I would like to submit this report for inclusion in the code base.
It is the svc_code_financial_report.php.
Our billing person asked for this modification that added fields that she could type in the codes that she wanted to research. In the current code base, the report brings back a bunch of codes for the report. It had no way of constraining the report to codes that are desired. So, this mod adds 6 text boxes and allows the report to be tailored to show only 1 - 6 codes. If the boxes are left empty the report is shown in its default manor.
The method for doing that is already in the code. There is a check boc on the report : Important Codes. And in the Administration->Codes menu, if you pull up a code and check one of these " Diagnosis Reporting" or “Service Reporting” it considered an “important code” for the purposes of that report.
The comment about that is right at the top of the page… though it’s out of date in terms of the new (better) descriptions for codes…
This is a summary of service code charge/pay/adjust and balance,
* with the ability to pick “important” codes to either highlight or
* limit to list to. Important codes can be configured in
* Administration->Service section by assigning code with
* ‘Service Reporting’.
Thanks for the explanation of what we missed and did not understand about the important codes but the billing person wanted it to be really simply like it is now. It is really straight forward. You land on the page and it is intuitive what it is for. The other way is to many clicks to get the desired results. The way that is it done now, no brainer, far no setup time and in and out with data needed. The other code is still in tact if someone wants to go through all those clicks to get to the data they need in a hurry. Donna is paid by the hour and Dr East want her to spend as little time possible getting him his data. So, we have to find ways to cut out clicks. The other EMR’s are doing it. We have to also.
Just sharing the thought behind doing it the way I submitted. I am a very young programmer and don’t have the same mind that you senior programmers have about coding so my approach maybe a little amateurish to you. Please forgive my simplistic approach to the problem.