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Lytec 2010
Michele:
We do Office Ally thru Lytec. No separate module is needed. We do our Medicare thru Office Ally. Working on Medicaid but haven't switched over yet. We've had a few bumps but Office Ally customer support is great and they've worked them all out in a reasonable time frame.
Michele
camedbill:
Hi Michele: Are you using Revenue Management Direct in Lytec to create electronic claims. My reseller tells me I have to purchase this for $1200/yr and it's only for 1 connection (ie Office Ally) and if I want another direct connection to Medicare - it's another $150/yr. Does this sound right?
What do you do for electronic statements? Can I just create a file and send it to whoever I want? They want me to use Billflash
Also, do you set up all your providers in their own practices? If so is it difficult to maintained since practices don't share master files like insurance or diagnosis?
Thanks for your help
Michele:
We are not using Revenue Management Direct. We submit using Office Ally and Availity. No cost for either. Not even to get set up. I personally don't think that sounds right, $1200 a yr for one connection. Somebody's making some money! We used to connect direct to many carriers, but we purchased software to work with our Lytec to do it. Once we purchased, we could submit to as many as we wanted to though, not a per carrier fee. Lytec dealers are a dime a dozen, if you have one that is "pushing" you to use their specific system for electronic claims and they are not helpful with any other options, you may want to switch.
We create a file and then upload it to the clearinghouse we choose.
All of our groups/providers are in separate practices. You can import many of the databases, like icd's and cpts.
Michele
camedbill:
I've talked to 3 resellers and they all push their own software to do EB at about the same price. Would you mind telling me which software you use or recommend where to get it? Greatly appreciate it.
The insurance file is the difficult one to maintain. One change has to be done multiple times to all practices :/
Michele:
I don't use any software (other than Lytec) to do Office Ally. To create an electronic batch I just print to a file, then upload the file. Office Ally will help you set it up. You don't need to use any special software. For Availity, I'm using my old system, ClaimManager but it's out dated. In fact, the company got bought out be Emdion and if it breaks down, I'm SOL. But I don't do much thru Availity anyway, I prefer Office Ally.
Michele
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