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TELUS Health & Insurance Companies Meeting June 14/2016

TELUS Health & Insurance Companies Meeting June 14/2016

TELUS Health eClaims had a face-to-face meeting on June 14th with the insurance companies who participate in their eClaims solution.
As Chair of the TCM Policy Development & Communications Committee, Jane Cheung spoke to their user group on behalf of CMAAC and TCM/A practitioners.

eClaims allows practitioners to bill insurance companies directly for their patients who have extended health care coverage for acupuncture treatments. There are currently 10 major insurance companies participating, including Sun Life, Great West Life & Manulife. As healthcare providers, we can submit a claim directly to the insurance company using this website. Payments can be directed to the patient (if they’ve already paid at your clinic) or to us, the service provider.
For many patients, our ability to direct bill their insurance company (just like a dentist) removes the financial barrier of having to pay for treatments up front, then wait around for reimbursement.

As a group, TCM/A practitioners are one of the slowest groups to start using this online billing service and we wanted to know why?

See below for the responses and feedback to the survey:

Did you know?

TELUS Health eClaims is open to all CMAAC members…..regardless of which province you are in (regulated or not). Eligibility is subject to approval (and based on having the minimum # of 1900 training hours)

Below are some useful tips and links to get you started. But, first, you must register online! Click HERE to get started.

Want to see how eClaims works? Watch this short video.

Click to Training Video (12 minutes)

TO START: Enter your contact information

STEP 1: Enter your practice information

STEP 2: Enter your practitioner information
(this is where you enter your CMAAC registration number)

STEP 3: Enter authorized users

You can add your Admin as a separate user or just have them login in using your ID. Either way is fine.
THAT’S IT!!

Need help registering?

1 866 240-7492 option 9
provider.mgmt@telus.com
More information
FAQ

Lastly, there is a short form user-guide available, that also includes the payment schedule for each insurance company

You can access the guide HERE

Access to discounted cell phone plans through TELUS Mobility

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What’s New?

Getting connected and staying connected anytime, anywhere helps you be as efficient as possible in your practice.

TELUS Health offers CMAAC members:

Preferred member pricing for the latest mobility devices running on Canada’s largest 4G LTE network. Plans include:
- TELUS Smartphone plan with 500 minutes and 1GB data for $50/month
- TELUS Premium Smartphone plan with unlimited nationwide calling and 3GB shareable data for $70/month

Special limited time offer of $300 off* any smartphone when you subscribe to the TELUS Premium Smartphone plan or $400 off* when you register for eClaims and subscribe to TELUS Premium Smartphone Plan.

How do I sign up my mobility smartphone with rate plan?

STEP 1: Register for eClaims to receive $400 off your mobile device

Register for eClaims now and receive $400 off any device when you subscribe to the Premium Smartphone Plan. TELUS Health eClaims allows CMAAC members to remit claims electronically on behalf of your patients. It is free to register & free to use. Claims can be remitted with payment to you the provider, or to the patient. A 4 digit reference number will be provided to you upon completion of your online registration. Enter that reference number on the mobile device order form. For existing eClaims users, please enter your eClaims portal user name.

STEP 2: Choose your mobile device

Select your mobile phone from our selection of smartphones.

STEP 3: Choose your plan

TELUS is pleased to offer CMAAC members the following rate plans:

	Smartphone Plan	Premium Smartphone plan
Term	24 months	24 months
Price	$50 / month^2,6	$70 / month^2,6
Air Time	500 local minutes⁴	Unlimited Nationwide⁴
Data	1 GB^{3, 4}	3 GB^{3, 4,5}(data can shared with a tablet or other device)
Features	Unlimited Domestic SMS/MMS⁴, Call waiting, Voice Mail 25, Call Display, Conference Calling, Unlimited Evenings & Weekends beginning at 6pm, TELUS to TELUS Calling	Unlimited Domestic SMS/MMS⁴, Call waiting, Voice Mail 25, Call Display, Conference Calling, Unlimited Evenings & Weekends beginning at 6pm, TELUS to TELUS Calling
Long Distance	Nationwide daytime calling: $0.08/minute Canada to US Calling: 15¢/min	Canada to US Calling: 15¢/min
Bonus Hardware Credit	N/A	$100 device subsidy when you register for TELUS Health eClaims

*Offer valid until November 25, 2015 and subject to change without notice.1 Must be in good standing with CMAAC to register. 2 Smartphone hardware is not included in the monthly price and is charged separately. Taxes, additional airtime, long distance. roaming and pay-per-use charges are extra. 3 Additional data rate: $5/MB. Additional per minute rate: 10¢. 4 Data, voice and text messaging used while roaming in the US are charged at the following rates: 75¢/minute, $5/MB, and 60¢/SMS. These charges apply to any usage in excess of what is included in your plan. Data, voice and text messaging used while roaming outside of Canada and the US may vary by zone. US roaming is also rounded to the closest KB when billed. 5 Data can be shared across smartphones, tablets, mobile Internet devices (not including Smart Hubs) on SharePlus Plans. Minutes on unlimited voice plans are not shareable. Additional data is charged by MB or GB and is rounded to the closest KB (1 GB = 1,024 MB, 1 MB = 1,024 KB). SharePlus tablet and mobile Internet plans are access-only plans which use available data on SharePlus voice and data plans. 6 Rates and offers are subject to change without notice. Available for Business (BusinessRegular and Business Personal) only. Not available for Consumer accounts.