888 447 8065 WHY APOLLO BLOG SIGN IN EDI 835 FILE POSTING MADE SIMPLE WITH APOLLO Home Blog EDI 835 File Post ing Made Simple wit h Apollo By Suvina Paul Blog July 13, 2022 Reading Time: 2 minut es Tags: EDI 835, physical t herapy billing, pt pract ice management soft ware The Explanat ion of Benefit s (EOB) or Elect ronic Remit t ance Advice (ERA) is an elect ronic file t hat provides claim payment informat ion much like your EOB does on paper. You get 835 files t hrough your clearinghouse or direct ly from a payer. You t hen download t hese int o your billing soft ware. EDI t ransact ions (charges) are generat ed from t he pract ice management syst em (PMS) or hospit al informat ion syst em (HIS) and t hen are rout ed t o a clearinghouse. The EOB ret urned (835) from t hese t ransact ions is loaded back int o your Pract ice Management Soft ware /comput er syst em from t he clearinghouse for aut o-post ing. Your Pract ice Management Soft ware should be able t o submit single or bat ch t ransact ions for mult iple pat ient s and payers, eliminat ing t he need for manual dat a ent ry, phone calls, and numerous logins for payer websit es. Your Pract ice Management Soft ware should also allow t he 835 t o be downloaded in t he soft ware and allow t hese t ransact ions (payment s,adjust ment s, and correct ions) t o aut o download int o each pat ient t ransact ion, eliminat ing t he need for manual ent ry, and checking for accuracy. According t o t he 2020 CAQH Index, t he average cost t o conduct t ransact ions manually is consist ent ly higher t han t he cost of elect ronic t ransact ions for care providers and healt h plans. 835 files reduce a lot of manual processing and human error and save t ime. The benefit s are many: Time-Saving The most significant advant age is saving t ime. You will save many hours by eliminat ing manual keying and hand figuring each payment det ail using t he 835 files. You will have an opport unit y t o look at each download before accept ing, but you will not be keying each claim in as you would in a manual syst em. Think of t he t ime you spend on one of your larger EOBs hand-post ing all t he payment s and writ e-offs. Reduce or eliminate posting errors. We all know t hat long hours post ing EOBs can be t iring and somet imes fraught wit h errors. By downloading t he 835 files and reviewing t hem (inst ead of post ing each line), you are more alert as t o any errors and any follow-up you may need t o do. Payment/Follow-up Cycle Downloading t he 835 file(s) will allow you a quicker payment /follow-up cycle. Receiving your payment elect ronically will allow anyone doing t he collect ions t o devot e more t ime t o fix wrongly or unpaid claims. Your collect ion person/depart ment will be able t o see t he claims t hat need at t ent ion sooner vs wait ing for t he post ing person t o have everyt hing ent ered. Spending t his t ime fixing out st anding or wrongly paid claims immediat ely will reduce your payment cycle and allow your company t o pay more at t ent ion t o any amount owed t o t he clinic much quicker. So inst ead of spending hours post ing t he payment s, adjust ment s, and copayment s, you can concent rat e your t ime on collect ions. This is especially t rue for small pract ices whose biller is t he collect ion specialist and recept ionist all in one. Apollo offers 835 input s so t hat you can t ake full advant age of receivable management . Managing your pract ice is a grat ifying and fulfilling experience, especially if you’ve worked many years t o make t hat dream a realit y. Apollo Pract ice Management put s t he fundament als of physical t herapy billing at your fingert ips and act s as a st epping st one from manual billing t o aut omat ed billing. Apollo handles t edious t asks like post ing 835 file(s), so you can focus on collect ing revenue. —2022 — July EDI 835 File Post ing Made Simple wit h Apollo +2020 +2019 +2018 +2017 +2016 +2015 +2014 +2013 Recent Posts EDI 835 File Post ing Made Simple wit h Apollo 5 Benefit s of Moving t o Cloud-Based Pract ice Management Soft ware 5 Ways Physical Therapist s Can Maximize Billing in 2022 Archives HOME COMPANY FEATURES PRICING CONTACT US GET A FREE DEMO