Anaesthesiologist Billing from Operation Booking
- Sign in to the GoodX WebApp using your GoodX username and password.
- Double click on the booking to open the Operation Info screen.
- The Theater Details (Diary, Start time, Duration), Operation Team, Operation Details, and Patient Details will already be completed as it was synced from the Surgeons theatre lists and theatre booking on the Diary.
- Click on Complete when the Operation Info is done.
- Status: the status will show whether the task/item has been completed by the Patient or not.
- Actions: you can upload, email, SMS, send to the kiosk, create or view/edit the forms or assessments under the actions by clicking on the applicable button. Once the option was used it will be greyed out.
- Click on Complete when the Progress is completed.
Billing: (ONLY available to Anesthesiologists) the billing ensures that timely, accurate and complete accounts for theatre are submitted to the medical aid or issued to private patients. This will help manage the Anesthesiologists billing as they use certain modifiers for different procedures.
- Checklist:
- Make sure the Anaesthetic start and end time are completed.
- Make sure the right patient modifiers are loaded.
- Please ensure that your Assistant Doctor is preloaded in GoodX and linked to a creditor and expense account when using Assistants.
TAKE NOTE: The Modifier code - 0043 for Anesthesia for patients under 1 year of age or over 70 years of age will be automatically applied by the system and added on the Billing Summary. As seen below in the example, the patient is over the age of 70 and the 'Patient age <1 or >70' button is marked in green.
- Secondary Procedures: this is a surgical procedure that is performed to ameliorate conditions that are found to exist during the performance of primary surgery and are considered an independent procedure that may not be performed as a part of the primary surgery or for the existing condition.
- You can select any pre-loaded secondary procedure to add on the billing summary.
TAKE NOTE: Users can upload clinical procedures safely and securely to the GoodXWeb cloud for the purpose of sharing with other GoodXWeb partners. This will also allow users to collaborate by sharing their clinical procedures via the Import Templates section which can be found In Settings >> Billing Settings Screen >> Clinical Procedures section. Click on the following link to open a video on how to set up the Clinical Procedure Settings
- Billing Summary: is where the system will combine all the procedure codes onto a single Invoice, enabling a single payment from the Patient or Medical Aid when the billing is being completed.
- Click on the Update Estimate button to update any codes or modifiers that were added after the procedures under the 'Operation Details'.
- Click on View Invoice when everything is complete to open the Invoice screen and complete the billing process.
- Click on Complete when the Billing is completed
- When the Invoice screen is open, you can complete the billing process. Click on the Post Only button if its a Private Patient or Post and Switch (Await Response) if its a Medical Aid Patient via real-time switching. The modifiers and all the procedure codes etc. will already be completed here as it pulls through from the Theatre Manager Billing section.
- Click on Save and Close to close the screen.
- When the progress is completed in the Theatre Manager, the booking icons will change colour. It will display ORANGE if the progress documents have not been completed and will display GREEN if they are completed.
