PMP Manual National - Jul. 2014 | Page 36

PATIENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Posting the Payment Once you have selected all activity click the appropriate Payment Amount from the list.  Amount allows you to type a payment amount in the field to the right   None means no payment was made  Account Balance will pay the total to the right which is the entire balance owed to all practitioners for this patient  Related Balance pays the total to the right which is the entire balance for this patient and all patients they are ‘linked’ to in Related Patients on the Contact tab of Patient Information  Preset Payment will pay the total to the right which is the preset amount listed on the Account Activity tab of Patient Information  Dr. No. _will pay the amount listed to the right which is the total owed to the treating doctor only Today’s Fees will pay the amount listed to the right which is the total of today’s billings for the treating practitioner Click the down arrow under Payment Type and choose the correct payment type. A payment type can be set up in the Patient Information on the Contact tab under the field Payment Type that will be the default when posting payments. Printing Receipts and/or Statements You can choose to print a receipt or statement at the time of posting. A receipt is a list of today’s transactions and payments only. A statement is a list of transactions between specified dates. When you choose the statement option you are prompted to specify the statement date range. The default start date will be next day after the last statement end date. If there is no previous statement date the start date will default to the date set up in Clinic Defaults. The end date will default to today’s date. These dates can be edited by clicking the down arrow and choosing another date on the calendar. Change the month and/or year by clicking onto the month or year at the top of the calendar and choosing another date from the list. You can type the dates into the Date From and Date To fields as dd/mm/yy. The last statement date field in Patient Information on the Account Activity tab will be updated after Posting. 35 | Posting Activity