Itemized Bills Practice Preferences
Itemized Bills Practice Preferences enable you to configure the practice receipt for encounter bills and account receipts for the practice and all related service locations. The following table provides descriptions for the fields found in .
| Field | Applies to... | Description |
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| Default header message | account receipts encounter bills | Enter the message that you want to print at the top of the statement. It can be up to 40 characters long. You can enter the practice address, phone number, website, etc. |
| Default footer message | account receipts encounter bills | Enter the message that you want to print on the bottom of the statement. It is recommended that you do not use hard returns (ENTER key) in the message. |
| Auto produce Itemized Bill when billing self pays | encounter bills | Select this check box to automatically generate an itemized bill when billing for self-pay encounters.
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| Suppress printing charge zero balance Itemized Bills | encounter bills | Select this check box to do the following: prevent the printing of itemized bills for self pays with zero dollar balances. to total all charges selected to be billed for each encounter. If the total of the charges equals zero, the Itemized Bill will not print. |
| Detail Display Mode | encounter bills | Select one of the following display options: Show SIM – to display the SIM number and description. Show CPT4/Diag/Tax ID – to display the CPT4 code and description, the primary diagnosis for the charge, and the tax ID for the rendering physician (for the encounter). For additional information, refer to the Billing Encounters chapter of the Encounter Maintenance User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM. |
| Show unposted payments on Itemized Bill | account receipts encounter bills | Select this check box to display transactions that have been entered but not posted.
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| Suppress voided charges | encounter bills | Select this check box to suppress voided charges from displaying on the encounter itemized bill. |
| Suppress transaction activity | encounter bills | Select this check box to suppress transactions from displaying on the encounter itemized bill. |
| User/Timestamp Options | account receiptsencounter bills | Select one of the following display options for a receipt: Show UserNameUserID/Timestamp - displays the user name, user ID and date and time of the transaction. (Default) Show UserID/Timestamp - only displays the user ID and the date and time of the transaction. When selecting this option, the user name does not display on the receipt. |