There are a number of ways discounts can be applied:
The following discounts will be applied to the Advanced Discount area of a Visit Entry and totalled when a Payment is entered.
1. General discounts to Patient Type eg. $2 discount for Private Patient if they pay on the day (which most do hopefully)
Admin - add the discount to the appropriate Patient Type
2. Individual discount applied to every visit for that patient
Find the Patient / Extra Details - add the discount to the Auto Discount field
3. Apply a Discount to an Individual Visit Entry (NEW). Select the $ per visit or % discount required to apply and click the 'Apply Discount' button. This amount will be entered into the Advanced Discount for this visit no matter what other discount may already apply.
The other way discounts can be applied is in the payment section. These discounts will override and void any other discounts.
4. When a payment is being entered
Enter the $ per visit or % discount and click the 'Apply Discount' button. This will alter the Discount and the Amount Paid totals.
If you do not ever want a discount applied to a particular Item (eg tape)
Select 'No' in the Apply Discount field of Items. Any general discount for this patient will then not apply for the eg tape entry.
N.B. Any discounts can be manually overridden at the Visit Entry point by either manually altering the Advanced Discount field or Setting Apply Discount to 'No' in the Visit Entry.