Broken Appointments Report

Track broken appointments in a date range using the Broken Appointments Report.

In Standard Reports, in the Lists area, click Broken Appointments.

The Broken Appointment report lists patients who have a broken appointment during a date range and any associated fees charged. It is grouped by clinic. Also see Break Appointment.

To control user access to this report, see Report Setup: Security Permissions.

Filters

Set the report criteria and filters before running the report.

Calendar: Select the date range. Select the start date in the first calendar and the end date in the second calendar.

Providers: Highlight the providers to include. Check All to select all listed providers.

Clinics: Only available when Clinics are enabled in Show Features. Highlight the clinics to include. Check All (Includes hidden) to include all clinics, including those marked hidden.

Select which patients are included based on the different methods of marking broken appointments. There are up to three options:

Available options for the report may change based on the selected Broken Appointment Automation settings in Preferences. See the subsequent Technical Details for additional information.

Report Preview

Click OK to generate a print preview the report. The report differs based on the broken appointment method selected. Results for all report types are grouped by clinic if applicable.

The following are examples of each report type and explanation of the report columns. For a description of toolbar buttons, see Complex Report System.

Broken appointment report by procedures:

Fees are totaled for each clinic, at the end of that clinic's grid in bold.

The Total Broken Appointment Fees and Total Broken Appointments are included on the last page of the report in bold. If using clinics, these are the totals for all clinics included in the report.

Broken appointment report by adjustments:

Amounts are totaled for each clinic, at the end of that clinic's grid in bold.

The Total Broken Appointment Adjustment Amount and Total Broken Appointments are included on the last page of the report in bold. If using clinics, these are the totals for all clinics included in the report.

Broken appointment report by appointment status:

The Total Broken Appointments are included on the last page of the report in bold. If using clinics, this is the total for all clinics included in the report.

Technical Details

In the Broken Appointments Report, the default selection for report type is determined by the Broken Appointment Automation Preferences.

  1. If Broken appointment procedure type is set to anything other than None, the report defaults to By procedure. Only the selected Broken appointment procedure type procedure codes are available to choose from (e.g., if set to Missed, only the missed procedure code, D9986, is listed and included on the report) If the preference is set to Both, there are multiple options (i.e., missed, cancelled, both).
  2. If Broken appointment procedure type is set to None and Make broken appointment adjustment is enabled, By Adjustments is selected by default. Any subtraction adjustment type can be selected to include in the report; by default only the Broken appt default adj type is selected.
  3. If the Broken appointment procedure type is set to None and Make broken appointment adjustment is disabled, the report defaults to By appointment status.