Order Management Screen
The Order Management Screen is the main billing screen in VetView. Use this screen to add charges to an order, change or remove taxes, remove charges, and make other adjustments to billing as appropriate.
This page only contains descriptions of the buttons and features found on the Order Management Screen. For more detailed clinical instructions, please see the How-To section called Patient Orders and Accounting for Students and Techs.
Print Detailed Order
At the very top of the Order management Screen is an option to Print Detailed Order.
This will open a PDF of the in progress order that can be sent to a printer and provided to a client or to clinical staff.
Episode, Patient, and Primary Owner / Bill Party
This section displays the information cards for the Episode, the Patient, and the client who is listed as the Primary Owner / Bill Party for the patient. (Many clients can be considered owners, but there can only be one primary owner / bill party for each episode.)
Use these cards to verify that the information is correct. If the bill party for the episode should be another client, use CTRL+Click to open the patient record and change the bill party for the episode to the correct client.
Order Details
Order Details contains a list of the current charges on the order, and also has the buttons needed to add or remove new items.
Many of the buttons and features on this page are privilege dependent, so one user's Order Details section may look completely different from another user's screen.
VetView also supports different workflows, for hospitals where billing is entered by clinical staff and then reviewed by accounting, or reviewed at the cashier level. Privileges for each user can be turned on and off accordingly depending on your workflows.
All potential features and options are reviewed and discussed below.
| Field/Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Add Item | Opens the Item Details window below the Order Details to allow for you to look up a product using its name or the specific line and sequence number if you already know it. |
| Pick List | Opens up the Billing Pick List. These are pre-defined lists of items that your unit can set up that contain the most common charges for your department or the service being offered. Some users may be restricted to only billing items from the pick list, and not being able to add items from the Add Item button. |
| Tax Region | The current tax region that will be applied to the entire order. Individual items can be set as tax exempt as appropriate, and the tax region can be changed if your state's tax laws require it. For example, a mail order item may need to have local taxes at the mailing address applied, as opposed to the default tax region of the hospital. |
| Approve All | Users with this privilege can click this button to approve all items at once on an order. |
| Delete All | Users with this privilege can click this button to delete all items added on an order, and start over. |
| Approve All & Finalize | Users with this privilege can click this button to approve all items and finalize the order before it is sent to the cashier screen. |
| Set Order to Review | Sets the order status to Review, allowing a supervisor to find the order on the order search screen and approve the charges before finalizing. |
| Refresh List | Updates the order to display any new charges that have come in since the order was first loaded. Order Management does not have auto refresh. |
| Go to Cashier | Transfers the order to the Cashier Screen, where all of a client's open orders can be viewed. |
| Open Related Order | Creates a new open order that is related to this order. If the current closed order you are viewing is missing a charge, you can create an open order for the separate charge instead of making a closed order adjustment. |
| Put Order on Hold | Users with this privilege can place a temporary hold an order, preventing it from changing status or having any items added or removed. This button transforms to Remove Hold once it has been set to hold status. |
| Add Adjustment | Users with this privilege can add an adjustment to the order, such as a discount for accidentally wasted materials or as a courtesy based on hospital policies and procedures. |
| Transfer Open Order | Users with this privilege can transfer an open order from one billing party to another, independently of the episode bill party. A small window will open for this option. The Episode Bill Party can also be adjusted at the same time from this window. |
| Recalculate Order Total | Runs the calculations for all billing on the order again. Use this feature if there were many adjustments or other changes made on a bill to verify that the totals are correct, or if there was a product pricing change while the order was being processed that wasn't necessarily reflected when the order was first created. |
Add Item
To add a new item to an order, click on the Add Item button and either enter the line and sequence number into item details, or use the smart search box to search for the correct billing item.
Right Click Options and Interactive Icons
Most sections of the Order Management screen do not have right click options. However, certain icons indicate that that there are options available on a field.
Change Order Type
Click the edit pencil next to the Order Type to change the type to something else.
Edit or View Tax Exemptions
The Tax Exemption icon on the order row allows you to view all the potential tax exemptions for the entire order.
This can be further adjusted on the individual line items where appropriate.
Add Adjustment
Click on the Add Adjustment button to open a small dialog box.
Select the adjustment type, enter in the amount, and add a comment.
You must select between applying the adjustment to all of the items on the order evenly (such as a 5% discount for mentioning a specific advertisement), or picking a single item to add the adjustment to (e.g. a non perishable item was previously opened and returned so you will give a slight discount to the client.)
Item Details
When you select an item from the list in Order Details, a new section called Item Details will load at the bottom of the page.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Save Button | Saves the changes on the item. |
| Approve Item | Approves the individual item on the order. Items can also be approved all at once by users with the appropriate privilege. |
| Unapproved Item | Removes the approval from an approved item, and changes it back to unapproved status. |
| Delete Item | Changes the item to Deleted status on the bill. Deleted items remain visible on the order, but the charges will be removed from the total. |
| Undelete Item | Changes the item from Deleted status back to Unapproved. |
| Cancel | Changes the item to Cancelled status. Cancelled items remain visible on the order, but the charges will be removed from the total. |
| Tax Exemptions | Displays tax exemptions if there are any available. If there are no applicable tax exemptions for the product, a message will pop up displaying this information. |
| Product Name | The line, sequence, and product name of the order line item you are viewing. |
| Date Added | The date this item was added to the order |
| Status | The status of the order item. |
| Quantity | The total quantity of the order item. This is the value that will be multiplied times the price, before any applied discounts. |
| Price | The pricing basis of the item. This is the value that will be multiplied times the quantity to reach the subtotal, before any applied discounts. |
| Subtotal | The price of the item, minus any applied discounts. In the example above, a client type discount has reduced the amount from 43.82 to 35.06. The exact details of the calculation are displayed if you mouse over the info dot. There are many other factors that may adjust the pricing of the item, so all the calculations are included under the info dot. |
| Tax | The tax amount, based on the subtotal and the order's tax region. |
| Total | The total amount that will be billed to the client on this order for this line item. |
| Unit | The hospital unit that this line item is credited toward. For hospitals that track revenue generated by service area, this ensures the appropriate unit is linked to the line item. |
| DVM | The DVM that this line item is credited toward. For hospitals that track revenue generated by DVM (Practice Plan), this ensures the appropriate doctor is linked to the line item. |
| Employee | The employee that added the line item. |
| Bill Party | The client that will be charged for the line item. By default, this will be the bill party for the whole order. |
| Comment | Any additional comments to be added for this line item. |
| Indicates that the comment should be printed on the order. For items with manual adjustments, this comment field can be used to provide an explanation. |
Product Based Reminders
If a product has a Reminder associated with it, a small bell icon will appear next to the product name.
In the Item Details, you will have the option to view any reminders associated with the product, and check to confirm the correct one. The default one may already be checked, but it can be changed at this point, and you can add a comment.
Billing Packages
If an item was added on a billing package, then icons will appear on the Order Details to show that the package was added, as well as any items automatically included.
Items included in the package will display with their discounted or included additional cost in red, as that cost has already been included in the total package price.
Billing Package Report
Double Click the Package item (box) to print the Billing Package report. This can be provided to the client to show what the Billing Package they are purchasing includes, for both time of service items and other discounts.
View Package Item Options
Right click on the package item icon (layers) to see additional Billing Package Item options.
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