PracticeMaker®5 Manual

This manual will teach you just about everything you need to know about PracticeMaker®.

Each chapter is contained inside its own folder.

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The manual has been organized to first teach you about the Patients module and its associated files, and then to proceed to Billing, claim printing, etc. The logic is as follows:

• Quick Start - For those who are experienced, this is for you!
• Office startup- This is where your preferences are stored
• Patient- This database stores all your patients
• Diagnoses - learn to customize list and do searches
• Insurances - if you bill insurance, you need records here
• Coverages - This database stores the patient's insurance information
• Zip Codes - This database has 48,000+ records
  
• Phonebook - All provider, and other contact, information goes here
• Procedures - Before you can create charges, you have to put in your fees
• Picklist - This database stores lists used for billing
• Picklist user - This databases stores list for billing, appointment scheduling and more
• Billing - This module does all the invoice creation and creates reports
• Quick invoices - This module is used for template billing
• Lineitems  - This database stores all charges, procedures, adjustment
• Forms - This module print recall forms, superbills and more.
  
• Appointments - This is the heart of the scheduling system
• Letters - This module is used to print letters, patient instructions and is able to merge information from all databases
• Electronic claims - This series of 4 files is used to create and receive electronic claims files.
• Vision - This module is free to all eye care providers and has a contact lens database.
• Prescriptions - This add-on module is extra a prints prescription labels for dispensing medications.
• Dental - This module stores information about missing teeth (its uses the "Specialty" database).