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Payments

Payments received, receipts, debts, payment plans, closing the day and the clinic's expenses.

For: reception, managers, doctors · Requires the „Vede încasările” permission

Taking payment

How to take a payment from a patient

  1. Open the patient's record and click “Payment” (top, next to “Edit”).
  2. Check “Amount collected” — the app suggests it for you.
  3. Choose the method: “Cash”, “Card”, “Transfer”, “Other method” or “Mixed”.
  4. Check “Data” (Date) and the “What they pay for” list.
  5. Click “Record the payment”, then “Print the receipt” or “Close”.
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The suggested amount is everything done and not yet paid; for a patient on a payment plan, it is the oldest installment. “Data” (Date) is the day the money came in, not the day you type it: enter yesterday's payment with yesterday's date, or the day close and the cash sheet will not match the drawer.

After saving, the “Payment recorded” window shows “Paid now”, what the payment covered (“Covers”), what went to advance, and “Balance to pay”.

The same window also opens from:

  • Payments → “Payment without appointment” (find the patient in “Search”);
  • the “La recepție — de achitat” (To pay at reception) list — see How to take payment from someone who just finished;
  • the “Datorii” (Debts) tab → “Collect payment” on an installment's row;
  • the record, “Payments” tab: “Record a payment” under “Istoric achitări” (Payment history), or “Collect” on a work item's row under “Servicii prestate” (Services rendered).

The “Medic” (Doctor), “Serviciu” (Service) and “Note” fields are optional; the chosen doctor counts in per-doctor reports and commissions.

How to take payment from someone who just finished treatment

  1. Open Payments, the “Ziua” (Day) tab.
  2. In the “La recepție — de achitat” (To pay at reception) list, click the patient's name.
  3. Check the amount and method, then click “Record the payment”.
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The list shows patients with completed, still unpaid procedures, most recently finished first, with the work done and the amount due. The first eight are shown. The list appears only if you have the “Înregistrează încasări” (Record payments) permission and there is something to collect.

How to print the receipt

  1. Right after taking payment, click “Print the receipt”.
  2. Later: Payments → “Ziua” (Day) tab, search in “Search patient or receipt no.…”.
  3. Click “Receipt” on the payment's row.
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From the patient's record: “Payments” tab → “Istoric achitări” (Payment history) → “Receipt” on the row. A paid installment has its own “Receipt” button in the payment plan.

The receipt carries its number (the “Receipt” column in the list), what was paid for, and how much the patient still owes. If nothing opens, allow pop-ups for the app.

How to choose what the payment clears

  1. In “New payment”, scroll down to “What they pay for”.
  2. Enter the amount on each debt the patient is paying — or click “Select all”.
  3. Click “Use …” to move the ticked amount into “Amount collected”.
  4. Or enter the amount and click “Allocate automatically” — it is spread starting with the oldest debt.
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“What they pay for” lists installments from payment plans and completed unpaid procedures, oldest first. The app spreads the amount by itself until you change something by hand. The bar at the top shows “Alocat … din …” (Allocated … of …).

An installment marked “🔒 paid after …” is locked: a plan's installments are paid in order.

Anything above the debts shows as “surplus → advance” and stays on the patient's account.

If “The list below is incomplete” appears, the installments or procedures did not load: do not save until you reopen the window.

How to take a payment partly in cash, partly by card

  1. In “New payment”, under “Method”, choose “Mixed”.
  2. Fill in “Cash”, “Card” and, if needed, “Transfer”.
  3. Check that it says “✓ Părțile acoperă încasarea” (The parts cover the payment).
  4. Click “Record the payment”.
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If it says “Mai sunt de repartizat” (Still to allocate) or “Părțile depășesc încasarea” (The parts exceed the payment), correct the amounts. A mixed payment has at least two methods with an amount.

Why it matters: the day close counts only the cash part in the drawer. A mixed payment entered entirely as cash would expect money in the drawer that actually came in by card.

