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Accounts
All your important financial and accounts information.
Overview
A simple overview of the accounts tab
How to use the 'Account' tab - CA only ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ CA only - Using the 'Account' tab in the patient record to manage payments and invoices
How to create and manage family accounts - CA only ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ CA only - Managing a family account from the 'Account' tab in the patient record
The Account Tab - for UK/AU practices ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฆ๐บ UK/AU only - How to find Invoices, payments and statement of account in the patient's account tab
Settings
Configuring your treatment prices and items for sale
Configure sundry items for sale๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช AU, UK, CA, ROI - How to configure sundry items for sale in Dentally, including adding a description and default prices
Creating/editing payment plans๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง CA, ROI, AU, UK - Create a new payment plan. Edit an existing payment plan
Changing treatment prices๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง CA, AU, ROI, UK - Changing and updating treatment prices.
Invoices
All your invoice need to know's and how to's
How to create an invoice for a completed treatment๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช AU, UK, CA, ROI - How to create an invoice from within the charting tab.
Selling Sundries๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง CA, ROI, AU, UK - How to add sundry items to your invoice. How to remove line items from an invoice
How to add something to an invoice๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช AU, UK, CA, ROI - How to edit an invoice to add a sundry item or add a discount
Print or Email an Invoice and Receipt๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ AU, ROI, UK, CA - How to print or email an invoice to a patient. How to create an itemised receipt
How to send invoices and estimates as email attachments๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช AU, UK, CA, ROI - How to send invoices and estimates, created in Dentally, as email attachments
Changing and Deleting Invoices๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ช UK, CA, AU, ROI - How to change, delete, unlock invoices
Adding an Invoice Discount ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐บ๐จ๐ฆ AU/CA only - How to add discounts to an invoice
Refunding against a 0 balance ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ CA only - Using discounts to complete a refund against a zero balance patient account
Deleting an Invoice๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง CA, AU, ROI, UK - Everything you need to know about deleting the different types of invoices in Dentally...
How to create an invoice in the 'Account' tab๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง CA, ROI, AU, UK - Creating an invoice from the 'Account' tab in the patient record.
Payments
Payments, Deposits and Refunds
How to process a payment๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง CA, ROI, AU, UK - How to take a payment from the patient's account tab and explain payments manually...
How to delete a payment in the patient record๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช AU, UK, CA, ROI - Deleting payments from the 'Account' tab in the patient record
How to process a refund๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง CA, ROI, AU, UK - How do I process a refund for patients in credit? & how do I process a refund for work carried out? ๐
How to take a deposit๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง CA, AU, ROI, UK - Taking an upfront payment or deposit for work that is to be carried out in the future
How to manage payments in the patient record๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ AU, ROI, UK, CA - Let's take a look at how to take deposit payments, process payments and manage accounts.
Changing Payment Details๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง CA, ROI, AU, UK - How to change payment details
Payment links๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช AU, UK, CA, ROI - Pay for treatment online with a payment link sent straight from the practice to the patient.
How to refund a patient in Dentally ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐บ AU only - How to process a refund in Dentally?
Multi-Merchant - AU๐ฆ๐บ AU only - A guide to HICAPS and Tyro multi-merchant.
How to show pending payments in a patient's account - CA only ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ CA only - Recording and managing pending payments on a patient's account, for incoming insurance payments
When to record a pending payment ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ CA only - Knowing when to record your pending payment will vary from claim to claim, every scenario is different!
Reconcilliation and allocation
Patient account reconciliation
How payment explanations/allocations work๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ช UK, CA, AU, ROI - How payments are explained.
How to use payment allocations๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง CA, AU, ROI, UK - Understanding payment allocations, and the tools offered in Dentally to manage allocations.
How to use automatic explanation of payments๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช AU, UK, CA, ROI - Automatically explaining payments against invoices, and how to enable/disable this automation.
How to explain or unexplain a payment๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง AU/UK only - Explaining and unexplaining payments to the correct invoices, to ensure accurate reporting.
Statement of Account๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช AU, UK, CA, ROI - How to create and print a Statement of Account for a patient. Show a patient their payment history
Finance Payment and Subsidies๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง CA, ROI, AU, UK - How to record Finance payments and manage subsidies in the Practitioner Activity Report
Understanding bad debts๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช AU, UK, CA, ROI - Managing and writing off bad debts, reporting on them and setting a patient as a bad debtor
Managing Migrated Balances๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง CA, AU, ROI, UK - This is how we correctly clear a balance and recreate it as a payment line
How to add a Claim Discount - AU only ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐บ AU only - How to add discounts to a claim
A comprehensive guide to the payment allocations reports
FAQs
Account FAQs
Post Conversion - Opening Balances๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง CA, ROI, AU, UK - Create, apply and delete an opening balance, when dealing with balances imported from previous softwares
Changing a treatment plan after you have charged for it๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช AU, UK, CA, ROI - How to change a treatment plan after an invoice has been raised and paid
How to write off a patient's debt๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง CA, AU, ROI, UK - Let's take a look at how to write off the debt of a patient.
How to connect and use Stripe with Dentally๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง CA, ROI, AU, UK - Link Dentally to your Stripe account, and how to get online payments and deposits to work.
How to add a discount - UK only ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฌ๐ง UK only - Adding a discount to a patient's invoice
How to bundle your payments๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ AU, ROI, UK, CA - Bundling takings, which locks the payments so they can't be edited or deleted.