Please forgive me for getting back to this but a need is a need.
We run a cash based practice and we order a lot of labs. Many of these labs are grouped in bundles. Currently we are using the Fee Sheet form which we have modified slightly (added a few tests and prices). The problem is how tedious it is to enter each lab individually. We would love to enter a bundle which would sort out individually in the billing section after just one click. Then we could associate and justify and print out the invoice.
If some of you gurus could just get me started I would be willing to learn enough sql and php to get this working. A brief (perhaps Off-Board) breakdown of where this info is and where I need to pull/push it to would be helpful. Or maybe someone has alredy hacked something that would do this. I am a very novice programmer but willing to learn.(Still want to learn to play the piano also.)
Seems like you could handle this completely within the Fee Sheet. I.e. modify it so you can have drop-down items to click on that will each generate multiple billing items.
Well I would not be doing anything different from a billing standpoint so the legality may not be a concern. Would simply want to enter labs with one or two clicks then I would justify/associate them individually with the proper ICD-9 code as usual.
The bundles I am speaking of would be something like: Thyroid Panel (TSH, FT4, FT3, TPO), Female Hormone Profile (Estrogen,Prog, etc…) then these would show up in the billing (right lower pane) individually for association. I would not be seperating a CBC or BMP or anything like that. It would just be a convient way to order some routine panels all at once.
Thanks for the suggestion Rod. I’ll start playing around.
Clif
If you order a lot of labs, a dedicated custom lab form might be useful. You could check off the checkboxes for the packages you want to order and also arrange to have the charges automatically entered in the billing table.
Do you know how to create your own form? Once you have a working form, you could borrow the line of code from (I think) diagnosis.php for entering codes in the billing table and use it in save.php in your form.
Great ideas, I especially like the separate custom lab form. I guess now I just need to get to writing something. I’ll let you know how it works out.
Thanks for the help.
Clif