Batch Electronic Eligibility Process

Contents

Eligibility Request (Create 270 File). 1

Upload Eligibility Report to Payor/Clearinghouse Website. 3

Receiving the Eligibility Response. 3

Upload the Eligibility file to Epitomax. 4

Ineligibility Report. 6

 


 

Eligibility Request (Create 270 File)

You must have the 270/271 transactions enabled with your payor/clearinghouse prior to using this feature, and the PsyTech Solutions staff must configure Epitomax for it as well.

·         Go to the EDI menu and click on 270 Eligibility

 

·         Enter a Batch Name (your name and the date or similar)

·         Select the desired Eligibility Organization from the drop-down list

·         Click on the Submit button

Right-click on the 270 Eligibility Results link and choose ‘Save Target As’ – Save the file on your computer or network.

 

 

 

 

 

Upload Eligibility Report to Payor/Clearinghouse Website

Sign on to the payor/clearinghouse website

Upload the file you saved on your computer/network to the payor/clearinghouse web portal

 

Receiving the Eligibility Response

·         Login to the payor/clearinghouse web portal and download the 271 eligibility response file to your computer/network.

 

Upload the Eligibility file to Epitomax

Go to the EDI menu and click on 271 File Upload

·         Click on the Browse button and select the file; click Upload File

·         Enter Batch Name (same as the Eligibility Inquiry file – your name and the date)

·         Click Submit

 

 

 

 

 

Go to the EDI menu and click on 271 File List/Report

·         Leave fields blank and click Submit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The status will show as Scheduled for a few minutes… Click 271 File List/Report to refresh…

Once the status is Complete, continue to the next step…



 

Ineligibility Report

Go to the EDI menu and click on 271 Ineligibility Report

 

·         Select the desired batch name using the picklist button and click on the Submit button.