Last updated 2/10/2007

Office Startup screens
This section has the following topics:

• Practice Information
• Feature Switches
• Software components
• Serial Number

There are seven main screens to Office Startup module. We also called this module "Preferences". Each can be navigated to by clicking its respective tab on the top of the screen.

Setup
This screen has the demographics about the licensed user of PracticeMaker®. You can edit almost all the fields in the Licensed Practice Information section.


Practice Information

• Licensed to Name, Title – The person at the practice to whom PracticeMaker® is licensed.
• Licensed to Full Name – The full name of the licensee.
• Practice Name – The name of the licensed practice.
• Address – The address of the licensee.
• City, State, Zip – The remainder of the licensee's address
• Phone Number, Fax number, and Area Code are self-explanatory and can be modified on this screen.
• If you always want the Area Code added to the front of any 7 digit phone number entered anywhere in the system, select Always Add to "Yes". For example, if the area code is "1-215", and you enter a phone number as "5556666", the phone number will be reformatted for you as "1-215-666-7777".
• If Add Prefix contains a value, it will be placed in front of any number that is dialed! (not an active feature, yet).
  
• Practice Tax ID should be filled with the tax ID number to be used by your office if you have a Group practice. Leave out the dash!
• ID Type – Select EIN if this is an “Employer Identification Number” or select SSN if you are using your “Social Security Number” (modifiable).
• Practice NPI should be filled in with the practice's 10 digit National Provider Identifier. Each provider has a unique NPI and the doctors's does NOT go in this field!
  
• Group – If this is selected, this address will be used for billing purposes. Additionally, when this is checked Box 33 on the HCFA/CMS 1500 claim form is properly formatted.
  

Feature Switches

• If Ask for Recalls is "Yes", then you will always be prompted to update a patien't recall date, if not already done, when you leave the Charge Entry Screen in the Billing Module.
• Version for selects if the software is to be used by one of the listed specialties. At present eye care, dental or podiatry has extra features. In the Patients module you can then click on the EMR button to link that patient’s PracticeMaker® record with his/her electronic medical record.
• Medical records selects which medical records program you wish to link with. This connection is a valued added-feature.
• Set Printer is a feature available as of 2/1/2007. When properly set up it allows PracticeMaker to automatically change between certain printers so that the user does not need to remember which one to use. The feature does not work with Macintosh OS9 and is not available in PracticeMaker® LE.
  

Modules Activated

• If your software came with Appointments "Yes" will be selected.
• If your software uses Electronic Claims, "Yes" will be selected.
• If your software came with the Letters Module then "Yes" will be selected. If you click the checkbox Remind, you will be reminded to write letters.
• If your software came with the Prescriptions Module "Yes" will be selected.
• Limited Edition is checked "Yes" if you are using the limited, single-user version of PracticeMaker®. This version does not allow access to Appointments, Forms Module, Specialty Module, Prescriptions, and other advanced features.
• If Image Capture Enabled is "Yes" you will be able to use our image capture software, and included web cam, to take pictures of your patients and put it into the Photo field in the patient's record.