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UB Claims Tab on Claims Tab

To access the UB Claims tab, you must already have selected a facility and a bill classification in the Encounters section on Practice Preferences.

FieldDescription
Submitter ProfileSelect the submitter profile that you want to apply to UB claims.
Electronic Transmitter IDEnter the payer-assigned electronic transmitter ID to generate a claim with an electronic transmitter ID.
Field Locator 51This is a free form text field. If you are a regular UB user, enter the number that was provided to you by the payer in this field. For more information about the Field Locater 51 field, refer to the section of the user's manual.
Practice Payer Opt ValEnter the practice/payer-specific value.
Payer AliasEnter an alternative payer name when a name that differs from the name that appears in the payer's Payer Master file is required.
Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Media TypesEnter the primary media type accepted by the clearinghouse as being electronic or paper. If you set it as electronic, then you can also set how the secondary and tertiary claims should be submitted.
When Primary, force Secondary claims to paperEnable this check box if you want the claim being sent to the secondary insurance to be generated on paper after payment from the primary insurance has been received. This action overrides the Electronic Secondary Media Type setting.
When Secondary, force Tertiary claims to paperEnable this check box if you want the claim being sent to the tertiary insurance to be generated on paper after payment from the primary and secondary insurance has been received. This action overrides the Electronic Tertiary Media Type setting.
Suppress ClaimEnable this check box to suppress claims by payer when creating claims in batch mode only.
Exclude Patient Paid Amount from ClaimEnable this check box to suppress patient paid amounts from UB EDI files. Segment AMT*F5 is not present in the EDI file.