Guarantor Billing - a clever solution.

In some situations, such as in a health clinic, some services are repeated over and over for a large number of patients who don’t need to be registered as patients.  For instance, if you are providing some sort of vaccination, etc., each patient does not need to be registered as a patient.  In addition, the guarantor may be the local court, etc.  For billing, the important issue is that the proper guarantor/payee is identified and all services rendered are billed and properly identified.  A couple of clients have come up with a clever method of doing this in MedLook that I thought worth sharing.

Create a “patient” for the payee (e.g. Probate Court).  When entering services on the Charge tab for each new service enter the “patient” name (Jeff Fagerman, etc.) in the comment field and save the charge. When doing Patient Billing be sure to check Comments in the Items to Include.  Below is an example of such a statement:

                                                                                                                           
    ACCOUNT NO.   DATE  
  22001 12/03/2009
    Dr. George Goodlove,   
    987 Welcome Lane   
          Payment Options    O  Check    O   MC    O  Visa  
    Decatur, AL  35603 
          Check #  ___________   MC/Visa#  ________________ 
          Expiration Date:  _____   Signature:  ______________
    Probate Court
123 Main Street
Decatur, AL 35603
 
  AMOUNT ENCLOSED  $                                  
    288.00
  Billed  $  
 
   
    Return Above Portion with Payment  
    ICD9:  V58.61 (V58.61)
  DATE DESCRIPTION INS   CHARGES   RECEIPTS  
       
    12/3/2009 99213  Office Visit - Jeff Fagerman 72.00  
  12/3/2009 99213  Office Visit - Nancy Fagerman 72.00
  12/3/2009 99213  Office Visit - Fred Flintstone 72.00
  12/3/2009 99213  Office Visit - Wilma Flintstone 72.00
  * - Insurance Has Been Billed TOTALS 288.00 0.00  
 
   
   
      Last Payment 
               
  Total Amount Due 288.00  
 
   
  Estimated Insurance Due 0.00
      Next Appointment - 
       
   
  Payment Due Now 288.00
 
   
   
  Total Balance 0-30 31-60 61-90   91-120   120+  
  288.00 288.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
       
    30 Days and No Payment  
  Please Pay Promptly
  Thank You

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