Adding: PDSA work

Note: The PDSA screen is optional may not have been switched on by your system administrator. To enable this screen please consult Chapter 35.

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PDSA screen prompt line

      |-  Auto        Enter work via automatic pricing
      |-  Edit        Edit any existing details
      |-  Don         Record a donation
      |-  List        List the records on screen/printer
      |-  Note        Add a free-hand note
      |-  Reps        Generate almoning/claim form
      |-  Total       Show total treatment over 2 months
      |-  Quit        Return to management record

Auto
Enters automatic priced transactions. The procedure is exactly the same as already described for entering work on the clinical screen. See Chapter 6 for details.

Edit
Allows you to change any work already on the system.

Donation
Records a donation received by the client. You will be asked whether it is cash or cheque as these are handled differently on the end of month claim form.

List
Lists the records on the printer or lists the long form on the screen.

Note
Enters a free-hand text entry.

Reps
Generates either an almoning or claim form for the client and sends it to the printer.

Total
This option will add up the work done for the last two months and display the totals. This can be used to make sure the limits imposed by the PDSA are not exceeded. You will be asked to enter the month and year required. The total work exclusive of VAT will be displayed along with the total donations received within the month.

End of month claim form

If you are planning to use the PDSA functionality of Premvet 5, you must first set up a management record card which records the PDSA address you send your claim forms to. Make a note of the record number, as you will need it later.

The end of month claim form is accessed by selecting 'R'eports from the main menu, then 'P'DSA/History, 'P'DSA. You will be asked which month you are generating the report for and the PDSA record card number. Premvet 5 will scan all PDSA transactions on the system for that period and generate the report. It will then print an invoice for the PDSA and update the record card with these amounts.

There is also an option to run the report without updating any figures to check all the details are correct.

Setting up the claim form
The claim form is sub-divided into standard categories and Premvet 5 will sort your work into the correct category with reference to the work's analysis code. However, to enable this properly you will first need to tell Premvet 5 how the analysis codes you are using in your practice relate to the categories supplied. The set up is accessed from 'R'eports, 'P'DSA/History, 'S'et-up.

When set up is selected the screen will display something like this:

		Start	       Finish
1st Cons	 1		 10
Rep. cons	 40		 45
Euth		 20		 25
Ops.	        100	        120
X-Rays		 60		 70
Path		 75		 80
N. Hosp	        130		135

You should make sure these settings relate correctly to the analysis codes you are using, so the system can place work in the correct categories.
e.g. In the above example all work with analysis codes 1 to 10 (inclusive) is classed as first consultation, work entered with codes 75 through to 80 is classed as pathology.

The PDSA claim form can be displayed on the screen to enable the figures to be transferred manually onto PDSA stationery.