Running an Adjustment Summary

You can use the Adjustment Summary to generate and review the account adjustments applied during a specified date range in a numerical and a graphical format. You can preview, print, or send via email previously generated reports at any time after you generate them.

To run an Adjustment Summary

1.   In the Office Manager toolbar, click the Dentrix Reports button.

The Dentrix Reports window appears.

2.   Under Reports, double-click Adjustment Summary.

The Adjustment Summary dialog box appears.

3.   To run the report with the default settings, click OK.

The Adjustment Summary is listed, and a preview of the summary appears.

Note: To view the data, you may need to enlarge the Dentrix Reports window, and go to the end of the report to view any graphs or charts.

4.   To modify the default settings in the Adjustment Summary dialog box, do one or more of the following:

·        Select Date for Adjustments – You can set a specific date range or select a set of interval options.

·        Range – Select, and then type the start and end dates, or click the date icon, and then select the date from the calendar.

·        Date options – Defaults to the Previous month. Other options include:

·        Current day – Generates a report for the current day.

·        Previous day – Generates a report for the previous day. For example, if you generate a report on June 2, 2022 using this option, the report will contain data for June 1, 2022.

·        Previous week – Generates a report for the previous Sunday through Saturday. For example, if you generate a report on Monday, June 6, 2022 using this option, the report will contain data for Sunday, May 29 through Saturday, June 4.

·        Previous 3 months – Generates a report for the previous 3 months. For example, if you generate a report on June 2, 2020 using this option, the report will contain data for March 1 through May 31.

·        Previous 6 months – Generates a report for the previous 6 months. For example, if you generate a report on June 2, 2022 using this option, the report will contain data for December 1, 2021 through May 31, 2022.

·        Previous fiscal year – Generates a report for the previous year. For example, if you generate a report on June 2, 2022 using this option, the report will contain data for January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.

·        Include Adjustments By – Sets options to include adjustments by entry date or procedure date.

·        Entry Date – (Default) Select to include all adjustments in the desired date range.

·        Procedure Date – Select to include all adjustments with a date in the derived date range.

·        Include – The following options are available by default:

·        YTD Totals – Includes year-to-date adjustments.

·        Provider Totals – Includes adjustment totals by provider.

·        Charts – Includes charts of the report data.

·        Select Providers – Defaults to all providers. To change the default, click the Select all icon , and then select the providers that you want to include in the report. Or, type the provider's name in the Search box.

·        Select Billing Types – Defaults to all billing types. To change the default, click the Select all icon , and then select the billing types that you want to include in the report. Or, type the description of the billing type in the Search box.

5.   To save any changes you made to the default settings, click Save Options.

6.   To manage any saved options, click the Manage Saved Options icon .

The Managed Options dialog box appears.

7.   Do one of the following:

·        To rename the option, select it, click the Rename Selected Item icon, and then type a new name.

·        To delete the option, select it, and then click the Delete Selected Item icon.

Important: You can only rename or delete options that you have created.