PERMISSIONS: Clinic Staff must have Administrator, Billing Manager, Billing Assistant, or Operations Manager Permissions assigned in order to manage Postings.
Posting - Posting Patient Payment
There are several methods to post patient payments. Having multiple methods allows a clinic to post the payments in the manner that best works for them. Some clinics will choose to enter payments from the Schedule or the Patient Payments module while others will choose to enter in batches through the Posting module.
NOTE: When money is collected at the front window and entered using the Patient Payment dialog, the money is Posted to the system and that patient's account; however, that money will still need to be applied to line-item charges.
The Patients tab of the Posting module works in much the same manner as the Carriers tab.
Patient Payments
| Post Date | The date for which the money needs to be posted. |
| Type | The type of money that is being posted. Current options are Cash, Check, Credit Card, and EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) |
| Amount | Amount of money that is being posted. |
| Identifier | An identifying field that can later be used to find the money. Typically this is entered as the check number, or in the case of credit card the type. |
| Case ID | The Case ID of the patient who made the payment. |
After a payment has been posted to the system it will display in the Payment Grid.
In the case of multiple holding companies the money is posted to the holding company for which the patient case is assigned.