Overview
How do I enroll a patient in a membership plan?
You can enroll patients in one or multiple membership plans simultaneously. When enrolling a patient, you can:- Specify the plan(s).
- Set a primary member (for group enrollments).
- Override the pre-determined billing amount (if needed).
- Set a start date.
- Automatically charge payment information on file (if available).
What happens after patients are enrolled in a membership plan?
Once enrolled- The patient will receive an email notification about the enrollment.
- If the patient has payment information on file:
- they will be charged within 24 hours of the start/renewal date.
- they can choose to split the total charge across multiple payment methods on file.
- If the patient does not have payment information on file, they will be sent a payment request on the start/renewal date.
- The patient remains on the membership plan until you manually un-enroll them.
- Go to the patient’s Demographics -> Insurance, Payment & Membership section OR
- Go to Reports -> Membership Report.
Workflow Instructions
Enrolling a patient in a membership plan
1 Open the Membership Enrollment Form using one of the following workflows:- Clicking the Membership button at the top of your Practice Home.
- Opening the patient’s demographics and clicking + add membership plan in the Insurance, Payment & Membership section.
- Plan members: The names of all the members that belong to the plan. If you’re enrolling a patient from their demographics then this field will automatically be populated with their name.
- Individual Plans - This will just be the patient and they will be the primary member by default.
- Group Plans - The primary member of the plan (typically the one paying) should be listed first, followed by the other plan members.
- Plan name: Select the plan from your list of membership plans.
- Amount: The total amount the primary member is to be charged each time the membership renews.
- The default amount will be the Billing Amount assigned to the membership plan. To adjust the Amount, click Override.
- If you override the default Billing Amount of a membership plan for a specific patient, the new amount will remain in effect even if you change the default Billing Amount of the entire membership plan.
- The default amount will be the Billing Amount assigned to the membership plan. To adjust the Amount, click Override.
- Start date: The start date of the membership plan.
- The default start date will be ‘today’.
To allow patients to split a total charge across multiple saved payment methods, make sure to select Automatically charge payment method on file .
Patient self-enrolling in a membership plan
Refer to this article to learn how you can allow patients to submit an enrollment request on their own.
Editing a patient’s membership plan
While you can edit a patient’s membership plan from both their demographics and the Membership Report, we recommend editing it from the demographics as it gives you the most convenient view: 1 Go to the patient’s chart and open their demographics. 2 Go to the Insurance, Payment and Membership section. 3To allow patients to split a total charge across multiple saved payment methods, make sure to select Automatically charge payment method on file .
- Billing Amount (by clicking Override)
- Start date
- The Start date can only be changed if the date is after the current date.
- Automatically charge card on file
Pausing a patient’s membership plan
| 1 | Go to the patient’s chart and open their demographics. |
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| 2 | Go to the Insurance, Payment & Membership section. |
| 3 | Click Pause . |
| 4 | Click Pause billing . |
| 1 | Go to the patient’s chart and open their demographics. |
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| 2 | Go to the Insurance, Payment & Membership section. |
| 3 | Click Resume . |
| 4 | Click Resume billing . |
Removing a patient from a membership plan
| 1 | Go to the patient’s chart and open their demographics. |
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| 2 | Go to the Insurance, Payment & Membership section. |
| 3 | Click Unenroll . |
| 4 | Click Unenroll & remove . |
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