Description: This article provides a reference to billing system elements and terminology. This article includes an overview of account types, billing units, and billing roll-ups.
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Account Type | ||||
Name | Id (for imports) | Description | Key Characteristics | Examples |
Hourly Services | 1 | Used for any type of individualized service where an employee is working with one client at a time in any capacity. Funding source pays based on service provided (hourly, daily, milestone, etc.). | · Not site-based · Employee works with 1 client at a time | · Behavior Consultation · Respite/Relief Care (Hourly or Daily) · Skills Training · Vocational Services where one employee works with one client at a time and is not at a site. |
Residential Program | 2 | Client lives at a residential program and employees clock in and out at that program. Funding source pays based on client attendance. | · Site based · Employees punch at the program, can work with 1+ clients at a time · Client attendance is generated | · 24 Hour Residential Programs · Service Codes would include: Residential, Rent |
Day Program | 3 | Client attends a facility of some sort and employees clock in and out at that facility. Funding source pays based on client attendance. | · Site-based · Employees punch at the program, can work with 1+ clients at a time · Client attendance is generated | · Activity centers · Job sites · Rehab centers, etc. |
Group Service | 4 | Client receives service in any location and is not tied directly to a site. Employees can work with one or more clients at a time in any capacity. Funding source pays based on service provided (hourly, daily, monthly, milestone, etc.) | · Not site-based · Employee works with 1+ clients at a time | · Oregon Supported Living · Oregon Day Services · Group Therapy |
Parenting Program | 13 | Client lives at a foster home/professional parent home and employees clock in and out at that home. Funding source pays based on client attendance. | · Site based · Employees punch at the program, can work with 1+ clients at a time · Client attendance is generated | · Professional Parent Homes/tracking |
Transportation | 14 | Client lives at a residential program/professional parent home and receives funding for transportation. Funding sources pays based on client attendance and transportation provided. | · Site-based · Attendance based | · MTP |
Client Transportation | 15 | Client receives transportation services and the mileage is billable to the client’s funding source. | · Not Site-based · Employee works 1:1 with client. | · Transporting to the community for hourly services. |
Billing Unit | ||
Note: Billing Units are not tied to how an employee punches. Billing units can be provided in a variety of account types. Just because a billing unit is hourly, does not mean that it has to be tied to an Hourly Services Account. Similarly, just because a billing unit is Daily, does not mean that it has to be tied to a Day Program Account. | ||
Name | Id (for imports) | Description |
Hourly | 2 | Paid per hour worked. Is not tied to how the employee punches. Can be billed per hour, or can be rolled up into a daily, weekly, or monthly unit (see below). |
Daily | 3 | Paid per day of service provided, regardless of the number of hours worked. Can be billed per day, or rolled up into a weekly or monthly unit (see below). |
Monthly | Paid per month of service provided, regardless of the number of hours worked. | |
Miles | 7 | Paid per mile. Note: An hourly account type can have a billing unit of miles. Can be billed per mile, or can be rolled up into a daily, weekly, or monthly unit (see below). |
Billing Rounding Increment | ||
Note: Billing Rounding is available for service codes with hourly units. There are four type of rounding and four increments to select from. | ||
Name | Id (for imports) | Description |
None | 0 | Do not round - every minute is billed |
15 | 25 | Round to the 15 minute mark (quarter hour) |
30 | 50 | Round to the 30 minute mark (half hour) |
60 | 100 | Round to the hour mark (hour) |
Billing Rounding Type | ||
Note: Billing Rounding is available for service codes with hourly units. There are four type of rounding and four increments to select from. | ||
Name | Id | Description |
Round | 1 | Round up or down to the nearest increment |
Truncate | 2 | Always round down |
Increment | 3 | Always round up |
Billing Rollup Type | |||
Name | Id | Description | Examples |
None | 1 | Every billable punch entry is itemized on the billing file. | For example, two employees each work a 2 hour respite shift for Johnny on the same day. Respite has a billing unit type of hourly. The billing file will show two billing entries for 2 units each. |
Daily | 2 | The billing files shows one line per day per Service Code, with each line representing the number of billable units used that day under that Service Code. | For example, two employees each work a 2 hour respite shift for Johnny on the same day. Respite has a billing unit type of hourly. The billing file will show one line item for a total of 4 units consumed that day. |
Weekly | 3 | The billing file shows one line per week per Service Code, with each line representing the number of billable units used that week under that Service Code. | For example, one employee works a 2 hour respite shift for Johnny on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Respite has a billing unit of hourly. The billing file will show one line item for a total of 6 units consumed that week. |
Monthly | 4 | The billing file shows one line per month per Service Code, with each line representing the number of billable units used that month under that Service Code. | For example, Johnny receives services in a residential 24-hour program. Residential services has a billing unit of daily. If Johnny was present at the program for 28 out of 31 days in the month, the billing file will show one line item for a total of 28 units consumed that month. |
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