Understanding Insurance Schedule Methods and Method Components

An insurance schedule method is a specific benefit for a specific item type and is composed of various method components. Examples of method components include Discount Type and Allowance Type. The calculation types you select for a method’s components determine how the method functions when you apply the insurance plan to a patient’s order in AcuityLogic POS. Although each method may have multiple method components, you may not be required to select an amount for each component.

This section describes the methods that you can apply to item types when you are creating an insurance schedule.

Topics include the following:

Insurance Schedule Methods

This table lists the following:

  • All the methods that you can apply to item types when creating insurance schedules. Not all methods are available for each insurance plan.
  • All the components available for each method. For details, see Insurance Schedule Method Components.
  • All the item types to which each method can be applied. Not all methods are available for each item type. A method you set up for an item type applies only to that item type, not to any other products or services.
Method Name Use This Method When . . . Method Components Item Types With This Method

Accessory Discount

The plan offers a discount toward accessories.

  • Discount Type
  • Special Option

Allow -> Discount - Contract

The plan requires that you apply the allowance and then apply a discount to the retail price of an item. This is based on the contractual discount indicated, and it is not eligible for any additional sales or promotional discounts.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Frames

Allow -> Discount - Highest

The plan requires that you apply the allowance and then apply a discount. Typically the plan specifies what the discount is, but the plan could indicate that a sale or promotional discount can be applied if that discount is higher than the contractual discount. When you use this method, the highest discount is calculated.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Frames

Allow -> No Discount

The plan has an allowance but does not allow any other discounts to be applied.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Frames

Allowance/Exam (Deduct Exam Pay)

The plan calculates the final allowance by subtracting the contact lens exam and routine exam receivables from the contact lens allowance. For example, if the patient’s allowance is $100 and the total exam receivable is $75, the final allowance is $25.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Contact Lens

Allowance/Exam (Deduct Exam Retail)

The plan calculates the final allowance by subtracting the total retail price of the contact lens exam and the routine exam from the contact lens allowance. For example, if the patient’s allowance is $100 and the total retail price of the patient’s exams are $80, the final allowance is $20.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Contact Lens

Allowance Item

The plan offers an allowance for the item type. The allowance can cover a full item type, or only a specific dollar amount or percentage of an item type. You can specify a copay and a discount as well.

Sometimes the same result can be achieved by using this method or the Discount Item method. The difference is how the write-off is indicated on reports. On reports, this method indicates that a write-off is a contractual write-off, while the Discount Item method indicates that a write-off is a discount.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Exams
  • Material Addon
  • Style Addon
  • Color/Coat Addon
  • Tint
  • Edging
  • Coating
  • Misc. Extras
  • Contact Lens
  • Misc Fees

Allow Eyeglass Lens Material Based on Rx

The plan allows premium lens materials (such as polycarbonate or high-index plastic) at no added cost when the combined Rx power from either eye meets a minimum value. Combined Rx Power equals the sum of the Sphere and Cylinder values.

 

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Allowed Material / Item Name

    OR Allowed Item Group

  • Minimum Combined Rx Power
  • Optional Note (Displayed during order pricing)
  • Optional Note (Displayed during order pricing when selected material is not included in the order)
  • Special Option

Allow Office Additional Discount

This method is currently in development and has no functionality.

N/A

  • Special Option

Allow Package Discount

The plan allows you to apply a package discount and then apply an allowance on the remaining balance.

N/A

  • Special Option

Allow Photochromic for Minor

The plan allows a minor to purchase eyeglasses with photochromic lenses.

  • Receivable Type
  • Minor Age Limit
  • Special Option

Allow Polycarbonate by Age

Polycarbonate lenses are fully covered by the plan when the patient’s age and relationship to subscriber satisfy the set criteria.

  • Receivable Type
  • Minor Age Limit
  • Polycarbonate Covered Up to Age
  • Patient's Relationship to Subscriber
  • Special Option

Allow Safety Frames

The plan offers an allowance for safety frames.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Special Option

Allow Transitions for Minor

The plan allows a minor to purchase eyeglasses with Transitions lenses.

  • Receivable Type
  • Minor Age Limit
  • Special Option

Apply Medicaid Copay Reduction For Same Day Service

A Medicaid plan waives the copay for an exam when it is sold with eyewear.

