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Inpatient — Final Bill Payment

Page: /inward/inward_bill_payment.xhtml Reached from: Inpatient Dashboard → Billing → Payments, or via Final Bill Search. Controller: InwardPaymentController Privilege: InwardBilling

Once the Final Bill has been generated, the patient share of the bill is collected on this page.

What this page is for

The final bill page (Generation) produces the figure to collect. This page collects it — typically a mix of:

  • Cash.
  • Card (POS).
  • Cheque.
  • Patient deposits (already on the BHT — applied automatically on the bill).
  • Credit company payment (the insurer's share — typically collected separately later through the credit company settlement pages).

The page shows the outstanding patient share at the top and a payment-method picker.

How to record a payment

  1. Open the final bill payment page from the Inpatient Dashboard or the Final Bill Search.
  2. Confirm the patient and BHT in the header.
  3. Pick the payment method — cash, card, cheque, or a combination via the multi-method composite.
  4. Enter the amount for each method. Total entered must equal (or exceed, for cash with change) the outstanding patient share.
  5. Save / Settle.

The resulting payment bill is of type INWARD_PAYMENT (and one row per method when multiple are used). It links back to the final bill via referenceBill.

Multi-method payments

The page supports splitting one settlement across several methods — e.g., 50,000 cash + 30,000 card + 20,000 cheque. Use the composite payment-method panel. The total of the split rows must reconcile to the outstanding amount.

Cancelling a payment

If a wrong payment is recorded, cancel it through the Bill Cancellations and Refunds flow (inward_cancel_bill_payment.xhtml). The cancellation creates an opposite-signed bill that nets out the original. The admission's outstanding amount becomes payable again.

Credit company share

The credit-company share of the bill is not collected on this page. Instead:

  • At final-bill generation, the credit-company allocation is recorded as a INWARD_FINAL_BILL_PAYMENT_BY_CREDIT_COMPANY commitment bill per insurer.
  • Later, when the insurer actually pays, the credit-cashier records the receipt through the credit company settlement pages.

See Inward Admission Insurance and Credit Company Details and the developer guide on Inward Credit Company Settlement Tracking.

After payment

Once the patient share is fully paid:

  • The admission is fully settled financially.
  • A discharge bill receipt is printed.
  • The discharge summary / diagnosis card can be issued — see Discharge Summary and Diagnosis Card.

See also