BILLING DISCHARGE PROCESS

Endorsement of discharge order:

• Attending Physician to Nurse-in-charge
   

Nurses to:

• Advise patient/relative to return all unused medicines.

• Complete and encode the diagnosis given by the Attending Physician.

• Clear the patient's account.

• Endorse professional fee slip to the billing section.
   

Billing Staff to:

• Check clearance, return medicines, and encode diagnosis.

• Set the discharge date.

• Encode all professional fees of doctors.

• Apply discounts (e.g., PWD, senior, employee, etc.).

• Endorse to PHILHEALTH staff for deduction.
   

Once with deduction:

• Endorse to HMO staff.
   

HMO staff to:

• Verify limit, non-covered items, and professional fee rates of doctors.
   

Billing staff will:

• Endorse the finalized bill to the nurse station.
   

Nurse to:

• Advise patient on the settlement of the bill.

• Secure gate pass before releasing the patient.

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