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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 is used for non-contractual fees and 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 contractual fees and contains the fee structure 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. Typically, the expected .

The compensation fee schedule is used for practices that compensate providers per procedure. This fee schedule contains only anesthesia procedures that will be charged a flat fee or percentagethe rates and fees that are going to be calculated based on compensation.

When creating or updating a fee schedule, the information displays in four six 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 Fee Schedules from the Admin list.
  1. Click Practices from the Admin list 
  2. Click Create
  3. Click the Fee Schedules tab
  • Open the Admin menu and select
Practices
  • Click Create
  • Click the Fee Schedules tab
    1. From the Practices page, press [Alt] + [C]
    2.  Click the Fee Schedules tab

     

    To open the Fee Schedules tab for existing practice:

    From the Home Page:
    From the Menus:
    Via Shortcut Keys: 
    1. Click Practices from the Admin list 
    2. Select the practice to be modified
    3. Click Update*
    4. Click the Fee Schedules tab

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

    1. Open the Admin menu and select Practices

    2. Select the practice to be modified

    3. Click Update*

    4. Click the Fee Schedules tab

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

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

     

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    Field Definitions

    Field

    Type

    Required

    Description

    Type

    Display Only

    (pulled from created/updated Fee Schedules)

    YesThe 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

    (pulled from created/updated Fee Schedules

    Date (mm/dd/yyyy

    )

    Yes

    The date the fee schedule became effective as the date by which fees are calculated for procedures.. 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

    Expiration 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)

     YesThe 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[Alt] + [S]Search for a fee schedule(s) in the list.
    1. Click Search.
    2. The Search Criteria window opens.
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    3. Enter the search criteria.
    4. Click OK.
    Create
    Billing Fee Schedules Section   
    Create[Alt] + [RC]Add a new fee schedule to the table.Configuring Fee Schedules
    UpdateUpdate[Alt] + [U]Modify the selected fee schedule configuration.

    Updating Fee Schedules

    Delete Delete [Alt] + [D] Removes the fee schedule from the master list.Deleting Fee Schedules
    Clone Clon[Alt] + [LNCreates a copy of a fee schedule.Cloning Fee Schedules
     Expected Fee Schedules Section   
    Recalculate Create [Alt] + [TRAdd a new fee schedule to the tableUpdate expected amount on all applicable lines.Configuring Recalculating Fee Schedules
    Update View Attachment[Alt] + [PVModify the selected fee schedule configuration.

    Updating Fee Schedules

    Delete [Alt] + [E] 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]  Recomputing Fee Schedules

     

     

     
    Opens the Image Viewer page to display or add an attachment to the fee schedule.
    1. Select the fee schedule.
    2. 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.