How to collect an installment

  1. Open the patient's record, “Payments” tab.
  2. Under “Planuri de plată” (Payment plans), find the installment marked “IN QUEUE”.
  3. Click “Collect” on its row.
  4. Check the amount and click “Record the payment”.
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An installment that comes after an unpaid one cannot be collected until the earlier one is paid. Overdue installments can also be collected from Payments → “Datorii” (Debts) → “Collect payment”.

How to use the patient's advance

  1. In “New payment”, find the “Folosește din avans (disponibil …)” (Use from advance (available …)) field.
  2. Enter how much to take from the advance.
  3. Check “What they pay for” and click “Record the payment”.
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The field appears only when the patient has an advance. The amount from the advance is added to what they pay now and clears the allocated debts. The advance is shown in the record, “Payments” tab, on the “Avans” (Advance) tile.

How to take payment without a patient record

  1. In Payments, click “Payment without appointment”.
  2. Type the name directly in the “Nume” (Name) field.
  3. Fill in “Amount collected”, the method and “Serviciu” (Service).
  4. Click “Record the payment”.
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For someone who comes only once, for example for a consultation. If the patient has a record, find them in “Search” (name or phone) so the payment clears their debts.

How to record a payment made by a parent

  1. In “New payment”, under “Paid by”, choose the person.
  2. Fill in the rest and click “Record the payment”.
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The “Paid by” field appears only if the record has a linked person marked as payer (for example, a parent). The default is “Pacientul” (The patient).

Cash desk

How to close the day

  1. In Payments, “Ziua” (Day) tab, choose “Azi” (Today) and click “Close the day”.
  2. Count the cash in the drawer.
  3. Enter the amount in “How much is physically in the drawer?”.
  4. If there is a difference, fill in “Explanation of the difference”.
  5. Click “Close the day” (or “Close with a difference”).
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The “Day close” window shows “Recorded in the app” by method. Count only the cash — card and transfer do not go through the drawer. The app says “The cash matches”, “Cash surplus” or “Cash shortage”.

After closing, the button becomes “Închisă” (Closed) or “Închisă · +/− amount”. A day can be recounted: a new close replaces the previous one.

How to print the cash sheet

  1. In Payments, “Ziua” (Day) tab, choose the day (“Azi” (Today), “Ieri” (Yesterday) or “Interval” (Range)).
  2. Click “Cash sheet”.
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It prints the day's report by operator, with all of that day's payments, regardless of the filters on screen. If the chosen period spans several days, the sheet is for today.

How to cancel a wrong payment

  1. In Payments, “Ziua” (Day) tab, find the payment.
  2. Click “Reverse” on its row.
  3. Enter the “Reason for the reversal”, for example “double payment”.
  4. Click “Reverse”.
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A payment is not deleted, it is reversed: a negative entry appears next to it, and both stay in the history, with who did it and why. Procedures and installments paid from that amount become unpaid again, and any advance used goes back to the patient. The original row gets the “stornat” (reversed) label, the new one “stornare” (reversal).

Reversed by mistake? Click “Restore” on the row marked “stornat” (in Payments or in the record, under “Istoric achitări”): the payment comes back exactly as it was.

How to find a payment

  1. In Payments, “Ziua” (Day) tab, choose the period: “Azi” (Today), “Ieri” (Yesterday), “Săptămâna” (Week), “Luna” (Month), “Anul” (Year), “Tot” (All) or “Interval” (Range).
  2. Type the name or receipt number in “Search patient or receipt no.…”.
  3. If needed, filter by doctor (“All doctors”) or service (“All services”).
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For “Interval”, choose “From” and “up to”. “Reset” clears the filters. The “Operațiuni” (Operations) list also shows reversals; with many rows, “Loads the following” brings in the rest.

