chiming in?Marius

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Larry,

I don't know much about AC, but I have used OfficeAlly quite a bit,

so take this with a grain of salt. Can AC produce the " print image "

format? The " print image " format is just a simple ASCII file with

the same information as the CMS1500, but it's not the same thing as

what you actually print when you print a paper CMS1500 file.

The " print image " file actually is NOT for printing, as usually it

wouldn't line up correctly on the blank form on different printers.

They usually use .pdf for the file that actually gets printed on

paper because the fonts, and position of the printing can be

controlled precisely and is consistent between different printers.

But I don't think OfficeAlly can import .pdf files. So if AC can

only give you a .pdf, it may not work with Office Ally. But you

could still use their on-line claim form variant. But I don't think

that variant has much, if any, ability to do aged accounts

receivable etc.

What Office Ally has you do for the " print image " files, is submit a

batch of at least 10 claims, preferably with different payors, and

variations on other pieces of info that vary, such as where the

little boxes marked by X's are located. Then they " Map " your files

so they know on what line and how many characters over on the lines

to look for each piece of information. Then they reformat your print

image claims into the HIPAA require ANSI X12 837 V4010A format and

forward that to the clearninghouse for you.

Caldwell M.D.

>

> i have called and enrolled in office ally today, and it looks very

simple. i am now waiting for training, which i hope will be soon.

> apparently, one does not even need to set up an electronic

clearinghouse account, they do it. if claims need to be dropped to

paper, it's 25 cents, including postage.

> i have tried to use ezclaim again today, and quite frankly, it

is quite confusing, so i am waiting to hear back from their software

designer this friday.

> if AC and OA work together, this is the simplest solution, and

at essentially no additional cost.

> yippee!

> yes, brent, it meets my criteria for " less than or equal to a

dollar a day " and no MD syndrome.

> now, i just have to see if the new form requirement will require

any changes by AC wrt uploading to OA, but for now, things look

promising.

> so now, just two more questions--

> first, is anyone using AC and OA?

> second, is anyone sending in AC-generated paper claims in hcfa

format, and getting paid?

> and a question for pamela-- since you are using your LOVE-emr

with OA, did you, and if so, how did you set up the billing file in

your database to interface with OA?

> LL

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Marius,I will chime in, but I am still in the process of setting up EZ Claim and don't knowas well as other users. EZ claim provides the basic account analysis reports for tracking reimbursements, Aging etc. I haven't run any of these reports yet, but I know they are in there.

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up to this point, i have not looked closely at the financial management portion of AC, however, you can bet your boots i will be now.

the other thing i am thinking and wondering is, does OA do any of those functions, and can i have AC and/or OA interface with quicken home and business to do any other necessary functions?

i don't know the answers yet.

i will have a much better idea tomorrow @ 0800, when i am scheduled for training with OA.

until tomorrow, same bat-time, same bat-channel.

LL

mllaumans <mllaumansyahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Larry, in your specific setup witt Amazing Charts etc, how do you do your practice financial analysis if so desired, e.g. account aging, CPT analysis, average reimbursement etc? , would you mind chiming in?Marius

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SCOTT , WHAT IS THE 2 SCREEN STE UP YOU HAVE AND HOW DO YOU USE IT ?

> Marius,

> I will chime in, but I am still in the process of setting up EZ Claim

> and don't knowas well as other users. EZ claim provides the basic

> account analysis reports for tracking reimbursements, Aging etc. I

> haven't run any of these reports yet, but I know they are in there.

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> Original Message

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> up to this point, i have not looked closely at the financial management

> portion of AC, however, you can bet your boots i will be now. the other

> thing i am thinking and wondering is, does OA do any of those functions,

> and can i have AC and/or OA interface with quicken home and business to

> do any other necessary functions? i don't know the answers yet.

> i will have a much better idea tomorrow @ 0800, when i am scheduled for

> training with OA. until tomorrow, same bat-time, same bat-channel.

> LL

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> mllaumans <mllaumansyahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

> Larry, in your specific setup witt Amazing Charts etc, how do you do

> your practice financial analysis if so desired, e.g. account aging, CPT

> analysis, average reimbursement etc? , would you mind chiming in?

>

> Marius

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Having a dual montior setup simply means that you plug two monitors into your computer instead of one and essentialy double your computers desktop workspace. In order to do this you need to have a video card that will support a dual monitor setup. Many off the shelf computers today have this as standard. If your computer is older and your video card will not support a second monitor, you can check to see if you have an available card slot in your mother board and you can simply add a second video card to plug in your second monitor. You need to configure the desktop in your display settings in widows so that you can move the cursor back and forth between the two monitors as if it were one screen. I typically use it the way that Janice described. I run UpDox on my right monitor and Amazing Charts on my left monitor. It saves me an awful lot of time in minimizing and maximizing applications. My " left " monitor is on a swiveling base and is positioned near the patient so I can turn it to the patient for educaiton, looking at xrays, etc. For the added functionality for minimal investment, I highly recommend it. S

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SCOTT , WHAT IS THE 2 SCREEN STE UP YOU HAVE AND HOW DO YOU USE IT ?> Marius,> I will chime in, but I am still in the process of setting up EZ Claim> and don't knowas well as other users. EZ claim provides the basic> account analysis reports for tracking reimbursements, Aging etc. I> haven't run any of these reports yet, but I know they are in there.> >>>>> Original Message>>> up to this point, i have not looked closely at the financial management> portion of AC, however, you can bet your boots i will be now. the other> thing i am thinking and wondering is, does OA do any of those functions,> and can i have AC and/or OA interface with quicken home and business to> do any other necessary functions? i don't know the answers yet.> i will have a much better idea tomorrow @ 0800, when i am scheduled for> training with OA. until tomorrow, same bat-time, same bat-channel.> LL>>> mllaumans <mllaumansyahoo (DOT) com> wrote:> Larry, in your specific setup witt Amazing Charts etc, how do you do> your practice financial analysis if so desired, e.g. account aging, CPT> analysis, average reimbursement etc? , would you mind chiming in?>> Marius>>>>>>>> Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email> and get things done faster.>>

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Larry,

I am interested in continuing to hear how OA works for you with AC since I am also considering billing systems at this time and maybe an accounting system. By the way, I was exposed to the use of a dual monitor set up when I visited 's office and decided to purchase an inexpensive monitor that hooks up easily with my new laptop and I am astounded by the versatility of having two screens displayed at once. AC is usually on one and Updox is on the other or Internet Explorer or whatever. It makes everything so much easier. Even my 15 year old son was impressed that his mother knew something about computers that he didn't. Of course, he wants one now...

Janice Pegels

Binghamton

Re: Re: more on billing, ezclaim, office ally

up to this point, i have not looked closely at the financial management portion of AC, however, you can bet your boots i will be now.

the other thing i am thinking and wondering is, does OA do any of those functions, and can i have AC and/or OA interface with quicken home and business to do any other necessary functions?

i don't know the answers yet.

i will have a much better idea tomorrow @ 0800, when i am scheduled for training with OA.

until tomorrow, same bat-time, same bat-channel.

LL

mllaumans <mllaumans> wrote:

Larry, in your specific setup witt Amazing Charts etc, how do you do your practice financial analysis if so desired, e.g. account aging, CPT analysis, average reimbursement etc? , woul

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