N/A

  • Special Option

Benefit By CPT Code

The plan (usually a Medicaid plan) offers benefits based on the CPT code of the lens base type.

  • Copay Type
  • Copay Code Type
  • Lens Base Type

CL Allowance -> Fitting

The plan applies the allowance to contact lenses first, and then applies any remaining balance of the allowance to the contact lens fitting.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Contact Lens Required
  • Contact Lens

Covered Item/No Receivable

The plan offers an allowance for an item type but does not reimburse the provider for that item type. For example, a material upgrade for glass is often allowed in full but not reimbursed.

  • Allowance Type
  • Material Addon
  • Style Addon
  • Color/Coat Addon
  • Tint
  • Edging
  • Coating
  • Misc. Extras
  • Misc Fees

Discount -> Allow - Contract

The plan requires that you apply a discount to the retail price of an item and then apply the allowance. This is based on the contractual discount indicated and the item is not eligible for additional sales or promotional discounts.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Frames
  • Style Addon

Discount/Allow Entire Lens

The plan offers a discount and an allowance on the entire lens.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Material Addon
  • Style Addon

Discount -> Allow - Highest

The plan requires that you apply a discount to the retail price of an item and then apply the allowance. Typically the plan specifies what the discount is, but the plan could indicate that a sale or promotional discount can be applied if that discount is higher than the contractual discount. When you use this method, the highest discount is calculated.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Frames

Discount -> Base Allowance

The plan offers a discount on the base lens.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Exams
  • Lens Base Type
  • Contact Lens

Discount Entire Lens

The plan offers a discount on the entire lens.

  • Discount Type
  • Material Addon

Discount Item

The plan requires that an item be discounted.

Sometimes the same result can be achieved by using this method or the Allowance Item method. The difference is how the write-off is indicated on reports. On reports, this method indicates that a write-off is a discount, while the Allowance Item method indicates that a write-off is a contractual write-off.

  • Discount Type
  • Maximum Retail Limit
  • Frames
  • Exams
  • Lens Base Type
  • Material Addon
  • Style Addon
  • Color/Coat Addon
  • Tint
  • Edging
  • Coating
  • Misc. Extras
  • Contact Lens
  • Misc Fees

Discounted Retail Before Allowance

The plan first applies a discount and then applies the allowance.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Discounted Retail
  • Frames
  • Exams
  • Lens Base Type
  • Material Addon
  • Style Addon
  • Color/Coat Addon
  • Tint
  • Edging
  • Contact Lens

Dispensing Codes and Rule Setup

The plan has dispensing fees.

After this rule is set up and dispensing fees are created as products in AcuityLogic, dispensing fees are added to patient orders when you apply the insurance plan to an order. Depending on which option you select for the Dispensing Rule attribute, the dispensing fees either replace all the items on the order or are added to the order.

You must fill in all the fields for the dispensing codes. If you are not using one of the dispensing codes, you can copy another dispensing code into that code’s field.

  • Dispensing Rule
  • SV Dispensing Code
  • BF Dispensing Code
  • TF Dispensing Code
  • PG Dispensing Code
  • Frame Only Order Type Dispensing Code
  • Lenses Only Order Type Dispensing Code
  • Special Option

Dispensing Item

This method is currently in development and has no functionality.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Charge Back Amount
  • Frames
  • Exams
  • Lens Base Type
  • Material Addon
  • Style Addon
  • Color/Coat Addon
  • Tint
  • Edging
  • Coating
  • Contact Lens

Display Contact Lens Message

The message you type appears in a dialog box when you apply the insurance plan to an order when pricing contact lenses in AcuityLogic POS.

  • Message
  • Special Option

Display EyeGlass Message

The message you type appears in a dialog box when you apply the insurance plan to an order when pricing eyeglasses in AcuityLogic POS.

  • Eye Glass Message
  • Special Option

Display Generic Message

The message you type appears in a dialog box when you apply the insurance plan to an order when pricing any item in AcuityLogic POS.

  • Message
  • Special Option

EyeMed Annual Plan Limit

The EyeMed plan specifies the following:

  • An annual allowance limit
  • A coinsurance payment based on a percentage of your receivable amount for an item, not the retail price for the item.

When setting up the items in the insurance schedule, set the allowance to retail and the receivable to your EyeMed contracted reimbursement rate for the item. Set the Copay to percent of receivable and enter the coinsurance percentage for the plan.

