MedLook Weekly Tip For 11/06/2006

There are two sub-folders under Patients specific to listing patient accounts that have transactions that have not been billed either to insurance or to the patient.  One is Unsubmitted Insurance and the other is Patients Not Billed.  Both lists show the total amount not billed to the respective payors.  For Patients Not Billed the amount is shown as Amt Not Billed and for the Unsubmitted Insurance the amount is shown as Ins1 Due (for primary insurance due) and Ins2 Due (for secondary insurance due).  Of course the patient account number, name, phones, etc., are also shown.

Below is a view of Unsubmitted Insurance.  Again, the data is grouped by insurance carrier with the header showing the number of patients per carrier that have not been billed and the footers showing the total amount yet to be billed.

The Patients Not Billed, shown below, is grouped on a default (non-meaningful) field such that the header can relate how many patients are yet to be billed and the footers show the total amount not yet billed.

These sub-folders can be very helpful in quickly determining how much work has been done but not been billed.  Obviously you would like to have lots of work done with little remaining to be billed.  If these lists become large you have a problem in your billing department.  You could generate comparable lists using batch billing but definitely not as convenient as this.  Plus, a double click and you’re directly into the patients account.

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