Setting Up Insurance > Handling Insurance Plan Information
Enter insurance company information before associating insurance plans.
When making an appointment or posting transactions, the patient insurance effective date and the plan’s limitations are used to dictate whether the patient is covered for a procedure.
Before associating an insurance plan with an employer, enter the employer information. For more information, see Handling Employer Information.
You cannot change the plan type after saving the record.
You can add percentage, flat fee, preferred provider, DMO/Capitation, Medicare, and Medicaid plans.
To add an insurance plan:
Select List > Ins. Plan. The Insurance Plan List window is displayed.
Press Enter. The name of the insurance company is displayed in the title bar.
Click Add. The Insurance Plan window is displayed. The identification number for the new insurance plan is displayed next to the Plan ID field.
If you subscribe to Trojan, select a Trojan carrier identification number from the Trojan ID drop-down list.
Type the insurance plan name.
Select the insurance company that sends payments from the Insurance Co drop-down list, select the insurance company office to send claims to from the Mail To drop-down list, and if the insurance plan is associated with only one employer, select it from the Default Employer drop-down list.
Type any phone numbers and notes.
Press Alt + Enter to move the cursor to the Information tab, and type the plan's group number in the Group Number field.
Select an option from the Plan Type drop-down list:
Select the estimation type from the Estimation Type drop-down list:
If the insurance plan uses a flat fee rate:If the insurance plan uses a flat fee rate:
Select the month within which the plan’s deductible and year-to-date benefits are reset from the Anniversary Month drop-down calendar. If the plan has a lifetime deductible, select None/Other.
Select an option:
After the maximum coverage amount is reached, the estimated insurance amount is 0. Treatment plan procedures affect this amount after they are completed and posted.
If the insurance plan has a yearly maximum:If the insurance plan has a yearly maximum:
If the insurance plan has an orthodontics maximum:If the insurance plan has an orthodontics maximum:
If the insurance plan has a family deductible:If the insurance plan has a family deductible:
Click OK.
If you are entering a dental or medical flat Medicare, percentage Medicare, percentage PPO, or flat fee PPO estimation type and want to post the write-off at the time of service, select Post Write Off at time of service.
If this option is not selected, the write-off is calculated in Write Off mode when posting a bulk insurance payment.
If you are entering a dental or medical flat Medicare, percentage Medicare, percentage PPO, or flat fee PPO estimation type and the plan requires an additional risk and development write-off, type the percentage in the Risk Writeoff % field. This amount is automatically calculated when an insurance payment is posted.
These fields are not enabled for percentage, flat fee, DMO/Capitation, and Medicaid insurance plans.
Click the Coverage tab or press Ctrl + Tab and enter insurance coverage information for each procedure class on this tab. This information is used to estimate the patient and insurance portions of fees. Dental and medical procedures are classified differently.
Select an option:
If there is a waiting period before which the procedure is not covered, select Wait Pd and type the number of months in the Mos field.
Click the Claim Filing tab or press Ctrl + Tab. Claim form and eClaims information is displayed on the tab.
Select an option:
Some insurance plans, such as capitation plans, do not require printed claims; in that case, the message is displayed, asking you to delete the claim.
The ADA form #17, ADA form #58, ADA form #77, HCFA form #34, HCFA form #35, HCFA form #36, and HCFA form #37 accommodate diagnosis codes.
If Use Guarantor Employee # is selected and no employee ID is in the account record, the Social Security number is printed on claims.
To enable CDT code formatting for all insurance plans, select System > Fees Maintenance > Enable CDT Code Formatting.
Primary and secondary options are enabled only if a payer identification number is included in the insurance company record.
Click the Contact Info tab or press Ctrl + Tab.
Type additional phone numbers and e-mail addresses.
Click OK.
In any window, press Ctrl + P or select List Insurance Plans on the Power bar to access the Insurance Plan List window.