The future of ICU billing

By Máté Rudas

The End of Paper Forms Is Here

For years, intensive care specialists have relied on paper billing sheets to navigate one of the most complex and high-stakes billing environments in medicine. Handwritten item numbers, manual cross-checks, and a patchwork of rules remembered (or misremembered) on the fly — it’s inefficient, error-prone, and risky.

Enter ClaimLogic: a purpose-built, software-based billing platform designed specifically for intensive care specialists. It’s not just another billing tool — it’s a smarter, safer, and faster way to manage your income.

What Makes ClaimLogic Different?

  1. Intuitive Interface at the Bedside
    ClaimLogic is designed for real-time use in the ICU. With a mobile-friendly and intuitive interface, clinicians can record billing information at the bedside — no more waiting until the end of a 12-hour shift to recall what you did for each patient.
  2. Automatic Validation Against Medicare Rules
    The platform is built on a sophisticated library of Medicare rules and MBS item dependencies. As you select item numbers, ClaimLogic flags conflicts, errors, or eligibility issues immediately — dramatically reducing the risk of incorrect billing and compliance breaches.
  3. Streamlined Data Capture
    ClaimLogic pulls in relevant patient data securely and automatically, reducing duplication and freeing you from paperwork. The system tracks encounters, timestamps, and clinical interactions in a way that aligns with Medicare documentation requirements.
  4. Tailored for ICU
    Most billing software is generic. ClaimLogic is different — it understands ICU workflows, time-based billing logic, and common combinations of MBS item numbers. That means faster entries, fewer errors, and more confidence in your billing.

Why This Matters

  • Less Admin, More Accuracy: Say goodbye to late-night billing catch-up and error-prone paperwork.
  • Audit-Proof Your Practice: Real-time validation and documentation help safeguard against audits or PSR scrutiny.
  • Optimise Your Income: Maximise legitimate billing opportunities by ensuring all eligible items are captured and compliant.

The Bottom Line

Billing in intensive care is too important — and too complex — to leave to pen and paper. ClaimLogic offers a smarter way forward: one that’s fast, intuitive, and built with ICU specialists in mind.

ClaimLogic isn’t just an upgrade. It’s the future of ICU billing.

Máté Rudas

Dr Rudas is the Director and Founder of ClaimLogic. 

He is Senior Staff Specialist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. His clinical interests include critical care ultrasound, advanced haemodynamic monitoring and mechanical cardiorespiratory support. He is a member of the CICM Ultrasound Special Interest Group, an examiner for the ASUM DDU (Crit Care) and works as part of the NSW ECMO Retrieval Service.

Other interests include medical billing, clinical informatics and health facility design. Roles include Clinical IT lead at NBH and ICU clinical co-lead for the RPA ICU redevelopment project. 

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