  • Receivable Limit
  • Limit Type
  • Special Option

Find Previous CL Fitting Fees

The plan allows you to search for previous contact lens fitting fees.

N/A

  • Special Option

Fitting -> CL Allowance

The plan applies the allowance to a contact lens fitting first and then applies any remaining balance of the allowance to contact lenses.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Contact Lens Required
  • Contact Lens

Frame Overage Rule

The plan (usually Spectera) issues a charge-back when a patient purchases a pair of frames whose price exceeds the allowance offered by the plan.

  • % Charge Back Fee
  • Special Option

Frame Wholesale Allowance

The plan requires that you apply the allowance to the frame based on the wholesale cost of the frame. You can apply additional discounts after the allowance.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Extra % Patient Pays Of Diff
  • Extra % Patient Pays Of Wholesale
  • Frames

Frame Wholesale Discount

The plan requires that you discount the frame based on the wholesale cost of the frame.

  • Discount Type
  • % Covered of Allowance
  • Extra % Patient Pays Of Diff
  • Extra % Patient Pays Of Wholesale
  • Frames

Lens/Allowance

The plan specifies an allowance for the base lens (SV, BF, TF). Some plans may also have an allowance for progressives.

Lenses are considered plastic unless otherwise specified.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Lens Base Type

Lens/Frames Allowance

The plan specifies an allowance for frame and lenses when both are purchased together.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Lens Base Type

Material Allowance

The plan offers a total allowance for materials (such as contact lenses and frames) but does not offer an allowance for exams.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Discount Rule
  • Include Fitting Fee
  • Material Type
  • Valid Allowance
  • Include Eyeglass Extras
  • Special Option

Material/Lens Combined Allowance

The plan specifies a combined allowance for materials and lenses.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Material Addon
  • Style Addon

Material Copay

The plan offers one copay for all materials (although the copay may exclude contact lenses).

  • Copay Type
  • Material Type
  • Special Option

Maximum Allowance Limit

The plan specifies a maximum allowance for specific item types.

  • Allowance Limit
  • Limit Type
  • Special Option

Medicaid Frames

The plan offers a special allowance or discount for Medicaid frames.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Special Option

Medicaid Modifier Rule

The plan requires special modifiers for Medicaid eyeglass replacements and prescription changes.

  • Is this a Covered Replacement Frame?
  • Modifier When Replacement Frame is Yes or No
  • Is this a Covered Replacement Lens?
  • Modifier When Replacement Lens is Yes or No
  • Is this Lens a Qualifying Prescription Change?
  • Modifier for Qualifying Lens Rx
  • Special Option

No Copay For Minor

The plan specifies that patients who are a certain age or younger do not have a copay for specific product or service types.

  • Service Type
  • Minor Age Limit
  • Special Option

No Discount On License Frame

The plan does not allow discounts on licensed frames.

N/A

  • Special Option

No Exam Copay for High Prescriptions

The plan specifies that a patient does not have an exam copay when his or her prescription is over a certain diopter power. For example, the plan specifies that patients don’t pay copays when their prescription is over +/- 8.00.

  • Prescription Over
  • Special Option

Not Allowed

The plan does not allow the order to be processed when a patient attempts to purchase a specific item. The patient must select another item.

N/A

All Item Types (may not always be available for Special Option)

Not Covered Charge Back Rule

The plan charges a charge-back for noncovered lenses and lens options. This method functions only when the Not Covered Item Discount (Lens & Options) method is also applied to the plan.

This example explains how your charge-back and net sale are calculated using the Not Covered Charge Back Rule.

An example noncovered coating retails for $100. The insurance plan gives a 20% discount ($20) to patients for noncovered coatings, so the patient pays $80. The insurance plan then charges you a 10% charge-back ($8), so your net sale on this coating is $72 ($100-$20-$8).

  • % Charge Back Fee
  • Special Option

Not Covered Item Discount (Lens & Options)

The plan does not offer any benefits for lenses but allows you to apply a discount to the item.

  • Discount Type
  • Special Option

Not Covered with Total/Material Allowance

The plan requires that the specified item group or item be excluded from Material Allowance or Total Allowance special option calculations.

