Processing Invoices, Payments, and Receipts

5 min readUpdated October 2026
All PlansFront DeskBilling Coordinator

The End-of-Visit Checkout Flow

When an appointment concludes, front-desk staff can finalize the invoice and collect payment in seconds:

Itemized clinic invoice with tax number, practitioner credentials, and payment status.
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Itemized clinic invoice with tax number, practitioner credentials, and payment status.
1

Click the completed appointment card and select 'Collect Payment'.

2

Review the line items (service fee, applied products, or insurance copays).

3

Select payment method: 'Charge Card on File', 'Manual Credit Card Terminal', 'Cash', or 'Apply Account Balance'.

4

Click 'Pay & Issue Receipt'. An itemized PDF receipt with clinic tax numbers is automatically sent to the patient's email.

Patient Financial Profile & Billing Overview

Under Client Profile > Billing > Overview, administrators and front-desk staff can inspect an individual patient's financial ledger, lifetime spend, and outstanding balances:

Individual Patient Billing Overview subtab showing lifetime financial metrics (Total Spent, Total Owing, Amount Overdue) and recent invoice records.
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Individual Patient Billing Overview subtab showing lifetime financial metrics (Total Spent, Total Owing, Amount Overdue) and recent invoice records.
1

Navigate to Clients from the left navigation and click on the patient's name.

2

Click the 'Billing' tab at the top of the client profile, then select the 'Overview' subtab.

3

Review the client's financial summary cards: Total Spent to date, Total Amount Owing, and Past Due balances.

4

Examine the itemized ledger of finalized, open, and drafted invoices linked directly to this patient.

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