Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) Software
This is the seventh in a series of articles about Self-Service Technology. The article today will focus on the free Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) Software.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed software called Medicare Remit Easy Print (MREP) that enables physicians and suppliers to view and print Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)-compliant 835s from their own computer. Remittance advices printed from the MREP software are similar to the current Standard Paper Remittance Advice (SPR) format.
This software offers important capabilities that allow physicians and suppliers to:
- View, search, and print remittance information
- Print and export reports containing remittance information
The MREP software also allows physicians and suppliers to run several useful reports.
- Adjusted Service Lines Report: Shows claims within a single remittance that have a claim status 22 (reversed claim).
- Denied Service Lines Report: Shows only claim service lines that have an allowed amount of zero and are associated with a claim that does not have a claim status 22 (reversed claim).
- Deductible/Coinsurance Service Lines Reports: Shows claim service lines that have a deductible and/or a coinsurance amount.
- Coordination of Benefits (COB)/Non-COB Claims Reports: Shows claims by their COB status. Providers may view all claims that were crossed over, or all those that were not crossed over.
- Other Adjustments Report: Shows claims that had some type of adjustment, including claims that have late filing and interest charges and remittances that have withholding or a forwarding balance.
Prints Information for Use by Other Payers
The MREP software gives physicians and suppliers the ability to print remittance information for individual or multiple selected claims. This allows them to forward only those claims that are needed by other payers for secondary/tertiary payment. Physicians and suppliers may view and/or print as many or as few claims as needed.
Easy to Navigate and View Remittance Information
The MREP software presents remittance information that is organized and easy to view. The MREP software provides separate tabs that include the following information:
- A list of claims
- Details for individually selected claims
- Summary information
- Glossary information containing Claim Adjustment Reason Codes, Remittance Advice Remark Codes, and their definitions
- A data view that allows physicians and suppliers to look at the various loops and segments containing data in the HIPAA 835
- A search function to find claims containing specific information
Allows Quick and Easy Access to Claim Information
The MREP software features a search function that allows physicians and suppliers to find a claim (or multiple claims) based on customized search criteria. Physicians and suppliers may search by names, numbers, and even portions of information, such as:
- Adjusted Lines
- Beneficiary Account Number
- Beneficiary Last Name
- COB/Non-COB Claims
- Deductible/Coinsurance Lines
- Denied Lines
- Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN)
- Internal Control Number (ICN)
- National Drug Code (NDC)
- Other Adjustments
- Procedure Code
- Rendering Provider Number
- Service Date
Caution
Providers using clearinghouses or vendors that alter the HIPAA 835 report before sending to your office may not be able to use the MREP software.
For more information, visit http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ElectronicBillingEDITrans/ 
on the CMS Website.
Page Last Updated: Thursday, 18-Mar-2010 05:54:34 CDT
