Daily A/R Check

Use Daily A/R Check to verify that all file totals agree and all files are in balance.  The Daily A/R Check compares the total from the Service Date records with the Summary totals updated during the Charge/Payment Post Initialize.  Generally, use the Daily A/R Check as the last step of your daily work end of day procedures.

Notes:  

• You must perform Charge/Payment Post Initialize prior to performing Daily A/R Check or the following message displays on the Status Bar to alert you:
  

• If the message Check this Total displays next to any of the summary totals, please contact NDS Technical Support.

Tip:  For more information about working with data in fields, see Data Entry Guidelines.

Directions:

To see directions for...

• Opening Daily A/R Check, click More.

   

  • Click Daily Work from the Menu Bar, and next click Daily A/R Check.

  • Or, use the Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [k] [click Daily A/R Check]

  • Or, click Period End from the Menu Bar, and next click Daily A/R Check.

   

• Running a Daily A/R Check, click More.

   

  Daily A/R Check Prompts Tip:  To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for the field name.
  Print New A/R Figures	Entry Options: To verify INSight summary records, click Summary Records in the drop-down list. To verify INSight service date records, click Service Date Records in the drop-down list. To verify both summary and service date records, click Both in the drop-down list. Note:  NDS recommends that you choose to verify both.
  Print MTD total figures for procedures & transactions	To print MTD total figures for procedures and transactions, click the check box to select. To omit printing MTD figures for procedures and transactions, de-select the check box. Notes:   NDS recommends that you choose to print MTD total figures for procedures and transactions. If totals do not print, most likely you have performed Clear Month/Year To Date Totals prior to performing the Daily A/R Check.
  Printer	Displays the default printer number.  For more information, see Printing Options.
  	To begin the Daily A/R Check, click Proceed, or press [ENTER] . Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + p]
  	To close without performing the Daily A/R Check, click the Close button.

   

• Seeing the report sample, click More.

   

  DAILY A/R CHECK          TPJ QA                                        11/11/04

  RECORD TYPE                 NEW A/R

  --------------------  -------------

  ATB Categories             78041.39

  Providers                  78041.39

  Locations                  78041.39

  Departments                78041.39

  Groups                     78041.39

  Group TOTAL                78041.39

  Service Date Records       78041.39

  ********************************************************************************

                               M O N T H - T O - D A T E

  RECORD TYPE              SERVICES     PAYMENTS      ADJ/REF

  --------------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  

  Transactions                           1292.06               *** CHECK ***

                                                      -448.94  *** CHECK ***

  Procedures                6583.19                            *** CHECK ***

  Group TOTAL               6014.00       808.10       185.40