Prime Clinical Systems

 

Prime Clinical Systems, Inc.

3675 E. Huntington Drive

Pasadena, CA 91107

626.449.1705   

 

 

August 22, 2013

 

   

Dear Client,

 

Information as of 08-22-2013

Noridian Medicare Set Up and Status

for Direct Medicare Billing 

 

Prime Clinical Systems is ready for Noridian Electronic Transactions.

 

If your office is currently sending claims via a clearinghouse; i.e., Gateway EDI, Carpario Office Ally, Optum Insight, Zirmed, there are no Intellect requirements.

 

Please verify with your Clearinghouse if there will be a change in the payer office codes. If they require a new code, please update the information as shown below in the sample screens.     

 

The new contractor Number/ID will be effective for Medicare Part A on August 26, 2013 and Medicare Part B on September 16, 2013.

   

All Providers that are billing direct to Medicare via a modem will now be required to send their claims via the Ability Solution.

 

To get started, please follow the instructions listed within this email.

 

1. Contact Noridian Medicare at 855-721-4184 and request Early-Boarding.

        

2. Noridian will FAX you your Submitter ID and Password information.

       

3. Fax is received back from Noridian to your office, which will include your Submitter Id and Password.

     

4. Send the fax from Noridian to Prime Clinical, ATTN: Support.

 

Fax: 626-449-5615
Email: support@primeclinical.com

What to include in the FAX or email:
Your Prime Clinical client ID
Your Company Name
Your Contact person
Your Contact person's direct phone number and email

          

5. Prime Clinical Systems will email the request for a Certificate to Ability (this takes approximately 2-3 business.

 

6. Prime Clinical will send your contact an email for the ACH set up, and verify if your system is on the latest version (13.08.20 or greater).

If your system is NOT on the latest version:

a. Do your own Update: Please refer to the update instructions in the tan box at the end of this email.
b. Schedule an Update with Prime Clinical via email support@primeclinical.com.


* Include your Client ID and the word 'Update' in the Subject line.
* In the body of the email include your contact person and direct phone number.
* A PCS Support Team member will contact your office to schedule the update.   

 

7. September 16, 2013: Part B Medicare to Noridian Cutover date. 

 

8. Make the necessary changes for the New Noridian Payer ID codes in your system (see the Intellect documentation below for further instructions).  

 

At implementation dates, in accordance with CMS directive, all JE Trading Partners will be required to change the JE Contractor Number/ID (Payor ID) in their 837 EDI claim files. The new JE Contractor Numbers/IDs are:  

 

1. Medicare Northern CA Part B - 01112

2. Medicare Southern CA Part B - 01182

3. California Part A - 01111

4. Nevada - Part A - 01311

5. Nevada - Part B - 01312

 

See http://www.edissweb.com/cgp/news/jurisdictione.html for additional JE Contractor ID information.  

 

 

OnStaff Intellect: Utility/Insurance

 

Your program will need to be on a version greater than 13.07.08 for Medicare/Noridian electronic direct connection.  

 

This information must be changed in the Utility/Insurance Screen for your

Medicare Insurance Company:

 

Noridian Utility-Insurance

      

1. Medicare Northern CA Part B - 01112
2. Medicare Southern CA Part B - 01182

3. California Part A - 01111

4. Nevada - Part A - 01311

5. Nevada - Part B - 01312

 

 

OnStaff Intellect: Utility/Insurance/Telecom

 

 Utility/Insurance/Telecom/Modify/ISA Receiver ID(08)

 Utility/Insurance/Telecom/Modify/GS Receiver ID(03)

      

Noridian Utility-Insurance-Tele Com

      

1. Medicare Northern CA Part B - 01112
2. Medicare Southern CA Part B - 01182

3. California Part A - 01111

4. Nevada - Part A - 01311

5. Nevada - Part B - 01312

 

 

Medicare Electronic 999, 277 and ERA Reports

Due to the current nature of the set up in Intellect for the downloading of the files from your Medicare mailbox using Ability, the ERA files are being downloaded during the same session as the 999 and 277 reports and WILL NOT PRINT.

 

Your office will (until further notice), be required to check the ERA folder for any NEW ERAs (see example below) that have been downloaded, and manually print the Report from the AutoPositng screen.

 

To view the ERA file ONLY

 

Payment/Auto Payment:

 

Payment Auto Payment View Report
 

  Select PDF to View

 

To print the ERA, your office will (until further notice), be required to check the ERA folder for any NEW ERAs(see example below) that have been downloaded and manually print the ERA (See sample below).

 

Payment Auto Payment Print

 

Select Your Printer to Print 

 

Should you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Prime Clinical Support. 

    

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Prime Clinical Systems, Inc.

Support and Training 

  

 

 

Update Instructions 

 

Intellect Update Authorization Form:

If you do NOT have support, please contact accounting@primeclinical.com as your office MUST have a current Intellect support maintenance contract before being updated.

 

If you have a current Intellect support maintenance contract, please print, complete, sign, and return the Update Authorization Form to PCS prior to your update. Even if updating your system yourself, PCS requests you send us this completed form so we can update your Client Record with the version number to which you are updating. Knowing your version number is necessary if we find a critical error in the program and need to update clients with specific versions.

 

  • If your version is less than 9.12.35, click here.  

  • If your version is 9.12.35 or greater, click here.

 

If your office runs Live Update yourself

If you do NOT have support, please contact accounting@primeclinical.com as your office MUST have a current Intellect support maintenance contract before being updated.

 

If you have a current Intellect support maintenance contract, and are updating your server yourself, refer to the instructions for updating your server, restarting Services, and updating workstations.

 

  • If your version is less than 9.12.35, click here.

  • If your version is 9.12.35 or greater, click here.

 

 

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