Copying payment tables from fee schedules

You can use a payment table when an insurance carrier always pays the same fee for a procedure, rather than a percentage. You can update the insurance payment table whenever you receive payments from a carrier to maintain the accuracy of the table and to facilitate calculating insurance estimates. You can either enter procedures into the payment table manually, or if you itemize insurance payments, you can update the payment table whenever you post a payment to a claim. You can copy a payment table from a fee schedule you select.

Important:

·        Updating or changing any benefit and coverage information will affect all patients who subscribe to the selected group plan.

·        If a procedure is in the coverage table and the payment table, the amount in the payment table overrides the amount in the coverage table.

To copy a payment table from a fee schedule

1.   With a patient selected in the Family File, double-click the patient’s Insurance Information block.

The Insurance Information dialog box appears.

2.   Click Benefits/Coverage.

The Dental Insurance Benefits and Coverage dialog box appears.

3.   Click the Payment Table tab.

The Payment Table appears.

4.   To copy the payment table with all the procedures and corresponding fees from a specific fee schedule, select a schedule in the Copy From list, and then click one of the following:

·        Copy From Schedule Using Coverage %

The Copy from Fee Schedule dialog box appears.

·        Copy From Schedule

The Copy from Fee Schedule dialog box appears.

5.   (Optional) To copy the allowed amounts from a selected fee schedule, select a schedule in the Copy From list under Allowed Amounts, and then click Copy From Fee Schedule .

The Copy Allowed Amounts From Selected Fee Schedule dialog box appears.

6.   Click Yes.

7.   Do one of the following:

·        To save your changes, click Save.

·        To reverse your changes, click Undo.