FastEMC

News and Notes

  • Windows 10 and FastEMC
    Thinking of upgrading? We have many customers who already have done so and FastEMC works well with Windows10. The NSF and ANSI version available for download are up to date. If you have upgraded recently your claims are compliant.
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  • Are you paying too much?
    Check your current Clearinghouse pricing. Review your volume and see if we can save you some money or give you more room to grow. Flat-rate options are available for unlimited Claims and/or Remits. Submit all lines of business unlimited claims each month for only $59.95 per Provider. We also have unlimited remits at $30.04/Provider. Finally bundle them together and get it for less - Unlimited Claims/Remits for $89.909/Provider.
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  • E-Notifications are availible!
    Do you want to be on our email list for newletters and support? http://www.fastemc.com/femcjom/support/electronic-delivery.html
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  • ICD-10 Is a Fact!
    ICD-10 transistion happened without issue. Reminder: All claims with Date of Service 10/1/15 or after must use ICD-10. Create a new claim if some services were before 10/1/15 and some are on or after. Enter your codes without the decimal. Please take the time to review your ICD-9 codes to be sure you understand the new ICD-10 codes that you will need to report those same diagnoses properly. Full Payment depends on it.
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  • Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) Version 4.0
    Version 4.0 is available on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Web site to download, for FREE.  Adding support for Microsoft Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit), Vista (32 or 64 bit) and XP (32 or 64 bit). Codes.ini file for Remittance Advice Remark Codes and Claim Adjustment Reason Code were also updated.  See "How to Update (Import the CARC/RARC codes" in the MREP instructions.  Installing Version 4.0 includes the new codes.
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  • Find Us on Facebook!
    https://www.facebook.com/Fastemc Check us out on Facebook! The first 40 customers to like our page will get a $5 discount on their next bill, so hurry up and Like us!!! Post a comment. Once you like the page, please send us a message on facebook with your account number or practice name and we will apply the credit immediately. (Limit one credit per account)
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  • Backups are Critical
    Please make sure that you invest the time and money to set up a proper back-up for your computer records. Back-ups should be a part of every office’s daily routine and it protects your customer data if the computer were to fail.
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  • New Medicare ID
    New Medicare ID numbers will be sent out this year.  Those will replace the ID numbers you are currently using.  All claims should use the new numbers as they become available.  The software will handle the new numbers just fine without any updates.
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  • New POS Code
    A new POS code will go into affect on 4/1/2013.  18-Place of Employment/Worksite.  The FastEMC code list has been updated and will allow this new code as of the updates posted on 12/10/12.  Please visit the CMS web site for more information on how and when to use this new code, if you provide services that might apply.
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Backup Notes

MAKE A BACKUP – Instructions for a Thumb Drive backup

First and foremost before any upgrade make sure you have a good backup of your current installation. This is your responsibility before you start to run the installation.

 A good way to backup is to copy all of your FastEMC files to a USB thumb drive or to another drive on your computer if you have more than one drive.  These instructions assume you are using a USB thumb drive but the process would be the same to backup to another hard drive.

 If you have WIN7 – See the simplified Steps below.  New OS makes it a bit easier.

  1. Connect a formatted USB thumb drive to one of the USB ports on your PC. (Most USB Thumb Drives are already formatted.)
  2. Click on the Windows Start Button
  3. Select "Computer." The names of your drives will be displayed.  Identify your thumb drive.  It will be listed something like USB20XYX (E:)
  4. Double click the name of your thumb drive displayed above to open it.
  5. Click on the top bar of your thumb drive window and drag that window to one side but still clearly visible on your screen.
  6. With the thumb drive window still open - Again click the Windows Start button and select "Computer" a second time.
  7. This time double click the name of the hard drive that has your FastEMC files on it.  That drive will have the letter you previously identified.  In our example that is drive D:
  8. Navigate the folders on that drive through the folder names in the path identified above until you see the folder where your FastEMC files are located (this was md in our example).  Do not open that folder.
  9. Drag that folder over to your thumb drive window.  You will see a little popup windows that shows the progress of the backup.  This process will take a couple of minutes or longer depending on the number of your files.

  10. When the files have finished copying.  Right click your thumb drive name and select EJECT. 

WIN7 Instructions –

  1. Plug the USB Drive into a USB port.
  2. Locate the installation folder for FastEMC.  There are detailed instructions  in the Upgrade instructions.  It will be something like: C:\win_ansi
  3. Click : Start > Computer > Local Drive C (if it is C drive where it is installed.  Pick the correct drive for your system)
  4. Find and Highlight the \Win_ansi folder (Or your proper folder name) in the drive list and RightClick.
  5. Highlight “SendTo” and slide over to the Drive Letter for your USB Thumb Drive and CLICK it.
  6. The files will start to copy.  Easy as that.
  7. When it is done, right click your thumb drive name and select EJECT.
 
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