cerber98 wrote on Tuesday, March 20, 2012:
Hello!
I wanted to put in my 2 cents’ worth and suggest a couple of possible additions:
1. A “refresh” button near billing summary on top of patient’s chart. When I enter fees on the fee sheet, the balance due does not automatically update. I have to leave the patient’s account, then come back in to refresh. It would be nice to have a way to refresh that amount.
2. For specialist practices, it would be convenient to have referring and PCP names on the chart. I’ve set up 2 optional fields on the demographic layout to “Referring MD” and “Primary Care Physician” (these can be different sometimes, so I needed both separately). However, we currently have to type them in every time. How about adding a table called “referring_physicians” that stores their names, address, phone, fax number, and NPI. That way, on the demographic info, I could make these fields into drop-down lists. I know some people use the provider table for referring MD’s, but it really should be a separate table, since they are not practice providers. Then, eventually, code could be written, so that the PCP’s name and NPI go on the claims under “referring physician”. Again, some people use another field (?17 or 19) on the demographics, but currently it states “Provider”, which really means my clinic provider…
3. I’m sure everyone creates their own patient statements, though some may use the standard one that’s included with the system. If anyone is interested, I’ve updated my patient statements to have a slightly better (IMHO) layout (with a tear-off portion). In addition, it lists the actual descriptions of procedures, not just the codes, number of units for each procedure, and, perhaps even more importantly, populates the addressee (not the patient’s name) from Guardian’s name field (if present). That way, if the patient is a child and their parent’s name is entered, the bill will be addressed to the parent, but still have the patient’s name on it under “Patient”. I think that would be a nice modification for the community…
Thanks!