Major clients, particularly insurance companies and banks, now use sophisticated tools to automate, analyze and audit law firm billings. As a result, in addition to the traditional hardcopy invoice, they need billing details in an uploadable format suitable for computer analysis. There is a wide range of products in use on the client side and each system requires a specific data file layout. Data Fusion provides Elite firms with a simple, easy-to-use method for generating these file formats that does not interfere with normal billing operations. We can generate virtually every format, including the LEDES standard, and help you keep pace with changes as they develop.

General Features

Our Electronic Bill Download software can create formats for legacy bills as well as current billings. There is no limit to how far into the past records can be obtained, as long as the relevant invoice data exists in your Elite Billing System. In addition, downloads provided by Data Fusion support Elite’s standard QBE (Query-By-Example) functionality and have similar features on the entry screen, allowing you to generate the ASCII bill file using any of the following selection criteria:

• Client or matter associated with the bill;
• Dates associated with the bill;
• Invoice number associated with the bill.

Optional Features

In addition to simply creating the electronic billing files themselves, Data Fusion has added the ability to track the following as each file is created:

• Format used to save the file
• File name
• Invoice number
• User/Operator saving the file
• Time and date the file was saved

In order to reduce the likelihood that you will lose track of a file and not get paid by your client, an optional Web interface has been developed to track:

• Which files have been accepted or rejected by the client
• The client’s confirmation number
• Notes about the file (especially important if the file was rejected)
• Re-submitted files
• Files that have been generated but not yet submitted
• Files that have been submitted but not yet accepted

Available Electronic Bill Downloads

Data Fusion has off-the-shelf versions of the following electronic bill downloads. Any of the following formats can be adapted to your specific Elite database configuration:

AIG Air Liquide American Express Banco Popular Bill Whiz Dupont IBM Blue Shield/Team Connect Boeing Original Format Bristol Myers Squibb British American Tobacco Brown & Williamson Canadian Medical Protective Assn. Center for Claims Resolution Citibank Citigroup City of New York City of Phoenix CLASS Combined Coordinating Counsel Coregis Data Clearinghouse DANA Data Cert Home Depot Data Clearinghouse Bank of Boston Dow Chemical Equifax Equitas Ernst & Young Examen Federal Express Federal Reality Investment Trust

Fireman's Fund FOJP GM Goldman Sachs HHC Hoechst Marion Roussel Hughes Kaiser Kaiser Alternate Kimberley Clark LawPac Otis LawTrac Honda Chrysler Michigan Lawyer Insurance LEDES 1998B Anheuser Busch Cisco International Paper Nationwide LEDES 1998A LEDESB/Mars LEDESB/PGE LEDES 2000 XML Legalgard Chubb & Son Farmland Insurance Great American General Accident Indiana Lumber Interstate National Farmer’s Union Yasuda Fire & Marine Penn National

LegalGard/Fidelity & Deposit Lehman Brothers Litigation Advisor (All 4 Formats) Maryland/Zurich Mercedes Benz Metropolitan Life ONTRA Peerpoint Peterson Consulting Pfizer Phillip Morris Pierpoint Providence Washington Prudential/PALS Royal/Sun/Alliance RSI Scottsdale Insurance Split Billing Stuart Maue Mitchell & James Travelers Insurance Troy Tymetrix CGU (Commercial Union) Dupont Guardian Harleysville The Hartford Laidlaw Tymetrix/Phico United States Trustee UPS Westport Winn Dixie WR Grace

Easy to Use. Guaranteed to Work.

Whatever your Elite configuration, Data Fusion can provide you with off-the-shelf Electronic Bill Download software. If we don't have your format we will make you a new one. All formats are guaranteed to work with your client's software.