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Account Class

The Account Class must be selected from the Account Class Lookup.  A default value for the Account Class may be defined in Practice Maintenance.

 

Account Type

The Account Type is an optional field that is used for reporting and  selection purposes

Payment Plan Amt

Overrides the practice-level Minimum Payment Amount for this account.  This allows monthly payments to be negotiated and tracked as minimum payments that are different from the practice minimum.

Claims Suspended

All claims may be suspended for the account until such time as the suspend is removed.

 

 

Finance Charges

 

 

Waive Finance Charges

Indicates if Finance Charges should be waived on this particular account, if the Practice and Account Classes are set up to assess Finance Charges.

Orig Fin Chrg Date

Date that the first finance charge was issued to the account holder

Last Fin Chrg Date

Date that the most recent finance charge was issued to the account holder

Next Fin Chrg Date

Date that the next finance charge is due to be issued to the account holder if no payment is made.

Collections

 

 

In Collections

Indicates if the account is in a collection status.

 

Number of Collection Letters Sent

Indicates how many Collection Letters have been sent to the account

Collector Group

Indicates if there is a Collector Group assign to 'work' this account

Agency

Indicates the Collection Agency assigned to this account if it currently is in a collection status or if it goes into a collection status in the future

 

 

Statement

 

 

Stmt Suspended

All statements for the account may be suspended until such time as the suspend is removed.  If an account is suspended:

 

Statement Billing will stop being issued
Dunning Levels will not advance
Account Followup will cease
Collections activities will cease

 

When the suspend is removed from the account, the user will be asked if they want the billing cycle to restart the billing cycle.  If the user indicates that he wants the billing cycle to be restarted:

 

Statement Billing will commence
Account Followup will commence
Collections activities will commence
Dunning Level by set to zero
First Statement Date will be reset
Last Statement Date will be reset
Next Statement Date will be set to the current date

 

If the user indicates that he does not want the billing cycle to be restarted:

 

Statement Billing will commence
Account Followup will commence
Collections activities will commence
Dunning Levels will advance from the Last Level

 

Returned Mail

Indicates if the practice has gotten returned mail from billing the account.  In other words, since the address is bad or incorrect and the statements are not getting to the account holder, there is no point in continuing to be bill the account until such time as a current address is entered.

First Statement Date

Date that the first statement was issued to the account holder

 

Last Statement Date

Date that the most recent statement was issued to the account holder

 

Next Statement

Date that the next statement is due to be issued to the account holder

 

Dunning Level

Delinquency level that the next statement will be issued at.  The Dunning Message associated with this level is defined in Practice Setup.

Billing Message

Special Billing Message that will appear on the statement for this account holder.

Billing Message is Recurring

Indicates if the Billing Message is a one-time or recurring message

Override Billing Message

Free-Form Text Billing Message that will override the Billing Message or the Practice-level Dunning Message.

 

Up to four lines of 60-characters of text per line may be entered.