N/A

  • Coating
  • Color/Coat Addon
  • Edging
  • Lens Base Type
  • Material Addon
  • Misc. Extras
  • Style Addon
  • Tint

Override Base Lens Discount

The plan allows you to override the benefits calculation for a base lens with the discount set up for a style addon.

  • Discount Type
  • Style Addon

Override Lens Base Allowance

The plan allows you to override the price of a base lens if the patient upgrades to a premium lens so that the patient is charged for the premium lens.

  • Discount Rule
  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Style Addon

Plano Lenses Not Allowed

The plan does not allow plano lenses.

  • Note (displayed during order pricing)
  • Special Option

Senior Citizen Discount Rule

The plan offers a discount to senior citizens.

  • Senior Citizen Age
  • Discount Type
  • Special Option

Special Program

The plan offers a special program for the item type.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Special Program Name
  • Frames
  • Exams
  • Lens Base Type
  • Material Addon
  • Style Addon
  • Color/Coat Addon
  • Coating
  • Contact Lens

Spectera CL Fit without Contacts

The plan provides coverage towards a contact lens fitting fee without a contact lens purchase if the fit is for a Spectera formulary contact lens.

You can use this method to set up Spectera insurance schedules so that AcuityLogic POS users are prompted when insurance is applied to an order that includes a contact lens fitting fee without a contact lens purchase. If users indicate that the fitting fee is for a formulary contact lens, the system includes the allowance, receivable, and copay amounts set up in its benefits calculations. If users indicate that the fitting fee is not for a formulary contact lens, the system does not apply coverage for the service.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Exams

Spectera Contact Lens Only

The Spectera plan offers specific allowances for the fitting fee for formulary (covered) contact lenses.

  • Covered Fitting Fees
  • Covered CL Type
  • Allowance Type
  • Copay Type
  • Contact Lens

Spectera Contact Lens Receivable

The Spectera plan offers specific allowances on contact lenses. Enter receivable percentages for either allowance or retail.

  • Receivable Cap for Covered Disposable (Per Box)
  • Receivable Cap for Covered Planned Replacement (Per Box)
  • Formulary Receivable Percentage of allowance
  • Formulary Receivable Percentage of Retail
  • Special Option

Spectera Non Formulary Contact Lens Only

The Spectera plan offers specific allowances on nonformulary (not covered) contact lenses.

  • Allowance Type
  • Non Formulary Receivable Percentage
  • Contact Lens

Sunglasses or Sportvision Discount

The plan offers a discount for sunglasses or eyewear for sports.

  • Discount Type
  • Special Option

Total Allowance

The plan offers a total allowance toward everything, including exams and materials.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Discount Rule
  • Valid Allowance
  • Allowance Limit
  • Special Option

Total Allowance Includes Exam and Contact Lens

The plan offers a total allowance toward exams and contact lenses only.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Allowance Limit
  • Contact Lens

Total Allowance Includes Exam, CL, & Fit

The plan offers a total allowance toward exams, contact lenses, and contact lens fittings only.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Type
  • Allowance Limit
  • Contact Lens

Total Allowance with only Base Lens

The plan offers an allowance for base lenses and does not cover upgrades to premium products.

  • Allowance Type
  • Receivable Type
  • Copay Type
  • Discount Rule
  • Discount Type
  • Valid Allowance
  • Allowance Limit
  • Shared Allowance Amount
  • Copay Rules
  • Special Option

Valid Labs Rule

The plan requires that orders are made at specific labs.

  • Valid Lab
  • Special Option

VSP Plan Requirements

The VSP plan requires that lenses are made at specific labs.

  • VSP Lab Rule
  • VSP Network Schedule
  • Special Option

Insurance Schedule Method Components

This table describes all the method components and calculation types that you can apply to methods when creating insurance schedules.

Not all components are available for each method. Although each method may have multiple components, you may not be required to select an amount for each component. Record an amount only for the method components applicable to the insurance plan’s requirements.

All method components and calculation types you set up for a method apply only to the item type that the method is for, not to any other products or services. See Insurance Schedule Methods.

Method Component Calculation Types

% Charge Back Fee

The percentage of the item’s price that you pay to the insurance carrier as the charge-back fee.

% Covered of Allowance

Leave this attribute blank. It has no functionality.

Allowance Limit

The patient’s maximum allowance.

