Follow these steps to process an invoice using Bill to Patient:
- Open the patient record
- Click Accounts
- Click Invoices
- Click New Invoice to open the invoice form
- Click Bill To and select Patient
- Click the Print Medicare Claim tick-box
- The Total is the total amount due for the services
- The GAP is the amount that the patient will be out-of-pocket after the Medicare rebate
- Click Quick Pay to reveal a set of quick payment options below
- Make sure Online Patient Claiming is selected
- Make sure the patient is paying the Full Amount
- Select the Payment Method (i.e. Cash)
- Click Pay and Claim to submit the claim to Medicare
- Claims may take around 10 to 15 seconds to process, which is dependent on the speed of your connection and the load on the Medicare server
- Once the claim is processed, you will be returned to the Invoice list
- If you have enabled PCS (patient claim and store), or if Medicare PCI is down (offline), then you would get a message prompting you to store the claim for later processing (see example image below)
- The Invoice will open on a tab within your web browser
- Depending on your internet settings, you may need to "Allow pop-ups" from MediRecords
- Print the Invoice and give it to the patient
The invoice has now been processed using Bill to Patient.
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