Insurance Card Buffer

Insurance Card Scanning & VistA Buffer File Update

• SPEED - Paperless Work Flow
• ACCURACY - Reduce Insurance Buffer File Errors
• REPORTING - Audit by Patients, Clerks and Date

Simplified Process for Entry Clerks enhances compliance:

• Identify the patient by appointment and location
• Alerts entry clerks to update insurance information
• Scan the insurance card with a small desktop scanner
• Saves the image for the insurance verification clerk

Comprehensive and Accurate Process for Verification Clerks:

• View work list of patients with recently scanned cards
• Compare existing VistA data against scanned insurance card image
• OCR to capture data directly from insurance card image
• Save updated data to VistA Insurance Buffer File
• Also save image to VistA Imaging