AERIS

Aeris Basic vs. Practice Magic

This comparison was made with Practice Magic version 3.0. All attempts have been made to make this table fair and accurate. Please contact the vendor to confirm the information presented.

Patient Information

Feature Description	Magic	Aeris
Patient Database	Yes	Yes
Couple and family patients	Yes	No
Responsible parties	1	1
DSM-IV diagnosis style (mental health)	Yes1	Yes1
Medical diagnosis style	Yes	Yes
User-defined fields	0	0
User-defined patient categories	None	None

Insurance

Feature Description	Magic	Aeris
Insurance companies per patient	2	Unlimited
Multiple authorizations per patient	No	Yes
Authorize specific procedure codes	No	No

Case Management

Feature Description	Magic	Aeris
Treatment Plans	No	No
Progress Notes	Yes	Yes
Progress Notes Attached to Services	No	Yes

Transactions

Feature Description	Magic	Aeris
Services and Payments	Yes	Yes
Assign fees due to responsible party	Yes	Yes
Assign fees due to insurance	Yes	Yes
Tax fields and automatic tax calculations	No	No
Automatically memorize services	No	Yes
Patient memorized services for each patient	No	Yes
System memorized services available to all patients	No	No
Group therapy	Yes	No
User-defined service categories	No	No

Patient Statements

Feature Description	Magic	Aeris
Print patient statements	Yes	Yes
Statement addressed to responsible party	Yes	Yes
Statements formatted for window envelopes	Yes	Yes
Past-due aging	Yes	No
Interest calculated	Yes	No

Insurance Claims

Feature Description	Magic	Aeris
Printed CMS-1500 insurance claims	Yes	Yes
Align CMS-1500 claims on preprinted forms	Yes2	Yes
Plain paper insurance claims	No	Yes
Bill primary insurance payers	Yes	Yes
Bill secondary insurance payers	Yes	Yes
Bill third-party Insurance payers	No	Yes
HIPAA (ANSI X12 837 Professional) electronic claims	No	No
Electronic CMS-1500 Print Image	Yes	Yes
Submit electronic claims via clearinghouse	Yes	Yes

Reporting

Feature Description	Magic	Aeris
Patient face sheet report	No	Yes
Form letters with merged data	Yes	No
Mailing labels	Yes	Yes
Prints bank-ready deposit slips	No	Yes
Built-in report writer	No	No

Accounting

Feature Description	Magic	Aeris
Accounting Type (OI = Open Item, BF = Balance Forward) Aeris uses Balance Forward accounting for patient amounts and Open Item accounting for insurance amounts.	BF Only	OI + BF

Miscellaneous

Feature Description	Magic	Aeris
Appointment Scheduler	Yes	No
Number of fee schedules available	7	3
Date fields use popup calendar lookup	No	Yes
Built-in backup and restore	Yes	Yes
Exchange data with a billing service	No	Yes
Spelling checker	No	Yes
HIPAA compliant	No	Yes
Tutorials	None	Video

Security

Feature Description	Magic	Aeris
Password protected	Yes	Yes
Individual user login passwords	No	Yes
Individual security group assignment	No	Yes

Program Access

Feature Description	Magic	Aeris
Multiple separate practices (companies)	No	Optional3
Number of providers included (no extra charge)	1	Unlimited
Multi-user networking	No	Yes4
Access data using 3rd party applications	No	Optional
Runs on Windows 95, 98, and ME	Yes	Yes
Runs on Windows NT, 2000, XP	Yes	Yes
Runs on Windows Vista	Yes	Yes
Ease of Use (Subjective: 1=unusable, 10=extremely easy)	2	10

Prices

Feature Description	Magic	Aeris
Base price with one provider	$180	$399
Price with two providers	$270	$399
Price with five providers	$360	$399
One provider with three network users (add 2 net users)	N/A	$699

Notes:

1. Axis I only. Corresponds to the diagnosis on the CMS-1500.
2. Requires manually changing a configuration file.
3. One practice is included. Additional practice licenses extra (See Price List).
4. One network user is included. Additional network users $150 each.