Charge Entry - Entering Hospital Charges

You enter hospital charges just as you do charges that originate in other locations with the addition of the following fields which are activated during Charge Entry Preferences Maintenance.

Make the following settings in Charge Entry Preferences Maintenance for the HOSPITAL Charge Batch Type.

• Patient Admission Date:  Set the Patient Admission Date batch and work fields to edit mode.
  Note:  During Charge Entry at the Batch Entry Window leave the Admission Date blank to retrieve the patient's admission date maintained during Patient Entry at the Balance Detail Window.

• Patient Discharge Date:  Set the Patient Discharge Date batch and work fields to edit mode.
  Note:  During Batch Entry leave the Discharge Date blank to retrieve the patient's discharge date maintained during Patient Entry at the Balance Detail Window.

• Location:  Set the Location batch and work fields to edit mode.
  Note:  During Batch Entry leave the location blank or maintain a Location Code for a hospital location.

Tips:  

• Use hospital procedures when entering charges.

• During Batch Entry, you can use your OFFICE Charge Batch Type instead of the HOSPITAL type if you enter the above settings in the OFFICE batch and work fields in the Charge Entry Preferences for Admission Date, Discharge Dates and Location.