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title: Process Direct Entry Claims
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# Process Direct Entry Claims

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### Enter Direct Entry Claims

Use the Direct Entry feature in Minute Menu HX to process hand-written claims forms for those providers who do not claim online via KidKare. When you use Direct Entry, you must still process menu foods by hand and examine the nutritional components of the claim. However, you can enter attendance information directly into Minute Menu HX, which means HX can process the claim for you. Entering attendance information is akin to scanning claims with Attendance Menu forms.

Minute Menu HX does a large number of edit checks when it processes claims for you. However, it is a good idea to check the following when you enter the claim:

- No child is claimed for more than two (2) meals and one (1) snack **or** two (2) snacks and one (1) meal each day.
- School-aged children are not attending AM Snack or Lunch on school days without a valid reason.
- Providers are not serving meals for which they are not approved, and they are not serving meals on days of the week for which they are not approved.
- Providers are not over capacity, even when allowing for split-shift servings.
- Children in a Mixed Tier home are being paid at the appropriate Tier. Specifically, note those children who should be paid at Tier 1 rates.

See [**Error Codes**](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/homes/claim-error-codes-and-descriptions-hx?hsLang=en) for more information about the specific errors you may see when processing claims.

To record a Direct Entry claim:

1. Click the Claims menu and choose from the following, according to the layout of your manual forms:
   
     - **Record Full Month Attendance by Meal:** The data entry process is organized around the meal. Use this option if your manual forms are organized so all meals are found together on the form. See **Record Attendance by Meal** below.
     - **Record Full Month Attendance by Child:** The data entry process is organized around the child. Use this option if your manual forms are organized so all of a child's attendance (for all meals) is found together on the form. See **Record Attendance by Child **below. 

#### Record Attendance by Meal

1. You are in the current claim month by default. If you are recording a late claim, click the **Select Claim Month** drop-down menu and select the claim month.
2. Click the **Provider** drop-down menu and select the provider for whom to record claims. The Record Full Attendance by Meal window loads the provider's children and focuses on Breakfast by default.
   
   ![](https://dyzz9obi78pm5.cloudfront.net/app/image/id/5c8be40ead121c0006442957/n/record-full-attnd-by-meal.png)
3. Click the **Child Name** column or the **#** column (if HX is configured to use child numbers) to sort the displayed children. Try to match the order in which children are listed on the form. You can click the Child Name column up to four times to change the display. Clicking a fifth time returns the sort to the first option.
   
     - **1:** Sort alphabetically by child's last name in ascending order.
     - **2:** Sort alphabetically by child's last name in descending order.
     - **3:** Sort alphabetically by child's first name in ascending order.
     - **4:** Sort alphabetically by child's first name in descending order.
4. If this provider serves meals in split shifts, click **Show 2nd Serving** to display the second serving columns.
5. For each child, check the box for each day the child was present for the meal/serving.
   
     - You can use your keyboard to move through the grid. To do so, click in the grid and press the arrow keys to move forward/backward. Press **Space** to check the box. Each column header is highlighted in blue when you move into it.
     - Click ![](https://dyzz9obi78pm5.cloudfront.net/app/image/id/5c8be6dfec161c2e53d3c4ca/n/rec-attnd-mark-child-in.png) next to a child name to check all of the weekday boxes for that child. Click it again to clear the boxes.
     - You can copy the monthly attendance schedule from one child to another. This is useful if there are two children from the same family. To do so, click the name of the child you are copying and type **Ctrl + C**. Click the child name to which to copy, and type **Ctrl + V**. Note that this only copies attendance for the selected meal.
6. Check the column footers and the Total column to the right as you mark children in attendance to ensure there are no errors. Click ![](https://dyzz9obi78pm5.cloudfront.net/app/image/id/5c8be910ad121c440c4428c7/n/recalculate-totals.png) to recalculate the totals as you work.
7. Click the **Select** drop-down menu and select the next meal to record. Repeat **Step 5 & Step 6** for the remaining meals.
   
   **Note:** If the attendance pattern at the new meal is the same as the one you've recorded, click **Copy Attendance**. Then, in the **Select Meal to Copy From **section, select the meal from which to copy attendance. Attendance is copied to the new meal you selected.
8. When finished recording meals, click **Save Month**.

#### Record Attendance by Child

1. You are in the current claim month by default. If you are recording a late claim, click the **Select Claim Month** drop-down menu and select the claim month.
2. Click the **Provider** drop-down menu and select the provider for whom to record claims.
3. Click the **Select Child** drop-down menu and select the child for whom to record attendance.
   
   ![](https://dyzz9obi78pm5.cloudfront.net/app/image/id/5c8bf031ad121c700f4428c6/n/record-full-attnd-by-child.png)
4. If this provider serves meals in split shifts, click **Show 2nd Serving** to display the second serving columns.
5. For each meal, check the box for each day the child was present for the meal/serving.
   
