________________________________ From: Bryant, Ron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:37 PM To: Joyce Beck Subject: UB04 Try this, it is within one character and meditech says that they can't do anything about it...if you can make it work from here, I would appreciate feedback..... Orientation PORTRAIT Paper Size 66 CPI 10 Left Margin 0.2 inches LPI 6 Top Margin 0.167 inches Text Len 64 lines Num Copies , The alignment issue with the printed UB04 had been reported to us by several hospitals, so as a result, our Development group reported this to the NUBC. Please refer to the following web page for NUBC's statement regarding this issue: http://www.nubc.org/UB-04_Printing_Requirements.pdf The NUBC is essentially stating that the UB04 can only be aligned when printed to an "edge-to-edge" laser printer, or to a dot matrix printer. MEDITECH has actively been pursuing workarounds for this issue and these are noted below. Please note that this issue should have no affect on forms that are sent to a clearinghouse via "print image download" as the clearinghouse just references the internal specifications of the form to locate the positioning of the text. The issue is just with forms that are printed to a laser printer. The following are some workarounds that have provided to us by various hospitals: 1) The vendor FormFast has a software solution that should assist in aligning the form. If you are already using FormFast and need assistance, or if you would like to explore this solution, please contact FormFast at 1-800-218-3512. 2) There is a company on the internet, Access, that is saying that its product can be used to generate the UB04 and at least one hospital has confirmed that it can align the form. Their website is www.accesseforms.com. 3) We've heard from some hospitals that have successfully altered the internal settings of 2 printer models and in conjunction with the ELF dictionary, have successfully aligned the UB04. These are the printer models, along with the suggested changes and ELF settings given to us by these hospitals: Model HP4250: 1) On the printer menu, find the Edge to Edge Override - it will default to N, so change it to Y 2) Choose an X-dimension of 8.5 (this would be the width of the paper) 3) This should provide them the option to alter the X1 (left margin) and Y (right margin) axes. They should start with the -13 and +3 settings given, but may have to play around with these numbers a little (e.g., one hosp ended up using -12 and +4. 4) If the paper needs to be moved up or down, that would involve the Y-dimension and you'd need to play around with various settings as other hospitals haven't given us suggested settings - probably because it hasn't been an issue Here are the suggested ELF settings: Report BAR.PAT.frm.ub04 CPI 10.05 Left Margin 0.20 LPI 6 Top Margin 0.095 Model HP4200N: 1) Click "check mark" button 2) Select Configure Device 3) Select Print Quality 4) Select Set Registration 5) Select Adjust Tray (1 or 2 whichever tray you have the claims) 6) Then you can use the X shift and Y shift to change your settings. Try X shift = - 6 and Y shift = + 6. The X moves margins left and right and the Y moves margins up and down. ELF settings: Report BAR.PAT.frm.ub04 CPI 10.08 Left Margin 0.20 inches LPI 6 Top Margin 0.15 inches 4) Some hospitals have indicated that the clearinghouse to which they submit print image downloaded claims may be able to provide paper claims that are aligned. This has not been confirmed, so please check with your clearinghouse to see if this is an option. If you have additional information that can assist other hospitals (e.g., other companies that provide a cartridge, or say that they can align the form, or another model printer that can be modified to align the form), it would be most appreciated. Thanks! Status changed from 'Open' to 'Customer'. Message: 3 Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 16:26:43 -0500 From: "Joyce Beck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Magic 5.5; UB04 laser printer To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Wondering if our Billing person can talk to someone that has the UB04 lined up correctly on a laser printer when printing from 5.5 Magic (or get some good printer or Meditech settings). We're having issues with the information from Meditech on the lower half of the page creeping up. Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to offer, Joyce. Joyce Beck, Meditech Application Support Analyst Douglas County Hospital 111 17th Avenue East Alexandria, MN 56308 Phone: 320-762-6483 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above and is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 2510-2521. This e-mail is confidential and may contain information that is privileged, or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail message from your computer. Thank You. ____________________________________ Ron J. Bryant Meditech Financial Implementation Analyst III Catholic Health Initiatives - Denver Meridian South (720) 875-7845 (office) (720) 874-1112 (fax - please inform before faxing) (720)984-9328 (cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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