PMP Manual National - Jul. 2014 | Page 19

PATIENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Patient Categories Your office may have different fees for adults, seniors and students. Assigning Patient Categories will allow you to bill different fees to different patients automatically. To create new categories click Setup, Patient Categories and click onto an unused category. Click Edit, type the appropriate change and click Save. To update your changes in the category area you must close and reopen the program. A maximum of 18 categories can be created. Once complete, do not delete or change the order of the categories. They are assigned to your patients based on the order in the list and deleting or changing the order of the categories will change your patients’ personal information. Patient Comments The Patient Comments form is an area that provides a pick list of standardized comments for use within the patient file. Comments may include account details, special patient instructions or other personal information. You may add individual comments within the patient files that are unique to that patient if the pick list comments do not provide enough information. Payment Types Payment Types lists all types of payments accepted in your office. It is used for selecting the payment type while posting activity. Payment type can also be set up as a default in the Patient Information Contact tab. 18 | Customizing PMP for Your Office