Above the list, the “Numerar” (Cash), “Card”, “Transfer” tiles give the period's totals. When the period spans several days, a “By day” table also appears: how much came in each day, by method.

A doctor without the right to see every doctor's finances sees the payments for their own work; if they see only their own patients, they also see only the payments with no doctor for their own patients — not those of other doctors' patients.

How to export payments for the accountant

  1. In Payments, “Ziua” (Day) tab, choose the period and filters.
  2. Click “CSV” next to the “Operațiuni” (Operations) heading.
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The file opens in Excel and contains all of the period's payments with the chosen filters, reversals included, with a TOTAL row. For the list by operator and by guide, see also Reports → Casa (Cash desk).

Debts

How to see who owes money

  1. In Payments, open the “Datorii” (Debts) tab.
  2. Top: “Overdue debts” — installments past their due date.
  3. Bottom: “Completed unpaid procedures”.
  4. Search in “Search patient or phone…”.
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“Overdue debts” shows the phone, the overdue amount, “Delay” in days and “Last call”. The header says how many installments are overdue and how many have not been contacted.

“Completed unpaid procedures” — work done for which no money came in. Patients on a payment plan are followed through the plan, not here.

For debt age (0–30, 31–60, 61–90, over 90 days), see Reports → Datorii (Debts).

How to log a collection call

  1. In the “Datorii” (Debts) tab, click “I called” (or “Called again”) on the installment's row.
  2. Under “How did the conversation go?”, choose the outcome.
  3. Under “When do we follow up?”, choose “mâine” (tomorrow), “în 3 zile” (in 3 days), “într-o săptămână” (in a week), “în 2 săptămâni” (in 2 weeks) or a date.
  4. Click “Save the call”.
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Outcomes: “A promis că plătește” (Promised to pay), “A cerut amânare” (Asked for a delay), “Nu a răspuns” (Did not answer), “Refuză să plătească” (Refuses to pay). “Details (optional)” keeps what was said. Leave the date empty if no follow-up is needed.

On the set day, the row is highlighted as due for a call. The window also shows “Previous calls”, so whoever picks up the phone knows what was said.

Money in the patient's record

What the figures on the “Payments” tab mean

  1. Open the patient's record, “Payments” tab.
  2. Read the tiles at the top.
  3. Click a tile to jump to the list it is made from.
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TileWhat it shows
“Lucrări efectuate” (Work done)The value of all completed work, read from the record's procedures (not appointment prices).
“Încasat” (Collected)How much the patient has paid in total, reversals deducted.
“Rest de plată” (Balance due)What is still to pay: from payment plan installments or on completed work.
“Plan de tratament” (Treatment plan)The cost of the accepted plan, including what has not been done yet.
“Avans” (Advance)Money paid in excess, waiting to clear a debt.

Below the tiles, the “Unpaid installments” box (red when an installment is past due) and the “Services rendered, unpaid” box show what the balance is made of.

How to print the patient's account statement

  1. In the record, “Payments” tab, scroll down to “Istoric achitări” (Payment history).
  2. Click “Account statement”.
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The statement shows, day by day, what was done, what was paid and what is left. If nothing opens, allow pop-ups for the app.

How to see how much the patient paid for a service group

  1. In the record, “Payments” tab, scroll down to “Istoric achitări” (Payment history) or “Servicii prestate” (Services rendered).
  2. Click the group (for example Orthodontics) in the row above the list.
  3. Read the total at the bottom; “Toate” (All) returns to the full list.
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Each button shows how many rows the group has and their sum. The row appears only when the patient has services from at least two groups. The group is the service's category in the clinic's catalog.

How to correct the patient's advance

  1. In the record, “Payments” tab, click the “Avans” (Advance) tile.
  2. Under “Correction”, enter “Amount” (a negative amount reduces the advance).
  3. Enter “Motiv” (Reason), for example “refunded in cash”.
  4. Click “Save the correction”.
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The window also shows where each amount in the advance came from. The reason stays in the history. A correction needs the “Înregistrează încasări” (Record payments) permission.

