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In Hospital Claims (IHC) are the claims between Patient, Hospital, Health fund and Medicare for the in-hospital admissions or Procedures for accommodation, theatre charges etc...
Please refer to the IHC Registration process for instructions on how to register with Medicare, Health Funds or Thelma.
The checklist below walks you through the setup of IHC in the CareRight Billing and Claiming Module.
Special Note | Steps | Full Article | Specific & Mandatory Fields |
1st Time Set up only Note: Claims will be unsuccessful if Medicare Registration is not completed correctly. | 1. Register for Medicare Online - To activate Eclipse Claim in CareRight. Note: You need to be registered with Medicare before Claiming within CareRight can begin. Please contact Medicare if you have any questions. | Medicare Registration Information Pack | Please contact Medicare Australia for full details on 1800 700 199. |
| 2. Contact Clintel for Medicare Online Module installation. | Please contact your designated Clintel Project Manager or raise a Redmine Ticket. | ||
System Administration Configuration in CareRight | |||
1st Time Set up only | 3. Hospital Location should have an inpatient service location and a unique Hospital Provider associated with this service location. Provider with Is a Hospital? set to Yes is a Hospital Medical Provider. |  | |
| 4. Set Include in invoicing associates list and Include in account management entities should be Yes. |  | ||
| 5. Item Types configuration: Item requires IHC should be of the type. |  | ||
| 6. Limit Items To Medical Provider Items When Invoicing (Yes/No): Global setting to limit only Hospital Item numbers available for hospital provider to bill. | Global Setting | ||
| 7. Set Claim and Rate Contracts | Contracts | ||
| 8. Configure the Health Funds for claim type. |  | ||
