I currently run off Superbills on my Okidata printer which are preprinted (costly) multipart, continuous run sheets. The specific insurance, address, etc. info on each patient was designed to print in designated areason these pre-printed forms from my PM program. Each morning the ladies run the patients scheduled for that day. It has any copay or patient balances printed out so that they can get those payments as soon as the patient checks in (although they could also get this info right from the PM screen at check-in). Also on the Superbill are a list of all of the CPT visit codes with their descriptions. Then I have separate sections of other commonly used CPT codes such as the immunizations, procedures I do in the office, and labs done here. I circle the CPT codes at the end of the visit and manually enter the appropriate ICD-9 codes next to them. The right side of the form has sections where I write the basic instructions given to the patient, such as "Amoxil 875 mg twice daily", "Check your BP daily and record it for me", "Increase your Lantus to 35 units at night".....The bottom section is for referrals, tests and return appointments, all written in maually. Because I complete and print my notes from the exam rooms, the check out person usually has all the above information before I take the Superbill up to her but, once the Superbill is in her posession, she checks off on it everything that I ordered, writes appointment dates on it for the patient and schedules their return visit. When all is completed, the patient then gets the bottom copy and the billing clerk gets the original. It would be dandy to be able to do all of this from AC with a personally designed Superbill upon which one could have all the information the patient and the biller would both need.
Leslie
