Creating payment agreements using a template

One type of financial arrangement you can make with customers is a payment agreement. Payment agreements are set up by account and not by patient. You can create one payment agreement per account.

To create a payment agreement using a template

1.   With a patient selected in the Ledger, click File, and then click Billing/Payment Agreement.

The Billing/Payment Agreement Information dialog box appears.

2.   The current date appears in the Agreement Date field by default.

Note: If necessary, you can click the Down arrow to change the date of the agreement.

3.   To apply a payment agreement template, click Agreement Templates.

The Select Payment Agreement Template dialog box appears:

4.   Select the template that you want to apply, and then click OK.

The template to is applied the Billing/Payment Agreement Information dialog box.

5.   In the Payment Amount text box, type the amount of each payment.

The number of payments is calculated automatically.

Note: Alternately, you can set the # of Payments, and the amount of each payment is calculated automatically.

6.   To create the payment agreement for the selected patient, click OK.