New PAC Invoicing System to speed up processing and Payment of Fee Applications
IDS has built a simple website for PAC (Private Assigned Counsel) to electronically invoice IDS promptly after their fee apps are loaded into the eCourts File & Serve platform and accepted by the clerk.
OASIS, the new Online Attorney State Invoice System, is designed to modernize operations and speed up payments. OASIS will allow IDS to pay PAC attorneys in a more timely manner, reducing wait times from months, in some cases, to 45 or fewer days.
OASIS can be used only for adult criminal cases at the trial level and only in eCourts counties.
Timeline:
- IDS began internal OASIS testing on April 1, 2024.
- A targeted initial field test, limited to a handful of select attorneys, is scheduled for the week of April 8, 2024.
- Once the initial field test has concluded we will begin a one county at a time, rollout in eCourts counties, starting with Mecklenburg County.
- The goal is for full implementation by late-2025.
OASIS is an IDS initiative designed to work in tandem with eCourts, which is an NCAOC initiative, which began rollout in February 2023*. OASIS will not rollout on the same schedule as eCourts. IDS will keep you apprised as we revise and implement the OASIS roll-out schedule.
*For reference, you can track the NCAOC eCourts rollout schedule with the map here.