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To enter a Veterans Affairs number:

Click with your mouse on the small, round, radio button next to the word Veterans

Press [Tab] key & enter the number, or when your cursor is in the form of a square around

the word Medicare button, hit the down arrow on the keyboard, hit the [Tab] key & enter the

number.

Online Patient Verification (OPV)

This will check the identity credentials of the patient at the practice against the data held by

Medicare Australia. To use this function, the practice will require a broadband internet

connection and be registered with Medicare Australia to do online billing; however Blue

Chip will work without this function being active.

File Numbers

The File numbers window appears just under the birth date panel. File number can be set up

in any one of three ways:

If file numbers have been turned off, File Number will be grayed out.

If file numbers are to be automatically generated, a file number will appear for each new

patient based on the criteria requested at setup time. Examples are 1234, EC1234 or

06031234. Blue Chip will not accept zeros as in the example 0001 whilst set for automatic

numbering. It is recommended that the length be kept as small as possible, especially if

interfacing with Blue Chip’s Day Surgery Module that has an eight alpha/numeric limit in

accordance with government standards.

If file numbers have been set up to be manually assigned, the field appears blank. Please note

that the File Number field is approximately 15 characters long and not the whole field.

Accounts and Referrals are covered in separate Modules.