Payment plans and discounts

How to set up an installment plan

  1. In the record, “Payments” tab, under “Planuri de plată” (Payment plans), click “New plan”.
  2. Fill in “What for” and the amount.
  3. Choose “Number of installments”, “Advance (%)”, “Due day” and “First due date”.
  4. Check “How the plan looks”.
  5. Click “Create the plan”.
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Other ways to start:

  • from the “Treatment” tab, the “Rate” (Installments) button next to an accepted plan;
  • from “Servicii prestate” (Services rendered), “Create plan” on a single work item;
  • from the payment window, “Cannot pay now — set up a payment plan” (or “Pune pe rate ce ai bifat” (Put the ticked items on installments)).

If the clinic has templates, you will find them under “The clinic's templates”. Optional: “Discount for full payment (%)”.

How to record money brought in before the due date

  1. On the payment plan, click “Avans” (Advance).
  2. Enter “Amount received” and choose “Payment method”.
  3. Under “What does the patient want?”, choose “To finish sooner” or “Smaller installments”.
  4. Click “Collect”.
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“To finish sooner” pays the next installments, in order. “Smaller installments” spreads the amount over all remaining installments.

How to print the payment schedule

  1. In the record, “Payments” tab, find the payment plan.
  2. Click the printer (“Print the payment schedule”) on the plan.
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The patient leaves with the list of installments and their dates on paper. Printing is logged in the record's access log.

How to change or cancel a payment plan

  1. On the plan, click “Edit the plan” — change the name, edit or delete installments.
  2. Click “Installment” to add a new installment.
  3. Click “Gata” (Done) when you are finished.
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The plan's total always follows the sum of its installments.

  • “Mark as paid” closes the plan; “Redeschide” (Reopen) opens it again.
  • “Cancel the plan” removes the plan and its installments from the debt, with a reason. Payments already taken stay untouched.
  • “Payments on this plan” shows the money actually handed over, not how it was spread over installments.

A deleted installment can be restored from Journal → Deleted.

How to apply a discount to a treatment plan

  1. In the record, “Treatment” tab, click “% Discount” next to the plan.
  2. Enter “Discount (%)”.
  3. Click “Apply the discount”.
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The discount is applied to the procedure prices, not as a separate line. No procedure drops below what has already been paid on it — the “Discount applied” window lists those “Stopped at the amount already paid”.

Expenses

How to record an expense

  1. In Payments, open the “Cheltuieli” (Expenses) tab and choose the month.
  2. Click “Expense”.
  3. Choose “Categorie” (Category), enter “Amount”, “Data” (Date) and, optionally, “Descriere” (Description).
  4. Click “Add”.
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This is for rent, utilities, wages paid from the cash desk — so that the profit in Economy and on the dashboard is correct. Purchased materials are not entered here: they are counted from stock receipts.

Expenses that repeat monthly (rent, accounting) are entered once as “Monthly fixed expenses” — see Economy → Budget.

How to change or delete an expense

  1. In the “Cheltuieli” (Expenses) tab, find the row.
  2. Click the pencil to change it, then “Save”.
  3. Or click the bin and confirm with “Delete expense”.
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A deleted expense leaves profit and loss, the budget and the month's payment calendar. It can be restored from Journal → Deleted. “CSV” downloads the month's expenses for Excel.

Setup

How to lock a financial period

  1. Open Settings → Money → Financial lock.
  2. Fill in “Lock payments before” — or “OR editable for X days only”.
  3. Click “Save the block”.
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Nothing dated before the chosen day (or older than that many days) can be changed any more: payments and reversals, day closes, expenses, supplier invoices. New payments, dated today, are still allowed.

Anyone with the “Modifică perioade financiare închise” (Modify closed financial periods) permission bypasses the lock. Everyone else gets a message that the period is closed.