Add Professional Fee - hmislk/hmis GitHub Wiki
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Add Professional Fee page: the entry form on the right, and all professional fees already added for this encounter listed on the left.
1. Search and Select BHT
You can search using the patient's name or the BHT number.
2. Select Speciality
3. Select Staff/Doctor
4. Select Fee Category
Once a staff member is selected, the Fee Category dropdown is automatically set to a sensible default based on who was picked:
| Staff selected | Default Fee Category |
|---|---|
| Consultant | Consultant Fee |
| Doctor (not a consultant) | Assistant Fee |
| Any other staff (e.g. nurse, technician, paramedical) | Technician Fee |
The dropdown always shows all three choices and can be changed to any of them before saving, if the default doesn't match the situation:
Fee Category dropdown, positioned right after Staff/Doctor — defaults from the selected staff member, editable before saving.
5. Enter Fee Amount, Fee Date, and Comments, then click Add Professional Fee
Each professional fee's category is shown, using its friendly label, in the Professional Fees for This Encounter table on this page and in the Interim Bill's Professional Fees tab:
Interim Bill → Professional Fees tab: each fee line shows the staff member and value; the Fee Category set on the entry form drives which bucket (Consultant / Assistant / Technician) the fee is classified under.
Assigning a doctor to a package fee role
If the admission was made with an inpatient package that includes Professional Fee roles, those roles appear in the Professional Fees for This Encounter table when the admission starts. Each of these rows has a doctor search box and an Assign button in the Assign Staff column. Search for the doctor who actually provided the service and click Assign. The fee amount stays at the package price. The doctor must belong to the role's speciality, if the role has one. Fees you add yourself on this page do not show the Assign control.
A newly added fee shows up in the Interim Bill immediately — no need to reopen Interim Bill, re-process, or take any other action first:
The fee just added (Assistant Fee, 750.00) appears alongside fees added earlier, without any extra steps.
Note: If your hospital has the "Professional Fee and Assisting Fees are shown as one charge type on the final bill" setting turned on, Consultant Fee and Assistant Fee entries are combined into one total on the final bill. Technician Fee is never combined — it always shows as its own total, regardless of that setting.