Background
- When you refer a patient to a specialist for a consultation or have mutually agreed with the specialist that the specialist would assume ongoing continuing care of the patient, you should submit a fee item 3333 'no charge referral’ to independently confirm for the benefit of MSP that the consultation or continuing care were explicitly requested by you. For statistical purposes, 3333 are counted as a service but, since it’s billed at no charge, it doesn’t impact on your cost per patient indices. Your billing profile is not prejudiced by use of 3333 since referred services are attributed to your practice based on claim information submitted to MSP by the consultant or laboratory, and not by your use of 3333.
Generate a new Outward Referral
1. Follow the new Outward Referral steps: Outward Referrals
2. Before you Save & Close, click on Bill Referral checkbox on the top right corner
3. Quick Bill screen will automatically launch with Code 3333 (No Charge Referral) pre-populated in Service and Description fields. Check to make sure at least one Diagnosis has been entered. Click OK
4. The claim will show on the list of claims on the Billing screen
Note: If your clinic is not using the Referrals module to generate Outward referrals, No Charge Referral (Code 3333) claim can directly be entered via Quick Bill shortcut by a clinician at the end of the visit (encounter). Or it can be directly entered on the Billing screen on the Financial module under Control Centre.