You can estimate the patient cost for an appointment with any status such as Expected, Kept, Cancelled, No Show, and Pending. You can also do cost estimation for an appointment with event SIM codes or an appointment with an encounter.
Note: Cost estimation can only be completed for one appointment at a time.
You can initiate cost estimation from the following:
- The Appointment Lookup window. You can open the Appointment Lookup window by selecting ApptList on the toolbar or selecting . Using the search criteria, you can find the appointment list of a specific person or patient. You can right-click the desired appointment and select Estimate Patient Cost.
- The appointment book. To open an appointment from the appointment book, you can select ApptBook on the toolbar or select . In the appointment book that opens, you can right-click the specific appointment and select Estimate Patient Cost.
By default, the following details are displayed on the
Estimate Patient Cost window.
- Demographic information of the patient and guarantor.
- Appointment or event date.
- Encounter number with the date if the appointment is linked to an encounter.
- All active and unhidden payers.
- Rendering provider and service location selected for the appointment or event.
- SIM codes that are attached to the event or encounter, if any.
Note: You can add and modify SIM codes.
