Re: [Gnumed-devel] Introducing myself and questions on billing/accounting

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:54:13PM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:

> > 1) That leads to the question if GNUmed passes on billable items and LSMB 
> > processes them by reviewing them and creating an (e.g.) printed invoice 
> > what 
> > happens if at the LSMB level somone decides to kick a few billable items.
> 
> kick = void / cancel / kill (presumably) ?

Yes.

> > It is of any concern to the EMR / doctor ? Would the doctor be interested 
> > to 
> > know that a billable item was not billed ?
> 
> Some would. The report need not be issued by the EMR, it
> could be issued by the accounting system and it would be up
> to the doctor to request / arrange to be provided such a
> report.

Exactly.

> IMHO it would greatly complicate the EMR if it becomes
> necessary to try to update the status of billable items in
> the EMR after they had been exported and tagged with status
> = "Exported / Uploaded"

ACK.

Karsten
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