Worker's Compensation

Worker's Compensation is a specialized type of billing and requires additional fields for data entry

The information below covers the most common required fields but each insurance company has payer-specific guidelines.  

Contact your Payer for their worker's compensation billing guidelines.   

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Patient's Information

Other Patient Information

Insured Information

Claim Information

Misc Information

Paperwork Information (Attachments)


Patient's Information

  • Last Name, First Name, Address and Phone number
  • Patient's Date of Birth, and Sex
  • Continue entering Patient/Billing Provider information as required by your Payer

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Other Patient Information

Note: The Patient SSN number has priority over the Patient Member ID.  If both numbers are entered, only the SSN number will be exported.

Enter Patient SSN.

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Insured Information

  • Enter the Employer Name in the Last Name field only.  (For WC claims, the Employer is always the Subscriber)
  • DO NOT ENTER A FIRST NAME
  • Employer Address Information.
  • Select the Worker's Compensation Payer previously set up in the Payer Library.
  • Enter the Worker's Compensation claim number in the Insured ID Number field.
  • Enter the Employer Name in the Plan or Program Name field.
  • Patient Relationship to Insured is Other.
  • Select Claim Filing Indicator Workers Compensation Health Claim.
     

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Claim Information

  • Enter Workers Comp Claim Number (Field may need to be added to the Grid using the Column Chooser)

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Misc Information

Note: To add this information as default values, see Patient Information screen → Additional Claim Information → Initial Claim Values

  • Enter Accident Date (Field may need to be added to the Grid)
  • Select Employment for Condition Related To

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Paperwork Information (Attachments)

  • Enter data for your Attachments as required by your Clearinghouse or Payer

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