Bookings to Discharge: Hospital Patient Administration

Adding Per Diems Codes to the Hospital Case allows you to charge a pre-determined day fee for Patients who have longer stays. A Per Diem Code covers all fees with Providers that are contracted with the Hospital.

Please Note: Before Cases can be set up as a Per Diem Case the setup and linking of the codes first need to be done in the Desktop App for the options to be available within the Web App. For more information regarding how to set up the Fixed Fee/Per Diem Profiles, please refer to the user manual: Fixed Fee Setup.

• This user manual will start on the Case Management screen.

• Click on the Case of the Patient for whom you would like to set up Per Diem Codes.

• The Case sidebar will open.

• Click on the Case Edit button.

• The Hospital Case screen will open.

• Click on the Fixed Fee/Per Diem tab. 

• The Fixed/Fee Per Diem screen will open. 

• Click on the Per Diem radio button to mark the case as a Per Diem case.
  

• The Per Diem screen will open.

• For more information regarding the information on the Per Diem screen, please refer to the user manual: Case Screen: Navigating the Fixed Fee/Per Diem Tab.

• Click on the + Per Diem Code button to add a Per Diem Code to the case.

• The Add Per Diem Code Setup screen will open. 

• Click on the Start Date field to choose a Date from when this Per Diem Code is valid from the Date Picker that opens up. The Date in the Start Date field will automatically be set to today's date.

• Click on the End Date field to select the Date until this Per Diem Code is valid, from the Date Picker that opens up. 

Please Note: If the End Date is not on the same day as the Start Date the Qty field will automatically be filled in.

• Click on the Qty field to add the number of times this code is valid.

• Click on the Select Tariff Code drop-down menu, to select the pre-set-up Per Diem Code.

Please Note: Per Diem Codes are set up in the Desktop App, for more information regarding the setup, please refer to the user manual: Fixed Fee Setup.

• The Description field will automatically be filled in once a selection is made. This Description will be pulled through from the code that has been selected.

• Click on the OK button to add the Per Diem Code you selected. 

Please Note: All fields are required to be filled in, an Attention! pop-up will appear to advise, that you have not completed all fields.

• The selected Per Diem Code will now be added to the Case.

Please Note: More than one Per Diem Code can be added to each case.

• Click on the Save button to save all the changes that have been made.