Heath Fund Fee Setup

There have been some recent changes to the fee setup to improve its functionality and provide additional configuration options.

Casebase Fees

A new column, ‘Ignore Step Down,’ has been added, featuring a tick box option similar to the GST column. This functionality is particularly useful for facilities that wish to ensure certain fees are not subject to the usual percentage breakdown and are calculated at 100%, even when the item is performed as a secondary or subsequent procedure.

Exclude Private Room Add On

A new option to Exclude Private Room has been introduced in Casebase Fees, Casebase Multi and DRG Fees. This feature is designed to accommodate instances where hospitals are unable to charge for a private room add-on for certain admissions, while still allowing the private room add on charge to be applied to all other Case Base or DRG fees.

Both of these columns will now be displayed in the Excel file when printing the fees, as illustrated below.

DRG Fees Exclude Other Services

In the same manner that this feature functions in the Case Base Fees, the Exclude Other Services option has been added to the DRG Fees tab and is now also reflected in the Excel spreadsheet.

The new option to Exclude Other Services works in conjunction with the corresponding tick box for specific Other Services/Protheses. When selected, charges associated with the specific prothesis will not be raised.

DRG Charge Weight of One (CWO) Addition

A new CWO column has been introduced for hospitals needing to accommodate health fund contracts that utilise this structure.