From the appointment scheduler,
- Open the appointment for the patient.
- Make sure the appointment status is NOT ‘done’,
‘cancelled’, or ‘missed’.
- Click ‘Bill other’ – the invoice entry window
will open with that patient loaded.
From the tabletop window,
- Click client billing from the left toolbar – the
invoice entry window will open.
- Select the practitioner.
- Search the patient in the lookup field.
- Search the third-party in the ‘Bill to TP’ field.
- Type in the name or id for the third party.
- Select correct third-party from the list.
*Note, the address, claim, and policy numbers will pull from
the client relation and appear on the invoice.
Enter the fees to the invoice:
- The service date defaults to today’s date, edit
if needed.
- Select a code from the dropdown menu (price list).
- Edit the description if needed.
- The modifier columns are for any discounts to be
applied. (Not commonly used).
- The amount box will default to the price list
amount, edit as required.
- Edit the quantity in the ‘Calls’ column as
required.
- From here,
- Click done – saves the invoice on the client
account summary.
- Click print – prints the invoice for the
patient.
- Click payment – opens the payment entry window to
apply payment.
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