Region B DMERC (AdminaStar Federal)

Phone: (877) 273-4334 Option 1
BBS: (800) 634-0116
Website: http://www.adminastar.com/Providers/EDI/DMERC/DMERC.html
States: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin 

Users who have not already submitting electronically to Region B DMERC will need to complete the EDI Enrollment Form. All users must complete the DME enrollment form, whether you are a new sender or switching from NSF to the ASNI format. Both forms are available on the EDI DMERC Agreements page of the AdminaStar website. Please allow about 10 business days for Region B to process your forms. Since Hann's On Software is already a certified vendor, once your form has been processed you can begin sending production claims.

Region B DMERC AdminaStar Federal using Hyperterminal in Windows

To send claims:

  1. Dial in to ASF
  2. Log in with ID and Password
  3. When you see AECN: START, type 'sndzmodem' and press the ENTER key
  4. It will show OK and "rz ready". To begin transfer, type 'sz file...' and press the ENTER key. Go to Transfer and select Send.
  5. In the window that opens, browse to and select the claim file to send
  6. When the AECN: RECEIVED CLAIMS appears, type 'MAILIT' and press the ENTER key
  7. If there are any reports to get, the following will display:
     
    AECN: SENDING REPORT/MAIL
    sz: 1 file requested
    RP060205151

The last line shows the name of the front end edit (error) report that was sent back

  1. Type 'GOTREPORT' and press the ENTER key. Steps 7 and 8 may repeat if there is more than one report to receive
  2. Once all the front end reports are transferred, you will see AECN: SENDING ACTIVITY REPORT and something like /usr4/bl23456/userlog/aAL0626
  3. After transferring the activity log, you will be logged off automatically

To receive reports only without sending claims:

  1. Dial in to ASF
  2. Log in with ID and Password
  3. When you see AECN: START, type 'rcvzmodem' and press the ENTER key
  4. If there are any reports available, they will be sent to you
  5. Type 'GOTREPORT' and press the ENTER key. Steps 4 and 5 may repeat if there is more than one report to receive
  6. Once all the front end edit reports have been transferred, an activity report will be sent
  7. After transferring the activity log, you will be logged off automatically

To receive payment files:

  1. Dial in to ASF
  2. Log in with ID and Password
  3. When you see AECN: START, type 'payzmodem' and press the ENTER key
  4. If there are any reports to available, they will be sent to you
  5. Type GOTPAYMENT and press the ENTER key. Steps 4 and 5 may repeat if there is more than one report to receive
  6. Once all the front end edit reports have been transferred, an activity report will be sent
  7. After transferring the activity report, you will be logged off automatically