Authorizations

Payer Pre-Authorizations Before providing services to patients, the insurance company will often require prior authorization. Once authorization is given, it is important to document that number so it shows on the subsequent billing and repo...

Clinical Trial Numbers If you or your office is participating in treating patients involved in a clinical trial, often the clinical trial registry number is required to be present on the claim in box 19 on a paper HCFA 1500 claim form or lo...

Authorization Numbers If you have been issued an authorization number from a payer for your services, you can enter the information into the patient's chart so it will automatically populate on the patient's claim form (either the HCFA-1500 or ...

For practices that work with prior authorizations, the DrChrono system has a feature in place that alerts you when five or fewer visits are left. It also includes a counter that alerts you to the number of future visits scheduled. ...

Appointment packages are used when patients buy a certain number of appointments to be used for a certain time period. For example, some providers will offer packages of 20 appointments a month or 120 appointments a year. It is possible to track...

Pending Authorization Numbers If you have been issued a preliminary pre-authorization number from a patient's insurance payer and it has not yet been officially approved, you can still enter the information you have into the patient's c...