Charges Panel

Introduction

Clinics, which don't bill insurance and have laboratory and dispensary services under one roof, will find this module helpful to enter charges and collect fees from one central location. It becomes superfluous to access the Fee Sheet, Billing Module or the Billing View of Past Encounters and Documents.

Setup

Codes

Service and diagnosis codes need to be added to Administration/Services in 4.1.1 or Administration/Codes. Remember to include the fees to the service codes. For the purpose of illustration, HCPCS codes will be used for services and ICD-9 codes for diagnoses. Code Types will tell you how to import the codes into your local machine.

Demographics and Encounters

Patient demographic information is entered in the usual fashion. An encounter is necessary for the Charges Panel to function. The encounter is generated as usual.

Activation

The Charges Panel will be activated by going to Administration/Globals/Appearance, checking Use Charges Panel and clicking Save. Choose a patient, an encounter, then go to Fees/Charges.

Structure

The Panel is a triptych; wherein the left side panel contains Coding and Prescriptions; the central panel is the "Activity" panel and the right side panel is the Billing panel. From this triptych, charges can be entered, drugs can be dispensed, fees collected and receipts generated without leaving the Module. Bijou, don't you agree?

Sample Patient Flow

The best way to demonstrate the features of this nifty Module is follow a fictitious patient as he circulates through the equally non-existent Sanitas Clinic in Pangea.

Registration

Mr. Wilberforce Nemo is a new patient to Sanitas Clinic. He arrives at Reception and gives the nice young lady all the pertinent information. A new account and new encounter are created for him. He pays the 10 dinar as registration fee and is told that at the end of his visit, a receipt will be issued to him. He is asked to proceed to the Consultancy.

Consultancy

At the Consultancy, Mr. Nemo is asked by staff for the reason of his visit. Staff determines that Mr.