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Points to Remember before Sending Electronic Medical Records

These are the point that all the medical billing resources need to keep in mind before sending electronic Medical records.

According to Novitas:

Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), claims for reimbursement by the Medicare Program must be submitted electronically, except where waived, even for claims with attachments. The process at Novitas Solutions for accepting medical documentation and attaching it to the electronic claim has been improved due to our imaging system. The Claim Supplemental Information segment (PWK) is used whenever paper documentation has been sent for an electronic claim. When sending an electronic claim that contains an attachment, follow these rules to submit the attachment for your electronic claim:

Maintain the appropriate medical documentation on file for electronic (and paper) claims.

Complete the Medicare Part A Fax/Mail Cover Sheet * or the Medicare Part B Fax/Mail Cover Sheet * form. For accurate processing of your claim(s), please complete all requested information in capital letters and avoid contact with the edge of the boxes.

Only send medical documentation when necessary for the adjudication of procedures/services that are unusual or require such documentation on a pre-payment basis.

The narrative field on the claim is to be utilized in situations where sufficient information for the documentation of a procedure/modifier can be provided without sending the medical records. When additional information cannot be contained in the narrative of the claim, additional documentation (medical records) may be submitted via mail or fax.

Only fax documentation for one patient per cover sheet. The cover sheet is for Part A or B electronic claims.

Clearly write the: Attachment Control Number, Internal Control Number (ICN/DCN), Patient Name, Health Insurance Claim (HIC) Number, Date of Service, Total Claim Billed Amount, National Provider Identification (NPI) Number, Contact Information, and State Where Services Were Provided on the cover sheet.  Failure to submit all items requested will result in documentation being returned and could delay claim processing.

The fax/mail cover sheets are not to be modified.

Only the first iteration of the PWK, at either the claim level and/or line level, will be considered for adjudication.

Submitters must send ALL relevant PWK data at the same time for the same claim.

After submitting the electronic claim, locate the ICN/DCN number on the 277CA claims acknowledgement report.  The ICN/DCN is located in the 2200D REF segment.

Fax the cover sheet and medical documentation to (877) 439-5479. You may fax documentation any time after claim submission, including the same day. Faxing is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Faxes should be sent within seven calendar days of your electronic claim submission.

Novitas Solutions strongly recommends faxing your medical documentation. If you are not able to fax your documentation, mail the Medicare Part A Fax/Mail Cover Sheet * or the Medicare Part B Fax/Mail Cover Sheet * and all pertinent medical documentation within ten calendar days of your electronic claim submission to:

Jurisdiction L Part A
Jurisdiction L Part B
Jurisdiction H Part A
Jurisdiction H Part B
Novitas Solutions
PO Box 3385
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-1840
Novitas Solutions
PO Box 3065
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-1807
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi:
Medical Review JH Part A
Novitas Solutions
PO Box 3103
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-1819
Colorado, J04911, New Mexico, Texas:
Medical Review JH Part A
Novitas Solutions
P.O. Box 3113
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-1828

Oklahoma:
Medical Review JH Part A
Novitas Solutions
P.O. Box 3114
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-1829
Novitas Solutions
PO Box 3094
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-1812

 

In the Claim Supplemental Information Segment (PWK) of the electronic claim:

Select the appropriate Report Type Code for the medical documentation

Use the By Fax or By Mail option for the Attachment Transmission Code

Enter AC for the Identification Code Qualifier

Report the Attachment Control Number - This number may be assigned by your software or can be any number you chose including the patient account number or other identifying number.

Note: Only send medical documentation when necessary for the adjudication of procedures/services that are unusual or require such documentation on a pre-payment basis. 

Technically Speaking, Claim Supplemental Information (PWK) is reported as follows: 

Data Element
Segment
Attachment Report Type Code
2300 or 2400 - PWK01
Attachment Transmission Code
2300 or 2400 - PWK02
Identification Code Qualifier
2300 or 2400 - PWK05
Attachment Control Number
2300 or 2400 - PWK06

Novitas recently announced stating if physician or Physicians office sending medical records in encrypted format make sure Novitas can able to access the file.

Novitas reports receiving encrypted CDs without passwords and is thus unable to view the records. Novitas says you can email the password to SECUREPSWD@novitas-solutions.com.

Novitas asks that you include the following information in your email:

Subject line: CD Password, [Beneficiary Name/Provider Name]; and

Body of email: List the provider name, provider transaction account number (PTAN), document control number/internal control number applicable to the CD, and password.

If you do not send the password, Novitas will make up to three attempts to contact you for the information. Failure to obtain the password from you will impact (most likely not in the way you'd like) Novitas' review of the claim for which you sent the records.

Consider sending your files to Novitas by fax-to-image rather than CD. Fax to (877) 439-5479, available 24/7.
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Comments

  1. Great post. Maintaining the medical records is must. They must be accurate so as to prevent any further complications. Thanks for the information. :)

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  2. i still dont know about the benefit of electronic Medical records.
    can you explain , please?
    thx alot

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  4. Thanks for sharing valuable information. Medical Billing Coding Services Company should transfer the accurate electronic medical claim payment documentation to the insurance company in case of processing the claim collections.

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  5. Nice Post. In recent days, Specific Offshoremedicalcoding is used by the healthcare practitioners to file the accurate the healthcare medical claims to the insurance payers ensure the physicians to get paid.

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