Encounter Policy Breakdown Panel

Encounter Policy Breakdown Panel

Encounter Breakdown Policy Panel


Access to Add/Modify Insurance Policy is controlled by User Permissions.


Policy Breakdown Panel (Encounter Specific)

Insurance / Employer Management

  • Using this link a new Insurance Profile can be added or changes can be made to an existing Insurance Profile.
  • All active and inactive profiles can be viewed.
  • Encounters can be moved from one Profile to another.
  • Policies can be added that are not part of a Profile
  • Example: The Patient has a Medicare Advantage Plan. The Medicare card is entered in the Policies Not Part of a Profile for information purposes only. This card will not show for use to bill Claims.
  • If the Patient drops the Medicare Advantage plan, the Medicare card info can be moved to the Active Profiles

  • Claim History: View Claim Status changes and Claim Submission History


Insurance and Patient Responsibility Information (Encounter Specific)

  • Insurance/Employer: Name of the Responsible Party (Payer, Employer of Patient Name)
  • Hover-over shows Payer information
  • Select the Payer Name Link to go to the Add/Modify Policy screen where Policy information can be edited.

  • Card Scanned*This is a Premium Add-On Feature.
  • Policy: Policy Number
  • Group: Group Number/Name
  • Status | Last Checked: Status of the Claim when it was last checked.
  • Common Statuses:
  • Ready for Submission/Resubmission: If the Reference Batch is closed the claim will be in the next Claims Batch.
  • Hold Coordination of Benefits: Holding for current Responsible Party to pay.
  • This status will automatically change when the payment is posted for the current Responsible Party.
  • Payer Accepted: The Claim has been accepted by the Payer, but this does not mean that the Claim is going to be adjudicated.

  • Responsibility Date: The date that this payer became responsible.
  • Days that this payer has been responsible
  • Bill Date: The days since the Claim was last billed.
  • If the Responsible Party is a Collections Agency, the Bill Date will reflect the date that the Encounter was sent to Collections.
  • If the Responsible Party is an Employer (Invoice Billing), the Bill Date will reflect the Mailed Date.
  • Days: Days since the claim was last billed
  • Eligibility / Verified | DOS
  • Use the Verify link to run an Eligibility Check.
  • If the dates do not have a link, Eligibility was checked manually.

  • The first date shows the last date that Eligibility was requested.
  • The second Date shows the last Date of Service for the request.
  • The Check Mark, X, or Question Mark shows the Status.
  • If there is not a date, Eligibility has not been checked on the Encounter Level.
  • Balance: Shows the Balance that is in the Responsible Party's amount owed.


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