Overview
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.
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:
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:
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| 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. 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. 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. 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. |