Allowance Type

  • None: The patient does not have an allowance.
  • Retail: The allowance covers the full retail amount.
  • Enter: Enter the dollar amount of the allowance.
  • % of Retail: The allowance is a percentage of the retail price. Enter the percentage.
  • Call: When you process an order and click Calculate Benefits, a dialog box appears and asks you for more information.
  • % of Entered Amount: The allowance is a percentage of the entered amount. Enter the percentage.
  • % of Call Amount: The allowance is a percentage of the call amount. Enter the percentage.

Base Lens

The base lens to which the method applies.

BF Dispensing Code

Type the dispensing code for bifocal lenses.

Charge Back Amount

The dollar amount of the charge-back.

Contact Lens Required

  • Yes: The patient must purchase contact lenses to receive the allowance.
  • No: The patient does not have to purchase contact lenses to receive the allowance.

Copay Type

  • None: The patient does not have a copay.
  • Enter: Type the dollar amount of the copay.
  • Call: The copay is unknown until eligibility is checked, or the copay varies between patients. When you process an order and click Calculate Benefits, a dialog box appears and asks you for more information.
  • % of Allowance: The copay is a percentage of the allowance. Enter the percentage.
  • % of Receivable: The copay is a percentage of the receivable. Enter the percentage.

Covered CL Type

  • Disposable: The allowance applies to disposable contact lenses.
  • Non Disposable: The method applies to nondisposable contact lenses.

Covered Fitting Fees

The maximum dollar amount of fitting fees that the plan covers.

Discount Rule

  • No Discount: No discount applies.
  • Discount Before Allowance: Apply a discount to the retail price of an item, and then apply the allowance.
  • Discount After Allowance: Apply the allowance to the retail price of an item, and then apply the discount.

Discount Type

  • None: No discount applies.
  • Discount %: Type the percentage of the discount.
  • Discount amount: Type the dollar amount of the discount.
  • Charge Amount: Type the dollar amount that is to be charged. Do not select this option if you set up the Allowance Type and Receivable Type attributes.
  • Call for Charge Amount: A specific amount must be charged, but the amount is unknown until eligibility is checked, or the amount varies between patients. When you process an order and click Calculate Benefits, a dialog box appears and asks you for more information. Do not select this option if you set up the Allowance Type and Receivable Type attributes.
  • Call for Discount %: The discount varies between patients or needs to be entered manually. When you process an order and click Calculate Benefits, a dialog box appears and asks you for more information.
  • Multi Level Discount $: The dollar amount of the discount depends on the price level of the item. For example, an item type that retails for $100-$150 may receive one discount while the same item type that retails for $151-$200 may receive another discount. For each level, type the maximum retail price in the Discount Level fields, and type the dollar amount of the discount in the Retail Limit fields.
  • Multi Level Discount %: The percentage of the discount depends on the price level of the item. For example, an item type that retails for $100-$150 may receive one discount, while the same item type that retails for $151-$200 may receive another discount. For each level, type the maximum retail price in the Discount Level fields, and type the percentage of the discount in the Retail Limit fields.
  • Multi Level Mix: The plan offers both a dollar and a percentage discount. Set the discount up like the Multi Level Discount $ and Multi Level Discount % discounts described in the preceding items.

Discounted Retail

The maximum total retail dollar amount to which the discount applies. For example, if the plan offers a 15% discount and you set the discounted retail to $100 but the patient purchases a $200 item, the discount applies only to the first $100 of the purchase, so the total discount is $15.

Dispensing Rule

  • Replace all invoice items with Dispensing Code: AcuityLogic replaces all invoice items, including exam fees and professional fees, with a dispensing code. If you use this rule and want to invoice an exam or professional fee on the same invoice, create an Exam Only plan, and bill the fee to the Exam Only plan.
  • Append Dispensing Code to invoice items: AcuityLogic adds the dispensing code to the invoice items.

Extra % Patient Pays Of Diff

Leave this attribute blank. It has no functionality.

Extra % Patient Pays Of Wholesale

Leave this attribute blank. It has no functionality.

Eye Glass Message

Type the message to display in a dialog box when you apply the insurance plan to an order when pricing eyeglasses in AcuityLogic POS.

Frame Only Order Type Dispensing Code

Type the dispensing code for frame-only orders.

