MN-ITS billing, without the retyping

If your office bills Minnesota Health Care Programs through MN-ITS, somebody spends hours every cycle typing the same client information into the same Professional Claim screens. MN-ITS Helper is a Chrome extension that fills those screens from saved per-client presets, then stops at the review screen so a person checks and submits. It's the one product I've built and shipped on my own, and it's local-only by design: claim data never leaves your machine.

Watch it fill a claim

A real Professional Claim, filled start to review screen. No narration needed: the typing you're not doing is the whole pitch.

Demo video coming shortly

Recorded on a live claim with the extension's built-in demo mask on: client information is blurred by the software before the screen is ever captured.

How to use it

Five steps, and only the first one happens more than zero times per claim after setup:

  1. Save each client once

    In the extension's options, enter what never changes: member ID, date of birth, diagnosis and procedure codes, modifiers, place of service, units, charge amount. That's the last time anyone types it.

    One-time setup, about two minutes per client.

    Screenshot coming: the client preset form

  2. Open a claim and pick your client

    Log into MN-ITS the way you already do and start a Professional Claim. Click the Helper icon and pick the client from your list.

    Screenshot coming: the popup with a client selected

  3. Pick the days you're billing

    Consecutive mode takes a first and last date. Individual mode gives you a calendar to tap specific days, with a per-day unit count when a day differs. Whichever mode, these are the last clicks you make for a while.

    Screenshot coming: the calendar with days selected

  4. Click Start and watch it type

    Pages 2 through 6 fill themselves: subscriber lookup, claim header, diagnosis, then one service line for every day you picked. A status banner narrates each step as it lands.

    What you just skipped on a 20-day claim: about 250 clicks and 790 keystrokes.

    Screenshot coming: a service line mid-fill

  5. It stops at review. You submit.

    The extension never clicks submit. Your biller sees the completed claim exactly as MN-ITS will receive it, checks it, and submits it themselves. Every single time.

    The part that stays human.

    Screenshot coming: the review screen where the extension stops

One 20-day claim: about 790 keystrokes and 250 clicks, down to about five clicks.

Now multiply by every client, every billing cycle. You don't have to take the math on faith: the extension keeps its own running count of every click and keystroke it types for you, and you can watch it grow in its options page.

Counted the way the extension's productivity counter counts: one click per field, two per dropdown, characters as typed, on a Professional Claim with twenty service dates.

Also in the box

The parts a two-minute demo doesn't show:

  • Handles multiple locations and logins. Each location keeps its own MN-ITS login, and passwords stay where they already live, in Chrome's own password manager. The extension never stores them.

  • Backs up its own settings, encrypted. Client presets export as an encrypted backup file, so a new machine or a bad day doesn't mean rebuilding every client by hand.

  • Keeps score. A running counter in the extension's options shows every click and keystroke it has typed on your behalf since the day you installed it.

Your clients' data never leaves your machine

Most billing tools want your data on their servers. This one was built the opposite way on purpose:

  • No servers, no account, nothing to sign into. The extension is a folder in Chrome on your machine.

  • Client presets are stored locally in your browser. Claim data goes exactly one place: the MN-ITS portal your biller is already using.

  • The extension makes no outside network calls, and that rule is enforced by an automated test in its build process, not by a promise in a policy document.

  • Nobody at Mango Catalyst can see your clients' information. The software isn't built to send it anywhere, including to me.

That's not a compliance feature bolted on afterward. It's the architecture: software that handles sensitive information should keep it on the machine it came from.

Who it's for

Home care agencies, waiver service providers, therapy practices, and any Minnesota office that bills through MN-ITS and is tired of the retyping. It runs in Chrome on the computers your billers already use, and setup is measured in minutes, not weeks.

Want to see it on your screens?

Book the 15-minute call and bring a sample claim. We'll walk through what your billing cycle looks like, and whether the extension fits it, before you commit to anything. Curious what else can run itself? Here's the full list of what I build.

One 15-minute call. Bring your billing cycle, and I'll tell you straight whether the retyping can disappear.