Medicare is now actively enforcing mandatory electronic submission of claims. This includes Medicare secondary payer (MSP) claims. Although it seems odd to stop sending the EOB from the primary payer, this is what Medicare wants. And, the electronic format does have the fields needed to send the payment information.

There are two items that will need to be in place for you to send MSP claims electronically. The first item concerns how you post the payment from the primary payer. If you already post your insurance payments by line item, there will be no change for you. However, if you use total posting, you will need to switch to line item posting for those MSP claims you want to bill electronically.

The second item is for us to install our latest update. This update will correctly format the payment and write off information and include it within the electronic file. If you receive this newsletter before you receive the update, call John or Jody and we will update you.

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Please feel free to contact us via email:

Jody: JodyO@SystemsDesignNW.com
John: JohnW@SystemsDesignNW.com
Roger: RogerZ@SystemsDesignNW.com

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