The entire billing interface of FreeMED is available via this menu.The billing system in FreeMED works in conjunction with Remitt which is the formatting and transmission engine. Some functions reqiure a patient to already be selected before using these functions.
This complete billing system is divided into the five sections:
- Accounts Receivable - Clicking on "Accounts Receivable" will
take you to another screen where you can search for patients, who have
accounts receivable. You can search for patients by means of their last
name, portions of their last name, complete or partial first name, or a
combination of the first and last name.
You can also search for accounts receivable by provider and dates of
service.
Click %%here,accounts,receivable%% to see the appropriate help screen for
Accounts Receivable.
- Claims Manager - Clicking on "Claims Manager"
will take you to a Claims Manger search screen where you can
can find claims according to a number of search criteria.
Click %%here,claims,manager%% to see the appropriate help screen for
Claims Manager.
- Patient Statements - Clicking on "Patient
Statements" will take you to another screen where you can retrieve
current patient statements in either the pdf or the postscript format.
You can then print these statements.
Click %%here,patient,statements%% to see the appropriate help screen
for Patient Statements.
- Rebill by Coverage - Clicking on "Rebill by
Coverage" will take you to another screen where you can
Click %%here,rebill,coverage%% to see the appropriate help screen
for Rebill by Coverage.
- Remitt Billing System - Clicking on "Remitt
Billing System" will take you to another screen where you can
click on:
- Patient Statements to create patient
statements for the system.
Click %%here,patient_remitt,statements%% to see the appropriate
help screen for this section.
- Perform Billing to perform Remitt billing
runs.
Click %%here,remitt_billing,runs%% to see the appropriate help
help screen for this section.
- Rebill to select a previous billing to
rebill.
Click %%here,remitt_billing,reruns%% to see the appropriate help
help screen for this section.
- Show Reports to view output files and logs
from Remitt.
Click %%here,remitt,reports%% to see the appropriate help
screen for this section.