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Finance Professional Payment Searches

Dr M H B Ariyaratne edited this page May 22, 2026 · 1 revision

Professional Payment Searches

Introduction

The professional payment search lets finance staff and department managers locate and review all doctor/consultant payment bills — both OPD professional fee payments and inpatient (surgery/professional) fee settlements. The search is used for reconciliation, reprint requests, and audit purposes.

Navigation

Main Menu → Financial Transaction Manager → Doctor Payments tab → Professional Payment Search OR Main Menu → Financial Reports → Professional Payments

Search Criteria

Field Description
From Date / To Date Date range for payments
Doctor / Staff Filter by specific consultant or all
Department Speciality or department
Payment Type OPD Professional, Inpatient Professional, Surgery
Payment Method Cash, Cheque, Bank Transfer, etc.
Bill Status Active, Cancelled

Running the Search

  1. Set the date range.
  2. Optionally filter by doctor, department, or payment type.
  3. Click Search.
  4. Results show: date, doctor name, bill reference, payment method, gross amount, WHT deducted, net paid.

Search Result Actions

Action Description
View Open the full payment bill detail
Reprint Reprint the payment voucher / receipt
Cancel Cancel the payment (authorised users only)
WHT Certificate Generate WHT certificate for the payment

OPD Professional Payment Search

For OPD channel doctor payments specifically:

  1. Navigate to channel cashier reports.
  2. Use the OPD Professional Payment Search filter.
  3. Results show channel session payments grouped by doctor.

Inpatient Professional Payment Search

For surgery and inpatient professional fee settlements:

  1. Filter by payment type = Inpatient Professional or Surgery.
  2. Results show each settle bill linked to the surgery BHT.

Exporting Results

Click Export to Excel to download the search results for reporting or accounting reconciliation.

Technical Reference

Item Detail
Controllers InwardProfessionalBillController, InwardStaffPaymentBillController, InwardSurgeryPaymentBillController
BillType values InwardProfessional, InwardStaffPayment
WHT reference See Finance-WHT-Report

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