Overview

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

The Affiliated Facilities tab facilitates selection of facilities affiliated with the practice and specifying a facility-specific, custom billing provider address. The list of facilities that can be affiliated with the practice is displayed. Affiliated facilities are checked.

The selected facilities will be listed in the Facilities list, where applicable, in the other Connect applications, for example, charge entry in Connect Back Office.

See the Configuring Practices topic for additional details.

How to Get Here?

To open the Affiliated Facilities tab for new practice:

From the Home Page:
From the Menus:
Via Shortcut Keys: 
  1. Click Practices from the Admin list.
  2. Click Create.
  3. Click the Affiliated Facilities tab.
  1. Open the Admin menu and select Practices.
  2. Click Create.
  3. Click the Affiliated Facilities tab.
  1. From the Practices page, press [Alt] + [C].
  2. Click the Affiliated Facilities tab.


To open the Affiliated Facilities 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 Affiliated Facilities 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 Affiliated Facilities 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 Affiliated Facilities tab.

 

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Practice: New Page / Affiliated Facilities Tab


Practice: [name] Page / Affiliated Facilities Tab

 



Field Definitions

Field

Type

Required

Description

Facility Affiliations Section


Facility

Display Only with Selection Checkboxes

(Pulled from created/updated Facilities)

Yes

The list of facilities in Connect and association checkboxes. A checked box next to a facility indicates it is associated with and used by the practice.

Custom Billing Provider Address Section 

Section to specify an alternate billing provider address for the selected facility.

  • The Use Practice Physical Address option (default) indicates that the Practice-level billing provider address will be sent on electronic claims.
  • If the Facility Specific option is selected, the alternate, facility-level address is entered in the fields below. When the system sends an electronic claim for that facility, it will confirm additional criteria that must be met prior to sending the custom address.

Currently, the Facility Specific option can only be used for Medicare claims within the state of Texas.

Address Free TextYes

The street address, lines 1 and 2, if applicable, for the specific facility.

City Free TextYes The city for the specific facility. The field will auto-populate when the Zip Code is entered. However, the field can be edited by typing the name of the city in the space provided.
State Drop DownYes The two-character state abbreviation of the specific facility. The field will auto-populate when the Zip Code is entered. However, the field can be edited by typing the state abbreviation or selecting an option from the drop down list.
Zip Code Free TextYes 

The five-digit plus 4-digit postal code of the specific facility.





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