Treatment Planning

Updating Treatment Plan Fee Schedules

Use fee schedules to attach several charges to a code.

You can:

• Assign a different fee for each doctor or incorporate unique requirements, such as a senior citizen discount, into a fee schedule.

• Enter up to 27 different fee schedules for each code.

• To assign a fee schedule, see Adding ADA, CPT, and Transaction Codes and Using Fee Schedules.
   

If you need to change a fee schedule amount for a production code, you can update all treatment plan transactions for the code at the same time.

To update a production code or treatment plan fee schedule:

1. Select an option:

2. Select ADA Codes from the List menu.

3. From any window, press Ctrl + C.

The ADA/CPT/Transaction Code List window is displayed.

2. Select the code that requires modification, and click Edit. The ADA/CPT/Transaction Code window is displayed.

3. Click the Scheduler/Fees tab. Type the fee in the Fee Schedules section of the window, and click OK. The Update Fees Wizard is displayed.

4. Select an option:

5. To update all future treatment plan transactions for the code:Click Update Now. The Update Fee Scheduler window is displayed. Select Update Treatment Fee, select the effective date from the Treatment Plans Before _ will be updated field, and click OK. A message that informs you that the fee schedules have been updated is displayed. Click OK.

• If a patient has previously scheduled or accepted a treatment plan containing an updated code, the fee is not updated. If the patient has DMO or Medicaid and the code in the Appointment Card window is a Bluebook code, the appointment card is not updated with the new fee.

2. To update treatment plan transactions at a later date:Click Update Later.

The ADA/Transaction Code window is displayed.

5. Click Close twice.