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The Practice: New and Practices: [name] pages are comprised of fourteen tabs:

The Fee Schedules tab allows page allows you to access and manage billing and expected fee schedules for the practice. There are two sections to the page: Billing Fee Schedules and Expected Fee Schedulesthree available types of fee schedules: Billing, Expected, and Compensation.

The billing fee schedule contains the fee structure for the following procedure types: anesthesia, medicine services, pathology and laboratory, radiology services, surgery, and pain management, including professional modifier (26) and technical modifier (TC). This fee schedule contains the fees for services, conversion factors, modifiers, and relative value units (RVU).

The expected fee schedule contains the expected payment for the following procedure types: anesthesia, medicine services, pathology and laboratory, radiology services, surgery, and pain management, including professional modifier (26) and technical modifier (TC). This is often used for calculating the allowed amount expected for services rendered to an insured of a specific payer. This fee schedule contains the flat rates and fees that are not going to be calculated by the billing fee schedule.

The compensation fee schedule is used for practices that compensate providers per procedure. This fee schedule contains the rates and fees that are going to be calculated based on compensation.

When creating or updating a fee schedule, the information displays in four tabs:

See the Configuring Fee Schedules topic for additional details.

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To open the Fee Schedules tab for new practicetab:

From the Home Page:

From the Menus:

Via Shortcut Keys:

Click Practices from the Admin list

Click Create

Click the Fee Schedules tab

Click Fee Schedules from the Admin list.

Open the Admin menu and select

Practices

Click Create

Click the

Fee Schedules

tab

From the Practices page, press [Alt] + [C]
Click the Fee Schedules tab

To open the Fee Schedules tab for existing practice:

From the Home Page:

From the Menus:

Via Shortcut Keys:

Click Practices from the Admin list
Select the practice to be modified
Click Update*
Click the Fee Schedules tab

*Alternate Navigation: Double-click the practice from the list

Open the Admin menu and select Practices
Select the practice to be modified
Click Update*
Click the Fee Schedules tab

*Alternate Navigation: Double-click the practice from the list

From the Practices page, select the practice to be modified
Press [Alt] + [U]
Click the Fee Schedules tab

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Field Definitions

Field

Type

Required

Description

Type

Display Only

(pulled from created/updated Fee Schedules)

Yes

The categorization, or type, of fee schedule. Options include: Billing, Expected, and Compensation.

Name

Display Only

(pulled from created/updated Fee Schedules)

Field Definitions

Field	Type	Required	Description
Fee Schedule Name	Free Text	Yes	The name of the fee schedule as established in the fee schedule configuration.
Description Free Text	Display Only (pulled from created/updated Fee Schedules)	No	The description of the fee schedule as established in the fee schedule configuration.
Effective	Display Only Date ( mm/dd/yyyy pulled from created/updated Fee Schedules)	Yes	The date the fee schedule became effective. The fee schedule is used to calculate fees for procedures with a date of service from the Effective date onward.
Expiration	Display Only (pulled from created/updated Fee Schedules Date (mm/dd/yyyy )	No	The date the fee schedule is no longer used for calculating fees for procedures. The fee schedule is used to calculate fees for procedures with a date of service prior to, and including, the Expiration date.
Status	Display Only (pulled from created/updated Fee Schedules)	Yes	The current active status of the fee schedule. The values are Active or Archived. The status displays as Archived if the Archive checkbox is selected on the Fee Schedule / General Fee Schedule Information tab.

Button Descriptions

Button

Shortcut Keys

Description

Step-By-Step Guides

Search

Billing Fee Schedules Section

Create

[Alt] + [RS]

Add Search for a new fee schedule to the table.

Configuring Fee Schedules

Update

[Alt] + [U]

Modify the selected fee schedule configuration.

Updating Fee Schedules

Delete

[Alt] + [D]

Removes the fee schedule from the master list.

Deleting Fee Schedules

Clone

[Alt] + [L]

Creates a copy of a fee schedule.

Cloning Fee Schedules

View Attachment

Opens the Image Viewer page to display or add an attachment to the fee schedule.

Select the fee schedule.
Click View Attachment. The Image Viewer page opens.

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If the fee schedule has any attachments, open the Set ID drop down list and select the attachment to view. If no attachments currently exist, a new attachment can be added to the fee schedule record by scanning or importing the image and attaching it.

Expected Fee Schedules Section

fee schedule(s) in the list.

Click Search.
The Search Criteria window opens.
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Enter the search criteria.
Click OK.

Create

[Alt] + [R]

Create

[Alt] + [T]

Add a new fee schedule to the table.

Configuring Fee Schedules

Update pdate

[Alt] + [PU]

Modify the selected fee schedule configuration.

Updating Fee Schedules

Delete elete

[Alt] + [ED]

Removes the fee schedule from the master list.

Deleting Fee Schedules

Clone

[Alt] + [N]

Creates a copy of a fee schedule.

Cloning Fee Schedules

Recompute

[Alt] + [M]

Update expected amount on all applicable lines that do not contain a payment.

Recomputing Fee Schedules

View View Attachment

[Alt] + [V]

Opens the Image Viewer page to display or add an attachment to the fee schedule.

Select the fee schedule.
Click View Attachment. The Image Viewer page opens.

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If the fee schedule has any attachments, open the Set ID drop down list and select the attachment to view. If no attachments currently exist, a new attachment can be added to the fee schedule record by scanning or importing the image and attaching it.