If a patient has not signed a HIPAA Privacy Acknowledgement, a message displays every time you check in that patient. When a patient has signed the HIPAA form, however, you need to indicate that the patient has done so.
To indicate that a patient has signed the HIPAA Privacy Acknowledgment:
Open the clipboard of the patient who has signed the HIPAA Privacy Acknowledgement.
Click History at the right side of the clipboard. The Patient History window is displayed.
Click Add Contact at the bottom of the window. The New Contact Entry window is displayed.
Click the Contact Type drop-down list.
From the list of contact types, select HIPAA Acknowledgement. The New Contact Entry window is displayed again, this time with HIPAA Acknowledgement displayed in the Contact type field.
In the Comment field, type Signed and the Date.
Click OK. The Patient History window is displayed again with the HIPAA Acknowledgement listed.
Click Close.
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