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Room/bed combinations identify physical locations within nursing stations where patients can be located. Room/bed searches are used in RCM Cloud® applications to select room/bed combinations by searching by nursing station. The applications typically include a Room/Bed field and a Bed Search button. To search for and assign a patient to a room/bed, follow these steps: From any application or window withRead more

The following lists securities required for applications grouped by application area. The Global Securities section details securities that can be set for the user in SQL or the InsightCS® User Maintenance application. All other securities must be associated with a role in SQL. Global Securities Security Type Security Right Description Global CONF Allows user to access confidential patient namesRead more

Payment Import The Payment Import quick action is used to import payments as a batch from an external source using comma-delimited (.csv) or text (.txt) data files. This avoids the manual entry of the information from the external source. Contact the Customer Service Center (CSC) for more information on file specifications. To import payments, follow these steps:Read more

Remit Detail The Remit Detail tab is used to manage remit detail for an insurance payment. This child tab is only available if an insurance batch and payment has been selected from the work queue. Insurance payment information along with claim denials and service line detail can be added or updated for the payment line item. ThisRead more

Change OP Location Label The OP Location field label can be changed to custom text using the Location or Global Registry key OP_LOCATION_LABEL. When the key is enabled, the OP Location label is replaced by text entered into Value 2 of the key. This applies to the Visit tabs in Registration, Billing, Collections, Scheduling, and Payment Posting.   Configuration For this configuration, useRead more

The Visit tab displays a variety of read-only information regarding the patient, visit, and billing. It also displays group information, if needed. Its child tabs show all financial activity (charges, payments, and adjustments) applied to the selected billing event. The tabs also allow the user to manage diagnosis, procedure, surgical HCPCS, and physicians for the visit. Notes The Notes tabRead more

Activate Medicare Lifetime Reserve Fields The Lifetime Reserve and Psych Lifetime Reserve fields and authorization options on the Insurance > Coverages tab can be activated by enabling Location Registry keys. These fields allow lifetime reserve information, and the patient’s accompanying authorization or denial to use those reserve days, to be stored in RCM Cloud®. This is informational, and the application does not enforce any limits. TheRead more

The Insurance tab lists all insurances associated with the selected visit and allows the user to add, update, delete or re-rank the insurances assigned to a visit. It allows insurances to be verified, while subscriber, bill code, coverage, and exclusion information can also be managed. A visit can have multiple insurances with the same or different rankings,Read more

Allow Future Batch Dates Future dates can be entered in the Remittance Advice Batch and Payment Batch windows in the payment wizard or batch update windows by using settings in the Global Registry key PA_ALLOW_FUTURE_BATCH_DATE. RCM Cloud® can be set to accept no future dates, all future dates, or a specific range of future dates. When future dates are not allowed orRead more

The Line Item Detail tab for an insurance batch in an insurance work queue is used to view and update line item information from insurance payment batches. The tab allows users to update the billing period, insurance, pay code, payment amount, and other remittance information for the selected line item. To update a line item, follow theseRead more