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One row per payment recorded in Elation Billing, from both insurance payers and patients. Each payment carries its amount, dates, type and method, and how much has been applied to charges. Insurance payments have no EHR equivalent, so patient_id and claim_id are often empty. This table’s columns and relationships are shown in the Hosted Database schema.
patient_id and claim_id are both nullable - insurance payments frequently have neither. To reach the ERA behind a payment, join claimmd_era_id to era_matched_adjustment on its claimmd_era_id.
For reporting on but not limited to:
  • Total payments received by practice or date
  • Insurance vs patient payments (pay_type)
  • Applied vs unapplied payment amounts
  • Co-pays (is_copay)

Payments by practice and month

Unapplied payment balances

Payments with their ERA adjustment detail

If you have any questions about this topic please reach out to Elation Support Portal with the subject line HDB - <your_question>