Tyro integration alternatives
| Function | Tyro Health Transaction SDK | Tyro iClient | Tyro Terminal Adapter (TTA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Designed for | Cloud hosted and browser-based healthcare and practice management (PMS) applications | Cloud hosted and browser-based POS and PMS applications | Windows based POS and PMS applications |
| Library | Javascript - NPM or Yarn library | Javascript library | Windows .net library |
| Supported industry use cases | Healthcare | Retail, Hospitality, Travel, Healthcare | Retail, Hospitality, Travel, Healthcare |
| Terminal setup and configuration | Via Tyro Health Online portal | Within iClient library, can be integrated function in PMS/POS | Within TTA library, can be integrated function in PMS/POS |
| EFTPOS functions | |||
| Purchases - card present | Y | Y | Y |
| Purchases - card-not-present (SMS & payment link requests) | Y | N | N |
| Refunds | Y* (only via Tyro Health Online portal) | Y | Y |
| Purchase with cash out | N | Y | Y |
| Integrated receipts | N | Y | Y |
| Reporting | N | Y | Y |
| Reconciliation and settlement | N (manual only) | Y | Y |
| Multi-merchant | Y | Y | Y |
| Tipping / Bar tabs | N | Y | Y |
| Integrated surcharging | N | Y | Y |
| Healthcare functions | |||
| Medicare Bulk Billing | Y | Y* (no integrated reporting) | Y* (no integrated reporting) |
| Medicare Patient Claims | Y | Y (EasyClaim) | Y (EasyClaim) |
| Medicare EasyClaim | N | Y | Y |
| Medicare patient validation & Concession checks | Y | N | N |
| Private Health Insurance Claims | Y - HealthPoint terminal & HICAPS digital claims | Y | Y |
| Private Health Insurance Quotes/Rebate estimates | Y | Y | Y |
| DVA claims | Y | N | N |
| iCare claims | Y | N | N |
| Comcare claims | Y | N | N |
| Worksafe VIC claims | Y | N | N |
| WorkCover QLD claims | Y | N | N |
| NDIS claims | Y | N | N |
| Overseas cover medical claims (NIB) | Y | N | N |
| Business support model | Built in live chat | Telephone/email support | Telephone/email support |
| Other notes | Supports synchronous & asynchronous (via webhooks) transactions | Synchronous transaction types | Synchronous transaction types |
| Selection of TIDs and MIDs | Manual or default mapped to provider numbers | Manual | Manual |
Note that a separate set of RESTful JSON APIs and batch file processing is available for select functions via Tyro Health. This guide will only cover integration via the Tyro Health Transaction SDK.