MedLook Weekly Tip For 07/03/2007

This eTip has been taken directly from the manual.

1500 LAYOUTS - EDITING AND DEFINITION

The insurance layouts have two sections: Electronic and Paper. Additional sections can be added but these two MUST be present and their names are case sensitive. If you need to experiment with a section but don't want to completely get rid of the current values you can easily duplicate an entire section. Right click on the folder icon to the left of either of these sections and select Duplicate. You can then rename the duplicate (e.g. PaperDup) so you can retrieve it later if needed.

ELECTRONIC ALIGNMENT

The Electronic section considers all Top, Left, Width, and similar fields in regards to characters. The range for Left is from 1 to 80 characters (1 being the far left and 80 the far right). The Top ranges from 1 to whatever NumLines is set to. This value cannot exceed 66 though. Basically an electronic page cannot exceed 80 characters wide by 66 lines. The page can be shortened by setting NumLines to some value less than 66, typically 62 or 63. Top starts with 1 at the top and NumLines down the page.

The Electronic section allows you to move the Top and Left of each item by a single line or character. You can move all the data fields by altering the Top and Left fields that appear as data elements of Electronic (you should edit these using XML Notepad as mentioned above). You should not set either of these to a value less than 0 (that just doesn't make sense). Additionally, this is where you define how many lines are in an electronic claim (usually 62 or 63) and also the three claims files used to store the generated claims (Claims-File1, 2, 3). You should provide a full path as c:\claims\claims.txt or something similar.

PAPER ALIGNMENT

The Paper section measurements are all in regards to hundredths of an inch (0.01 inches). The Top is 0.00 and the Left edge is 0.00. The bottom right corner would have Top = 8.50 and Left = 11.00 for an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper (a typical 1500 form). Since each field can be controlled to within 0.01 inches every item can be placed in near perfect position on the 1500 form. To move the equivalent of one character horizontally change the Left value by 0.10 (roughly 8.5 inches divided by 80 characters). To move the equivalent of one line vertically, change the top value by 0.17 (11 inches divided by 66 lines).