Entry of the basic patient information is the same as other patients. The difference lies within the insurance assignment.
If the Medicaid plan functions as a “regular” insurance plan wherein the insurance claim is sent to a specific carrier (i.e., Doral in ), the plan is entered as a regular insurance plan.
If the Medicaid claims are sent to a central location but the claim requires a specific and unique patient Medicaid ID included on the claim, a plan should be set up with the group number equal to “Medicaid”.
When attaching the plan to the patient, the user should indicate “Medicaid” in the Search Text field, “Group #” should appear in the Search For field, and “All Insurance Plans” should appear in the Search In field. The user should click the Search button. A listing of search matches appears in a popup box. The user should select the plan in which the group number is equal to “Medicaid”. The user should then, on this screen, change the “Group No.” field to the patient’s unique Medicaid ID number. The patient’s Medicaid ID number should also be placed in the SSN/SubId field. For straight Medicaid patients, the user should not enter a new insurance plan for each unique patient.