Finance Inpatient Professional Fees

Finance - Inpatient Professional Fees

Inpatient (inward) professional fees are charges owed by the hospital to doctors, surgeons, anaesthetists, nursing staff, and theatre personnel for services provided to admitted patients. Unlike OPD fees, inward professional fees are billed on a per-admission basis using dedicated professional fee bills that are separate from the main inward patient bill. HMIS provides pages to create, estimate, pay, cancel, reprint, and search all inward professional fee transactions.

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Navigation Path

Inward (main menu) -> Professional Fees -> choose the required action.

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Creating an Inward Professional Fee Bill

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Navigate to Inward -> Professional Fees -> Create Professional Fee Bill (inward/inward_bill_professional.xhtml).
2. Search for the patient by BHT Number (Bed Head Ticket) using the search field.
3. The system loads the admission details: patient name, ward, consultant, and admission date.
4. In the fee entry panel, select the Doctor / Staff member using the autocomplete field.
5. Select the Role (e.g., Consultant, Anaesthetist, Assistant Surgeon, Registrar).
6. Enter the Fee Amount for this staff member and role.
7. Click Add Fee to add the line to the bill. Repeat for each staff member.
8. Review the list of fee lines. Use the delete icon to remove any incorrect line.
9. Verify the Total Professional Fee displayed.
10. Click Save Bill to create the professional fee bill.
11. The system generates a bill number. Print the bill if required.

Fields on Create Professional Fee Bill

Field / Button	Description
BHT Number	Bed Head Ticket number of the admitted patient
Patient Name	Loaded automatically after BHT lookup
Ward / Bed	Current ward and bed of the patient
Admitting Consultant	Primary consultant on the admission
Doctor / Staff	Staff member receiving the professional fee (autocomplete)
Role	Clinical role for this fee line (Consultant, Surgeon, Anaesthetist, etc.)
Fee Amount	Amount owed to the staff member for this role
Add Fee	Adds the fee line to the current bill
Fee Line List	Table of all fee lines added so far
Delete (row action)	Removes a fee line before saving
Total Professional Fee	Running total of all fee lines
Save Bill	Creates the professional fee bill and assigns a bill number
Cancel	Discards entries and returns to the index