OfficeMate Home Office User's Guide - OfficeMate Software Solutions

Getting Member Eligibility & VSP Authorization
Chapter 12 Setting Up & Using the VSP Interface
This section calls
attention only to
the fields and
options required
for the VSP
Interface. For
complete
information about
setting up patient
insurance
information, go to
To record
insurance
information on
page 181.
To set up a patient’s VSP insurance
Open the Patient Demographic window. For more information about opening
the Patient Demographic window, go to Opening Patient Records on page 169.
Ensure that you have recorded the patient’s name, address, home phone number,
sex, date of birth, social security number, marital status, and employment status
in the Demographic tab.
Click the Insurance tab in the Patient Demographic window.
Click New Ins.
The New Carrier window opens.
Select Vision Service Plan or VSP from the Insurance Name drop-down
menu.
Type the primary member’s full social security number in the Insured ID
(Box 1a) text box. If you do not have the patient’s full social security number,
ensure that the last four digits are entered on the Demographic tab of the Patient
Demographic window or in the Guarantor window.
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