Distribute spend down

Path: Transactions>General > Collections/Patient 
Path: Transactions>General > Collections/Remittance 

Using the Distribute Spenddown dialog, accessed from the Claims level of the Collections/Patient and Collections/Remittance windows in Transactions>General, you can distribute a Spend Down amount to the claim line items.

• This option is not available if claims with Spend Down were already distributed during their generation.

1. On the Claims level, select the appropriate claim.
2. Click the Details button.
3. Go to the Distribute tab and then click the Spenddown button.
4. Enter the Spend Down amount to distribute.
5. Select the Ignore existing Payments & Adjustments check box to apply the Spend Down and ignore payments and adjustments previously applied to the service. If this check box is clear, the distribution of a Spend Down may cause money refunds in case there is a payment or adjustment applied.
6. Enter the limit from the total Spend Down amount to distribute to each of the selected line item in the Amount Limit per Line Item field.
7. Select the Use check box next to each line item to which you want to distribute the Spend Down.
8. You can change the distributed Spend Down amount manually by entering the needed value in the Spenddown column for each line item.
9. Click OK.
10. Save your changes.