Set up a recurring payment to a patient's credit/debit card or checking/savings account for regularly due charges (e.g. payment plans, repeating charges).

In Credit Card Manage, double-click a payment account.

Authorize the recurring charge amount and frequency for select patients. On the scheduled payment date, the patient's payment method will be added to the Recurring Charges tool to be processed. Run the tool manually to process the payments or set payments to process automatically at a specific time each day.

To run the tool and for set up requirements, see CC Recurring Charges.

To set up a recurring payment, enter the Authorize Recurring Charges details then select the Charge Frequency.

Authorized Recurring Charges:

• Payment Plan: (optional) Attach the recurring charge to a Payment Plan. Use the dropdown to select from a list of plans the patient is a guarantor of. The payment will be applied to the payment plan (Payment to a Payment Plan). If no payment plan is selected, a payment will be processed for the patient's balance up to the charge amount entered and may include payplan charges if due.
  
  Note: If the attached payment plan is deleted or closed, the recurring charge is cleared.
• Payment Type Override: Assign a Payment Type to this patient's recurring charge transactions. This overrides the default payment type set in Account Module Preferences.
• Charge Amount: (required) Enter the scheduled payment amount. For payment plans, this is typically the same as the periodic pay plan debit amount. To remove the amount, click Clear.
  
  Note:

  • If the family balance or payplan debit is less than the charge amount, the balance owed is charged instead.
  • If the payplan debit is less than the charge amount and the family has a balance due, the entire charge amount will be processed. The portion of the payment that exceeds the payplan debit will post to the account as unearned/prepayment.
• Run charge even if no family balance present: (optional) Check to process the recurring charge for the charge amount even if the family does not have a balance. If the family has a credit or no balance, the payment will post to the account as an Unearned / Prepayment. To disable this option, uncheck the Account Module Preferences, Allow specified charges to run in the absence of a patient balance.
  
  Note: If checked,

  • And a payment plan is selected, the recurring charge will not be processed if the patient does not have a payplan debit due.
  • 'Recurring Charge' is added below the transaction details of the payment note when the card is processed.
• Is Recurring Active: The card is currently active for recurring charges. When unchecked, the card is not active for recurring charges. The setting can be manually changed, or automatically changed via the preference Automatically inactivate declined cards in Account Module Preferences.
• Date Start: (required) Enter the date the recurring charge is scheduled to start. Click Today to insert today's date.
• Date Stop: Enter the final payment date. To charge the patient indefinitely, leave blank. The patient will then be charged for any outstanding balance due up to the authorized charge amount. If a payment plan is selected, the recurring charge will automatically end when the payment plan is paid in full.
• Note: Enter notes specific to the charge. Notes are only visible in this window.

Charge Frequency:

• Fixed day(s) of month: (default) Click Add Day to select one or more days of the month to schedule the payment. The payment will be processed on the day(s) indicated, with the first charge scheduled the month entered in the Date Start field and the last payment in the month entered in the Date End field. Click Clear to remove the selection(s).
• Fixed week day: Check to select a fixed week day to schedule the payment. Use the dropdown menu to select which day of the week and how often (e.g. every Monday or fifth Saturday).

Click OK to save.

To exit the Credit Card Edit window without saving changes, click Cancel. To remove the payment information from the patient's account, click Delete.