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Manage accounts, fees, claiming, billing and banking in Bluechip.
Account Management
In Bluechip, the term Account refers to a record of accounting transactions.
Write-offs
A write-off is used when an invoice has been issued with the expectation that the debt will be paid in full, but where circumstances have led the practice to the conclusion that the debt will never be paid. For example if the patient has passed away.
To Write-off an Invoice

Finance
Manage accounts, fees, claiming, billing and banking in Bluechip.
- Account Management
  In Bluechip, the term Account refers to a record of accounting transactions.
  - Account Details Window Overview
  - Account File Numbers
  - Account Health Fund Memberships
  - Account History
  - Account Transactions
    From the Account Transactions window you can view all transactions for a selected account.
  - Closing Accounts
  - Creating Accounts
  - Debt Collection
  - Deleting Accounts
  - Health Fund Membership
  - Printing Account Labels
  - Write-offs
    A write-off is used when an invoice has been issued with the expectation that the debt will be paid in full, but where circumstances have led the practice to the conclusion that the debt will never be paid. For example if the patient has passed away.
    - To Write-off an Invoice
    - Write-Offs History
- Fee and Service Item Management
- Billing and Online Claiming

To Write-off an Invoice

Before you begin

Procedure

Open the Patient's Record.
Select Accounts from the Margin Menu.
Select the account you want to record a write-off for.
Click Open existing account. The Account window appears.
Select the invoice to be written off.
Click Write Off. The Write Off window appears.
Enter a reason why you are writing off the invoice.
Indicate the amount you want to write off by either:
- Writing-off the total amount by ticking the check box in the Write Off field, or
- Enter the amount you want to write off in the Write Off field.
Click OK.

Results

The details are saved and Bluechip returns to the Account window.

The written-off amount in displayed in the Invoice window, Write-off column.

All write-offs are reflected on the Write-Offs history tab.