Include Eyeglass Extras

  • Yes: The material allowance for the plan applies to edgings, tints, and miscellaneous eyeglass lens extras.
  • No: The material allowance for the plan does not apply to edgings, tints, and miscellaneous eyeglass lens extras.

The material allowance applies to coatings whether you select Yes or No. If you do not want the material allowance to apply to coatings, set up the Total Allowance and Not Covered with Total/Material Allowance special option methods for the Coating item type.

Include Fitting Fee

  • Yes: The plan offers an allowance for fitting fees.
  • No: The plan does not offer an allowance for fitting fees.

Lenses Only Order Type Dispensing Code

Type the dispensing code for lenses-only orders.

Limit Type

  • Complete Order With Exam: The allowance applies only to a complete order with an exam.
  • Eg Order Only: The allowance applies only to eyeglasses.
  • Frame And Base Lens Only: The allowance applies only to frames with a base lens.
  • Lens And Extra Only: The allowance applies only to lenses and extras.
  • Frame Only: The allowance applies only to frames.
  • Lenses Only: The allowance applies only to lenses.
  • Extra Only: The allowance applies only to extras.
  • Exam Only: The allowance applies only to exams.

Material Type

  • Lens & Frame: The allowance covers lenses and frames.
  • Lens, Frame, & Contacts: The allowance covers lenses, frames, and contact lenses.
  • Contacts Only: The allowance covers only contact lenses.
  • Frame: The allowance covers only frames.
  • Lenses Only: The allowance covers only lenses.

Maximum Retail Limit

The maximum total retail dollar amount to which the discount applies. For example, if the plan offers a 15% discount and you set the maximum retail limit to $100 but the patient purchases a $200 item, the discount applies only to the first $100 of the purchase, so the total discount is $15.

Message (Display Contact Lens Message)

Type the message to display in a dialog box when you apply the insurance plan to an order when pricing contact lenses in AcuityLogic POS.

Message (Display Generic Message)

Type the message to display in a dialog box when you apply the insurance plan to an order when pricing any item in AcuityLogic POS.

Minor Age Limit

Type the maximum age of a patient who is eligible for the method.

Prescription Over

Type the starting diopter power for which the exam copay is waived. For example, if you type 8.00, a patient with a prescription over +/- 8.00 has no exam copay.

PG Dispensing Code

Type the dispensing code for progressive lenses.

Receivable for Covered Disposable (Per Box)

Type the receivable for each box of covered disposable contact lenses.

Receivable for Covered Planned Replacement (Per Box)

Type the receivable for each box of covered planned replacement contact lenses.

Receivable Type

  • None: No compensation.
  • Enter: Type the dollar amount for the contract or fee specified by the plan.
  • Allowance: The receivable is equal to the amount of the allowance recorded for the Allowance Type attribute.
  • % of Allowance: The contract or fee schedule is a percentage of the allowance. Enter the percentage.
  • Call: When you process an order and click Calculate Benefits, a dialog box appears and asks you for more information.

Senior Citizen Age

Type the minimum age of a patient who is eligible for the method.

Service Type

  • Lens & Frame: The patient does not have a copay when purchasing lenses or frames.
  • Lens, Frame & CL: The patient does not have a copay when purchasing lenses, frames, or contact lenses.
  • Lens, Frame, CL & Exam: The patient does not have a copay when purchasing lenses, frames, contact lenses, or an exam.
  • ExamOnly: The patient does not have a copay for exams.
  • FrameOnly: The patient does not have a copay for frames.
  • CLOnly: The patient does not have a copay for contact lenses.
  • LensFrameExam: The patient does not have a copay when purchasing lenses, frames, and an exam.

Special Program Name

Type the name of the special program.

TF Dispensing Code

Type the dispensing code for trifocal lenses.

SV Dispensing Code

Type the dispensing code for single-vision lenses.

Valid Allowance

Leave this attribute blank. It has no functionality.

VSP Lab Rule

  • Only Allow VSP Contract Labs: Lenses can be made only at VSP contract labs.
  • Only Allow Private Labs: Lenses can be made only at private labs.
  • Only Allow Charity VSP Labs: Lenses can be made only at charity VSP labs.
  • Allow All Lab Choices: Lenses can be made at any lab.

VSP Network Schedule

The VSP network schedule to which the lab rule applies.

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