Receipt Date

The Receipt Date is the date the account/invoice was receipted off (that is when the monies were received).

In the Record Visit window the Receipt Date is the date the receipt was entered in Pracsoft. In the receipting window the Receipt Date is the date selected next to Receipt Date (which can be changed manually by the user).

Reports produced using this Date Selection can also change for prior periods, which will not show up on current reports. For example, a receptionist may not realise that a receipt has been recorded for the wrong date or a refund may be given to a Patient that has been charged in error. In this case the receipt may need to be reversed and possibly re-issued (if the reversal is done in the current report period and the receipt date is for a prior reported period). When using the Receipt Date the reversal will only show in a prior reported period as it is based on the receipt date of the transaction. , thus a Practitioner could have been paid more than they should based on the earlier report. The current reporting period would not display the reversal using Receipt Date as the receipt was originally reported in the previously reported period.

Hence Receipts can be 'hidden' from these reports by accident, and Practitioners may not be getting paid the correct amounts when reports are produced using Receipt Date. It is for this reason that Report Date is the recommended Date Selection when calculating Practitioners wages.