Line Item Tracking
DBC's new open item insurance payments tracking system lets the user view and process all transactions on a claim from one screen with the absolute minimum number of keystrokes. Entering payments for an insurance claim is as simple as clicking the DBC Pay Insurance button, selecting the claim you wish to process from the patient's pop up list of unpaid claims, and then entering your payment transaction to one or more of the charges on that claim.
The form below is DBC's Insurance Payments Entry form. For each charge on a claim, the user can enter an Insurance Payment amount, a Write-off amount, and/or an amount to transfer to the patient -- all in one easy step. Meanwhile, all of the intricasies of ensuring that the payment transactions are properly linked to a specific charge on the claim are handled by the system automatically.
The new form is used for both primary and secondary (2, 3, or 4) carrier payments! As you add your payment transactions, the system presents you with on screen accumulated totals both on the transaction level and on the entire claim level. You always know where you stand when entering payments via DBC.
Look at the data that is at your fingertips:
- INV # and Transaction # -- the specific charge line item (procedure) from the claim
- DOS -- the starting date of service for this procedure
- CLM_CPT -- The procedure (CPT) code for this charge line item
- AMOUNT -- Your normal fee for this procedure
- INS_EXP -- the amount you expect the carrier to pay for this procedure
- INS_PD -- amount(s) already (previously) paid on this specific line item
- PAYMENT -- current insurance payment (from EOB)
- XFER -- current amount to transfer to the patient's responsibility
- WRITE-OFF -- current amount to forgive or write-off
- INS2 PAYMT -- current secondary (2, 3, or 4) carrier payment