Discharge a Patient on the Contracts Page

Follow the steps below to Discharge the Patient from a Contract.

  1. In the Patient Profile, go to the Contracts page.

  2. Locate the Contract that the Provider is linking and select the Edit link under the Discharge column.

    Click the Edit link under the Discharge column.

  3. The Discharge Date window opens. Select the applicable date in the Discharge To field. In the Notes field, add a comment to explain the discharge; for example: The Contract is now a Linked Contract.

    Select the applicable date in the Discharge To field. In the Notes field, add a comment to explain the discharge.

  4. Click Save.

If the Patient only has a single Contract, receiving only Non-Skilled authorizations, and the Discharge Date is entered, then the Status changes to Discharged (on midnight, the day of). As a result, the Linked Contract Patient is the Active record.

Discharged Status

If the Patient has more than one Contract (Payer) and the Provider is only linking with one, or the Payer is only sending Non-Skilled authorizations (via the linking), then the Patient Status remains Active (for the other Contracts).

Active Status