Staff/Client/Payer Management Overview

Staff/Client/Payer Management Overview


Setting up Payers

Pay close attention to this section, this will determine the methods and rates to bill each payer. You will have a few choices when adding a new payer and they are Insurance, Regional Center, School and other payers. Please make sure you have your contracts available since you will need to add your rates.
  1. From the navigation menu click the  icon.
  2. There are 2 ways you can add a new payer. After clicking the  icon you can select Add New or you can select the payer list and click the icon at the bottom right of your screen.
  3. After entering the Payer's name select the Payer Type (Insurance/Regional Center/School/Other) and add the payer's basic information. 
  4. Once completed you will land on the Payer's profile.
  5. Select Services from the top.
  6. Select the Add icon on the bottom right corner to add a new service.  These services are taken from the Settings > Services that you set up previously.  If you do not see a service that you need, you must go back to the Settings section to add it in.
  7. Use the chart below to help you complete this section.
  8. Click Save. Repeat steps 5-8 until you have added all your services for this payer.


    1. Field Name
      Description
      Charge Rate
      The rate that you have set as a provider as a charge per unit.  This does not have to be the same as the contract rate; many organizations charge a higher rate than their contract states.  Make sure the rate matches the unit.
      Contract Rate
      The rate for the service provided in your fee schedule from the payer.
      Unit Size
      Unit of measure (15 Min/30 Min/Appointment/Day/Flat)
      Rounding
      How would you like to round for fractional units? 
      AMA/Up/Down/Nearest/Not Allowed 
      AMA (American Medical Association) - Round up if unit is > 50%, otherwise round down (this rule is also known as the 8 minute rule).
      Required Credential
      The minimum credential requirement before services can be provided.  Credentials are pulled from Staff Qualifications.  

      Only select the minimum.  For example, if a BCaBA or a BCBA can perform a service, select BCaBA.
      DX Code
      Select your diagnosis code from the drop down list.

      Autism is F84.0.  This can be overridden for specific clients.
      Billing Code
      Select your billing code from the drop down list.
      Add Modifier
      Select your modifier from the drop down list. 

    2. Default Modifier
      The Default modifier should be selected if you want to pull the modifier every time. 

      For different educational modifiers (e.g., HO, HN, HM), select "highest credential" to pull the modifier based on the qualifications in the staff profile.

Billing Rules 

Details for all the different Billing Rules that can be customized for each payer can be found here: Billing Rules per Payer

Setting up Staff

To add a new staff, user the following steps.
  1. From the navigation menu click the  icon.
  2. There are 2 ways you can add a staff. Either select Add new from the navigation menu or from the staff list click the button at the bottom right of the screen.
  3. Fill in the staff's basic information and click Save.

Profile

Personal Info

This section holds your staff's personal information such as name, phone and address.

Custom Fields

Custom fields can be customized to track any information that is staff related.  See Settings > Custom Fields

Clinical Teams

Clinical Teams are used to group staff and/or clients together. Many customers find it helpful to create clinical teams to view multiple schedules at once without typing in each individual name.  

How to Create a Clinical Team 
  1. 1. Select Staff> Manage Clinical Team 




  1. 2. On the left column are all created clinical teams. To add a new clinical team, select the button to the right of Clinical Teams.


    1. 3. Name your Clinical Team and click on the blue check to save 

    1. Idea
      You can create a clinical team for all staff, all clients, break up staff/clients by region, etc.  

    1. 4. Add your staff/clients to the team in the “Add Staff/Client” section 

    1. 5. Click Save  

Supervisor

The staff's supervisor(s) can be added in this section. The staff will automatically be added to their Supervisor's caseload for easy access. This is how you can add a supervisor.

Adding a new Supervisor
  1. Select on the top right of the card.
  2. Check to make sure the Status is Active.
  3. Select the Staff Name from the drop down.
  4. From date is required to indicate when this person began supervising the staff.
  5. Click Save.

Qualifications

Adding a new qualification
  1. Click the  button on the bottom right had corner.
  2. Select the qualification from the drop down list.  New qualifications can be added under Settings > Qualifications
  3. Fill in the general qualification information.
  4. Click Save.

Pay Rates

An organization may pay staff multiple rates based on the service they are providing such as drive time, direct service or admin time. This section is used to manage the staff's pay rate.

Adding a Hourly Pay Rate

  1. Click the icon on the bottom right hand corner.
  2. Click the  icon on the top right of the window.
  3. Select an Earning Code from the drop down list.
  4. The From Date is required, and the To Date is not required. A To Date should only be used if you are planning to change your employee's pay on a planned date (e.g., they receive a rate increase after 90 days of employment).  If you do not have a new rate starting for them, leave the To Date blank. 
  5. Enter the hourly Rate.  
  6. Repeat this process for different rates (e.g., PTO, Non-billable, Admin, Sick).
  7. Click Save.

Adding Salary Pay Rate

  1. Click the drop down on the top left hand corner, and select Salary Exempt. 
  2. Click the Add icon in the bottom right hand corner.
  3. Repeat steps 3-5 from above and enter the Monthly Salary Rate.  Make sure to check off all rates the staff member is qualified for (e.g., Admin time, PTO).
  4.  Click Save.

