Add, update, or delete claims messages
The claims messages show on the Explanation Of Benefits (EOB) or can show as internal comments (won't display for the member) while processing a claim.
AP
-Adjusted paid status to record why they were adjusted.To access the Messages workspace:
- From the
Administration Processes
menu, select theClaims Processing
orClaims Entry
area, then double-click the appropriate Claims Processing or Claims Entry function. -
From the Claims screen click the
Messages
workspace.Claims Messages workspace table field descriptions
Add claims messages
-
From the Claim Entry or Processing screen, click the
Messages
tab. - Click
to enable entry.
- Select the line number from the
Line
list or leave it blank to choose claim instead. - Choose from the following options:
- Don't use a template and type the text to display in the
Message
box. Skip to step 5, below.
OR
- Select the
Template
to see the correspondingMessage
andVariables
.Hint: To display additional variable definitions, point to themessages icon following the Variables definition.
In the
Variables
box (next toRecipient
), type the values to replace each Variable in the message. Separate each value with a semi-colon (e.g. 200;2000). If there are no values, the message variables are taken from the claim data.
- Don't use a template and type the text to display in the
- Choose who will see the message from the
Recipient
list (M-Member
,P-Provider
orMP
-Member and Provider). Leave the recipient blank to make this an internal comment. - Click
and the message information shows in the Messages table.
-
If you're finished updating the claim, click
to validate and calculate the claim.
Update claims messages
- Click anywhere in the row containing the message that you want to update.
- Change the necessary information.
- Click
and the message information shows in the Messages table.
- If you're finished updating the claim, click
to validate and calculate the claim.
Delete claims messages
- Click anywhere in the row containing the message to delete.
- Click
.
- Click
and the message no longer shows in the Messages table.
- If you're finished updating the claim, click
to validate and calculate the claim.
Filter auto-adjudication messages
Select the Filter out...
checkbox above the Messages table to filter all messages generated by the auto-adjudication.