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The Paper Claim tab is used to set user preferences for paper claim search criteria and printing offset for printing the claim form.

User preferences can be overridden and will remain in effect for this workstation until it is changed in Preferences. Anyone who logs onto this workstation will use these preferences as the default values.

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From the Menus:	Via Shortcut Keys:
Open the File menu and select Preferences Select Paper Claim from the left pane list of preferences	Press [Alt] + [F] + [R] Select Paper Claim from the left pane list of preferences

Field Definitions

Function

Type

Required

Description

Search Criteria Section

Determines the default values for the search criteria finding paper claims.

Claim Form

Drop Down

Yes

Determines which paper claim form is included in the search. By default, this option is set to CMS 1500. Only the paper claims forms configured for your practice are included in the selection list.

Claim Status

Drop Down

Yes

Determines which paper claims are included in the search:

Option	Description
All	Selects all claims regardless of whether the claims has been printed or not.
Printed	Selects only those claims that have a printed date.
Unprinted	Selects only those claims that have not been printed.

By default, this option is set to Unprinted, indicating that only the claims that have not yet been printed are included in the search

Claim Rank

Drop Down

Yes

Determines the type of claims to display, based on primary or non-primary rank:

Option	Description
All	Selects all claims regardless of rank.
Primary	Selects only those claims classified as the primary claim on the case.
Non-primary	Selects all claims that are not classified as the primary claim on the case.

Practice

Drop Down

Yes

Specifies the practice associated with the claim.

Date Type

Radio Selection

Yes

Determines whether the paper claims are included in the search by date of service (DOS) or Created Date. By default, this option is set to DOS, indicating that the date of service is used to determine which paper claims are included in the search.

Date

Drop Down

No

Determines the date from which the paper claims are included (DOS or Created Date). Options range from Today to Older than a Year.

Balance Greater Than Zero

Checkbox

No

If selected, claims are filtered by balance and only show claims that have a balance greater than zero.

Printing Offsets Section

Determines the default values for the horizontal and vertical offset settings for printing the data on the paper claim form.

Claim Form

Drop Down

Yes

Specifies the claim form for which all subsequent options are selected.

Note
Separate Printing Offset options must be selected for each claim form.

Horizontal Offset

Free Text

(Numeric)

Yes

Determines the horizontal position of characters either right (plus) or left (minus). By default, the option is set to 0. You can enter up to – 25 or +25.

Vertical Offset

Free Text

(Numeric)

Determines the vertical position of pixels either down (plus) or up (minus). By default, the option is set to 0. You can enter up to – 25 or +25.

Printer

Drop Down

Yes

Specifies the printer to which paper claims will be printed for that claim form.

Note
The Printer options may be changed temporarily from the Printing Offsets window, which opens from the Print Selected or Print All buttons on the Paper Claims page.

Tray

Drop Down

Yes

Specifies which printer tray the paper will be pulled from when printing claims for that claim form.

Note
The Tray options may be changed temporarily from the Printing Offsets window, which opens from the Print Selected or Print All buttons on the Paper Claims page.