Service Locations
This page allows you to add service locations for ambulance billing. You can add facility locations that ambulance companies frequently interact with and associate the facilities with a case policy; you can also add ambulance-specific modifier codes.
On the Main Menu, click Settings > Billing. In the left menu, under Practice Links — Ambulance Billing, click Service Locations
Your practice must have the Ambulance Billing feature enabled and you must have the Billing Admin role to access this page.
- Display the Service Locations page: On the Main Menu, click Settings > Billing. In the left menu, under Practice Links — Ambulance Billing, click Service Locations.
- Click Add new.
Additional fields appear. - Provider group — Select a provider group from the menu. (This field appears only if your practice uses provider groups.)
- Name — Enter a name for the service location.
- Address — Enter the street address of the service location.
- Address (cont.) — Enter any additional address information (apartment number, suite number, etc.).
- ZIP Code — Enter the ZIP code of the service location or click Lookup to display the USPS ZIP code lookup tool in a new window.
- City — Enter the city of the service location.
- State — Select the state of the service location.
- Phone number — Enter the phone number of the service location.
- Place of service type — Select the type of service that the location provides (for example, hospital, school, or nursing facility).
- Ambulance service claim modifier — Select the modifier that best describes the service location.
- Contract package — Click Choose package.
The Insurance Lookup page appears in a new window. - Policy Type — Select Standard Insurance or Case Policy.
- If you selected Standard Insurance in the Policy Type field, enter some or all of the following information.
- Insurance company name — Enter the name of the insurance company (this field is required).
- Insurance Address — Enter the address, if you have it (you can enter a partial address).
- Product Type — Select the insurance product type from the menu (for example, PPO, HMO, POS, or Medicare Supplement).
- Insurance Type — Select the insurance type from the menu (for example, Commercial or Medicare Replacement).
- If you selected Case Policy in the Policy Type field, enter some or all of the following information.
- Insurance company name — Enter the name of the insurance company (this field is required).
- Insurance Address — Enter the address, if you have it (you can enter a partial address).
- Case Policy Type — Select the case policy type from the menu (for example, Contracts, Legal, Auto Insurance, or Worker's Comp).
- Click the Lookup button.
The search results appear. - Click Select next to the package.
- Click Save or Save and Add Another.
To filter the list of service locations, enter information in one or more of the search fields.
- Display the Service Locations page: On the Main Menu, click Settings > Billing. In the left menu, under Practice Links — Ambulance Billing, click Service Locations.
- Provider group — Select a provider group from the menu. (This field appears only if your practice uses provider groups.)
- Name — Enter a service location name to filter the results by name. The athenaOne search logic produces results where your entry matches any part of the name field.
- Address — Enter a service location address to filter the results by address.
- City — Enter the city of a service location to filter the results by city.
- State — Enter the state of a service location to filter the results by state.
- ZIP Code — Enter the ZIP code of a service location to filter the results by ZIP code.
- Contract package — Click Choose package.
The Insurance Lookup page appears in a new window.- Policy Type — Select Standard Insurance or Case Policy.
- Insurance company name — Enter the name of the insurance company (this field is required).
- Enter other search criteria (Insurance Address, Insurance Type, Case Policy Type) and then click Lookup.
A list of matching policies appears. - Click Select next to the package that you want to filter the list by.
- Click Filter.
The search results appear in the service location table. To return to the full table view, click Reset.
- Display the Claim Edit page: In the text box at the top right of your screen, enter the claim number, select Claim ID from the menu, and then click the search icon. The Find tool looks for an exact claim ID match. (Searching for claims requires claim billing user permissions.)
- Scroll down to the Service Type Add-on section and note the two location columns for Pickup and Destination. An interface typically populates most of the fields under the Pickup and Destination labels.
Pickup
- Custom Address — Enter the new address to update the pickup location, or select Service Location to select a predefined location configured on the Service Locations page.
- Name — Enter any part of the location name to display a list of matching locations. When you select the location, the full address and location type is populated in the STAO for this claim.
Destination
- Custom Address — Enter the new address to update the destination location, or select Service Location to select a predefined location configured on the Service Locations page.
- Click Save.
If the ambulance companies have case policies where transportation between two service locations is always billed at a specific mileage, you can store that information on the Service Location Mappings page.
Locations are part of an ambulance claim and are also captured in the Service Type Add-on for ambulance billing. You must use the Service Locations page to manage and edit the locations serviced.
Name | Enter a name for the service location. |
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Address | Enter the street address of the service location. |
Address (cont.) | Enter any additional address information (apartment number, suite number, etc.). |
ZIP Code | Enter the ZIP code of the service location, or click Lookup to display the USPS ZIP code lookup tool in a new window. |
City | Enter the city of the service location. |
State | Select the state of the service location. |
Phone number | Enter the phone number of the service location. |
Place of service type |
Select the type of service that the location provides (for example, hospital, school, or nursing facility). |
Ambulance service claim modifier | Select the modifier from the menu. This modifier is one part of the two-code modifier that is applied to all transport type procedures to describe the source and destination of the trip. |
Contract package |
Click Choose package and select the insurance or case policy for the new service location. This field ties a service location to the insurance package or case policy that the practice has with that organization. |
Filter fields | |
Provider group | Select a provider group to filter the results by provider group. (This field appears only if your practice uses provider groups.) |
Name | Enter the name of a service location to filter the results by name. |
Address | Enter the address of a service location to filter the results by address. |
City | Enter the city of a service location to filter the results by city. |
State | Enter the state of a service location to filter the results by state. |
ZIP Code | Enter the ZIP code of a service location selected to filter the results by ZIP code. |
Contract policy | Click Choose package and select the insurance or case policy to filter the results by contract policy. |