Implementation Manual for the Healthcare Claim Payment/Advice

This edition is a guide to using the 835 healthcare claim payment/advice standard. It takes readers through the process of effectively receiving remittance information and allows the user to automate deposits, logs and reconciliations of deposits and charges.

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This edition is a guide to using the 835 healthcare claim payment/advice standard. Developed by committees of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to help automate remittance processing, the 835 can be used to electronically receive and process payments and remittance information as well as to reduce administrative costs and human error. This manual takes readers through the process of effectively receiving remittance information and allows the user to automate: mail and check deposits; medicare, medicaid and commercial payor payment logs; reconciliation of bank deposits with remittance detail; and reconciliation of submitted charges with actual payment.