Rounding in Bluechip

Before you begin

Medicare Australia payments are sometimes affected by GST, which affects the patient account by making it differ between 1c to 5c due to rounding. The functionality to assist the GST rounding is within MedicalDirector Bluechip's Class setup. The Round to Nearest drop-down list is provided so a Practice can select the option that best suits its business.

If a Practice has patient accounts with 1c to 5c credit balances due to GST rounding; the following steps will provide a work-around to balance the accounts:

Procedure

  1. Create a new Service Item called Sundry, Overpayment, or a description is appropriate to the Practice
  2. Issue an Invoice for the credit amount
  3. Allocate the existing invoice, new invoice to the receipt
    Note:
    If the patient account does not balance due to a debit amount; a normal refund or write off process is required.

Results