Employer Reporting Application Portal

Make a payment by check


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Follow this process to create a payment advice you can print and mail with your check payment.

1.       Select Processes.

2.       Next, select Manage Payments.

ERA Navigation Menu with arrow pointing to Manage Payments link. 

3.       Select Start.

4.       Enter the date you will send the check in the Scheduled Payment Date field.

5.       Use the Down Arrow in the Payment Method field to expand the drop-down menu. Select Check (Payment Advice Only).

 ERA Payment Details screen with arrows pointing to Scheduled Payment Date and Payment Method fields.

6.       If you have any pending receivables, they will display automatically. If the Pending Receivables tab is not displayed, or you would like to pay a different invoice, you can use the Search for Open Receivables instructions to search or follow instructions in Make a payment before reporting to enter manual payments.

7.       Enter the amounts you wish to pay in the Amount to be Paid fields.

ERA Payment Details screen with arrows pointing to the Amount to be Paid field for each listed plan.

8.       If you have lines with blanks or $0.00 amounts, select Remove $0.00 Amounts to remove them. If you wish, you can search again. The records with amounts entered will remain and the new search results will also be added to the list.

9.       Select Calculate Total. Totals will update.

10.       Select Review Payment Advice at the bottom of the screen.

11.       The Payment Details group will display payment advices generated for each system where you indicated you want to make a payment. Select the link to download the PDF.

ERA Payments Information screen with arrow pointing to the PDF link. 12.       Print the PDF and follow instructions on the advice to mail advice with check to DRS.