     - You can use your keyboard to move through the grid. To do so, click in the grid and press the arrow keys to move forward/backward. Press **Space** to check the box. Each column header is highlighted in blue when you move into it.
     - Click ![](https://dyzz9obi78pm5.cloudfront.net/app/image/id/5c8be6dfec161c2e53d3c4ca/n/rec-attnd-mark-child-in.png) next to a meal to check all of the weekday boxes for that child. Click it again to clear the boxes.
     - You can copy the monthly attendance schedule from one meal to another. To do so, click the meal you are copying and type **Ctrl + C**. Click the meal to which to copy, and type **Ctrl + V**. Note that this only copies attendance for the selected meal.
       
       **Note:** Checking a box for a meal also automatically checks the corresponding box in the Daily Attendance section.
6. Check the column footers and the Total column to the right as you mark children in attendance to ensure there are no errors. Click ![](https://dyzz9obi78pm5.cloudfront.net/app/image/id/5c8be910ad121c440c4428c7/n/recalculate-totals.png) to recalculate the totals as you work.
7. Click the Select Child drop-down menu and select the next child for whom to record attendance. Repeat **Step 5 & Step 6** for the remaining meals.
   
   **Note:** If the attendance pattern for the new child is the same as the one you've recorded, click **Copy Attendance**. Then, click the **Select Child to Copy **drop-down menu and select the child from which to copy attendance. Attendance is copied to the new child you selected.
8. When finished, click **Save Month**.

#### Disallowing Meals

Once you have entered attendance with either method, manually check the provider's menus. If there are any meals that should be disallowed per USDA meal pattern regulations, you can disallow them in the Record Full Attendance by Child/Meal window.

1. If you are using the Record Full Attendance by Meal window, click **Show Disallow Grid** to display the disallow grid for the selected meal. This grid always displays in the Record Full Attendance by Child window.
2. Check the box for the day on which to disallow a meal for a specific child. This applies a generic disallowance for the meal/child.
3. Click **Add Meal Claim Error** to apply a specific error to the disallowance. For more information, see **Enter Claim Errors for Direct Entry Claims** below.

#### Checking Your Data Entry

When you have finished the Direct Entry process, you should check your data entry to ensure there aren't any errors. Once you save your data, click **Print Summary** to print the Claimed Attendance Summary report. This report provides a day-to-day set of meal totals and shows the count of the number of children marked in attendance. 

You can also click **Print Detail** to print a child-by-child list of all children claimed.

 

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### Enter Claim Errors for Direct Entry Claims

When recording disallowances for Direct Entry claims, the system automatically assigns a generic disallowance reason to the meal. Use the Manually Enter Claim Errors for Direct Entry Claims function to enter specific disallowance reasons. The available reasons you can apply are limited, because the claims processor applies most checks when you process your claims.

However, the disallowances you select while using this  function disallow the entire meal, so all children in the specific age group (infant or non-infant) are disallowed as a result. These errors will show in the Office Error report, just as if they had been generated automatically (as is the case with KidKare claims).

Even though the name of this function specifically references Direct Entry Claims, you can use this function to apply very specific errors to scannable form claims where the specific food information isn't on the scannable form.

You cannot use this function until after you have input underlying attendance data or validated any scannable forms. If you have already processed the related claim, you must re-process it after entering disallowance reasons, as the errors supplied here will not impact the claim until you do so. For more information, see **Direct Entry Claims** in the section above.

To manually enter claim errors for direct entry claims:

1. Open the Manually Enter Claim Errors for Direct-Entry Claims window. You can access this window in two ways:
   
     - Click the **Claims** menu and select **Enter Claim Errors for Direct Entry Claims**. The window opens.
     - In the Record Full Attendance by Child/Meal window, click **Add Meal Claim Error**. The window opens and displays the information for the provider selected in the Record Full Attendance by Child/Meal window. Go to **Step 3**.
2. Click the **Select Provider** drop-down menu and select the provider.
   
   ![](https://dyzz9obi78pm5.cloudfront.net/app/image/id/5c8bfdbcad121c55154428d8/n/manually-enter-claim-errors-for-de-claims.png)
3. Ensure the correct claim month is selected. To change it, click the **Select Claim Month** drop-down menu and select the claim month.
4. Click the day to disallow on the calendar. The meals available for disallowance for that day display.
5. In the **Error is For** section, select the age group to which to apply this error.
6. Click the **Select Error** drop-down menu and select the error you are applying.
7. In the **Meals Available to Disallow for Selected Day** section, click the meal to which to apply the error you selected. The Claim Error Save Successfully message displays. Click **OK**.
   
   **Note:** You can also click **Disallow All Meals on Day** to disallow all meals on the selected day for the same reason you selected in **Step 5**.

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