Adding Provider Identifiers (NPI/Tricare/Medicaid/Referring Provider)

A NPI (National Provider Identifier) & Tricare number is a unique ID for covered health care providers. These numbers are used on the CMS 1500 form as a way to identify the health care provider(s) for HIPPA standard transactions. 

Adding Provider Identifiers

  1. From the left navigation menu click the Billing icon and select Provider Identifier.
  2. On this screen you will notice General, Tricare ID, Medicaid ID, BHPN, and Referring Provider tabs along the top.
  3. Select which tab you would like to add an ID for.
  4. Clear the filters.
  5. Use the search at the top to locate the staff then add their identifier on the right. 
On the General tab you can select whether or not the the staff/office NPI is used as a render provider, billing provider and service facility. 

Setting up Clients

  1. From the navigation menu click the  icon.
  2. From here there are 2 ways to add a new Client. The first way is to select Add New from the navigation menu. The 2nd is to click Client List and hit the  button on the bottom right of your screen.
  3. The Add Client window will appear. Complete this section with your client's general information.
  4. Click Save.

Profile


Personal Info

This section will hold your client's general information such as name, phone and address.

Custom Fields

Custom fields can be customized to track anything client related.  See Settings > Custom Fields

Contacts

One of the most important things you need to know about a client are who their contacts are. Lets add a contact.
  1. For new clients you will notice an Add Contact in the middle of the card and for clients who already have contacts, you can click the  on the top right of the card.
  2. Complete the Contacts general information
    • Responsible Party - Generally this is the person who is responsible for the bill (only 1 contact can be marked as the Responsible Party at a time).
    • Client Portal - Allow this contact to access Client Portal to view their schedule and more.  See Client Portal
Alert
An email address is required In order to allow contacts to access client portal.

Client Assignments

We use client assignments to track and assign caseload to staff/teams. From this section you can manage who this client can work with. 

Adding a staff/team to client's caseload.
  1. For new clients you can click the Manage Client Assignments link in the middle of the card. For existing clients who already have staff/teams assigned you can click on the button on the top right of the card.
  2. Enter the staff/team's name in the Add Staff / Team and select from the drop down.
  3. Depending on whether you add an individual staff or team, will determine where it will be placed within the Assigned Staff or Assigned teams section. 
  4. Click Save.

Authorizations

Authorizations are issued with the set of billing codes and service details approved to be provided to the client. AlohaABA uses these authorizations to schedule appointments and streamline your billing process. 

First we need to add the Payer and the client's insurance information.
  1. Click the Add button on the bottom right.
  2. Use the drop down and select the Payer.
  3. Fill out the client's insurance information.  Make sure to check the name on the card and note whether the  insurance is in the name of the client or their parent.
    **Note: Normally this can be found on the client's medical card.
                                            

  4. Click Save.
Notes
The Effective Date should be the effective date of the insurance, not the authorization.  If there is no effective date on the card, put Jan 1 of the year.  Most insurance doesn't expire; the expiration date can be left blank unless you know the authorization is expiring.

Next lets add the client's authorization.
  1. Find the Payer's card and select Add Authorization the  icon on the top right of the card.
  2. Enter the client's authorization information here.
    1. In this section you can enter the authorization as it appears on your contract or you can customize the hours that can be provided during a certain period. The limit section allows you to customize the authorization to fit your organization.  If the hours roll over for the entire authorization (e.g., they aren't "use it or lose it"), it is recommended to enter the authorization as units per authorization
      1. Examples: (Allowed Limits / Select Type / Per)
        • 40 Hours per Week
        • 20 appointments per month
        • 30 dollars per day
    2. When you enter the first service, use this opportunity to set default rendering provider, place of service and service facilities when you can (e.g., the BCBA who is always the rendering provider).  These along with the authorization dates will copy down to each service that you add.  This will save you time when entering schedules.
    3. If services are pulling from the same bucket of units (e,g., Direct Service- RBT and Direct Service- BCBA), you can put them on the same line.  If they are pulling from different buckets (e.g., 100 units of Parent Training and 300 units of Supervision), make sure to use the button in the top right corner of the authorization to add additional services.  Note:  You should only be entering each authorization number one time, not once for each service.
  3. Click Save.

FAQ Client Profiles and Authorizations

Cabinet

This is your virtual filing cabinet to store confidential and non-confidential information. It is available within the individual staff, client and payer profiles.  Posts can be shared with an individual, a team, or not shared at all.  Comments can be added to a new or existing note for additional detail.

Adding a new Post

1.  Click the  on the bottom right hand corner.
2.  Enter your title, select a category and your note.  Categories can be changed under Settings > Custom List (search for cabinet)
3.  If necessary add a file by clicking Choose file.
4.  Now, set your permission.  All other options besides "public" and "only me" will display an additional option for you to select who you wan to share the note with.
5.  Lastly click Post.

Delete, edit or hide a Post

Notes can be deleted by clicking the "..." on the right of each note and select the Delete Note, Edit Note, Hide Comments

Activity/History Tracking

Within Staff/Client/Payer profiles, you can track changes that users make.  Click on the Activity Tracking icon in the top right corner of the screen.


A new window will open displaying a history of all changes and updates made to that profile.

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