Getting started with electronic claims (EDI)

If you need to update payer IDs for multiple patients, DrChrono has a way to do this in bulk instead of having to go into every single patient account to make the update. A potential reason why you might need to do this would...

By definition, a clearinghouse is a company that functions as an intermediary between the provider's PM system and the insurance payer. Clearinghouses review claims for common errors and provide a pathway for the payer to return electronic fil...

Each payer or insurance company has its own payer ID number to accept electronic claims. It is the electronic address , so the clearinghouse knows which payer/insurance company to send the claim to. Some national payers, such as Aetna (60054...

If you choose, you can designate an alternate pay-to-address to transmit claims on the EDI claim submission file. This option would be helpful if your billing office is in a separate location from where you render services. Payments from payers...