Payments
ERA remittance (835)
Electronic remittance in, normalized, and ready to post. MEDBIX ingests 835 electronic remittance advice and normalizes it into a readable list, so posting starts from clean data instead of a PDF and a calculator. Remittance arrives in formats nobody enjoys reading. What ships here includes 835 ingestion through the clearinghouse; normalized payment and adjustment lines. Used day to day by accountant, biller, supervisor roles, with availability marked gated rollout. Open the sample screen on the right, then walk the steps below — or book a demo and put your hand on the same flow with synthetic data.
A/R aging · payer responsibility
What it is
MEDBIX ingests 835 electronic remittance advice and normalizes it into a readable list, so posting starts from clean data instead of a PDF and a calculator.
The problem it solves
Remittance arrives in formats nobody enjoys reading. Teams re-key amounts, and every re-keyed number is a reconciliation headache waiting to happen.
Process
How it works, step by step
- 1
Remittance arrives
835 files come in through the clearinghouse connection.
- 2
Normalized automatically
Payments, adjustments and reason codes are parsed into a consistent structure.
- 3
Matched to claims
Each line is tied to the claim it pays.
- 4
Ready for posting
Your team posts from the normalized record.
What's included
Everything below is part of era remittance (835) today, with the availability noted above.
- 835 ingestion through the clearinghouse
- Normalized payment and adjustment lines
- Reason codes surfaced clearly
- Matching to submitted claims
- Denials routed to the work queue
- Searchable ERA list
The guardrail
Remittance never changes balances by itself; posting is a recorded action.
What isn't live yet
Where it fits: the full rcm loop
This is the whole job of a billing company, end to end. Every step lives in MEDBIX, so nothing falls into the gap between two tools.
- MEDBIX
- Clearinghouse / payer
- Person decides
- 1
Patient & insurance on file
MEDBIXDemographics and coverage, from import, EHR ingest or entry.
- 2
Eligibility (270/271)
Clearinghouse / payerCoverage confirmed through the clearinghouse before billing.
- 3
Charge capture → claim draft
Person decidesEncounter becomes a draft claim in the builder.
- 4
Deterministic scrub
MEDBIXRules run; AI can explain any finding.
- 5
Human review & approve
Person decidesRequired before anything leaves.
Audience
Who uses it
These roles work with this feature day to day. Access always follows what your admin assigns.
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Deep dive
What Era Remittance means in daily ops.
Practical context for Era Remittance: how teams use it, where it sits in the loop, and what to ask in a demo.
- Tied to how billing work actually splits
- Clear on human vs machine responsibility
- Links into related MEDBIX areas
Practice
Where this shows up on a busy day.
From morning eligibility checks to end-of-day posting, Era Remittance connects to the queues your team already lives in.
- Morning coverage and claim build
- Midday scrub and approval
- Afternoon denials and patient pay
Control
Keep a person on the send button.
Whatever page you're on, MEDBIX keeps AI in a propose role. Approvals, posting and rule activation stay human.
- Named approvals
- Visible AI proposals
- Immutable audit trail
Next
See Era Remittance against your volume
Bring your payer mix and the friction you feel today. We'll map it onto sample data in thirty minutes.
- Sample data only
- Your questions drive the agenda
- Written follow-up after
Common questions
Is ERA live for all payers?
Not yet universally. Production remittance is rolled out in a controlled way, and we'll tell you exactly where things stand.
Can we upload 835 files manually?
Ask us during your demo about your current remittance sources.
What happens to denied lines?
They flow into the denial work queue.
Want to walk MEDBIX against your real claim mix?
Thirty minutes with sample data. We'll follow one claim through the gate, then talk about your payers, practices and where the rework hurts today.
Notes from the billing floor
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