Dataset Reporting - Accounting - Data Dictionary/Terms

Accounting Concept	Definition	System Concept
Ledger
Statement	Records amount owed at a point in time	While Careright contains reference to a 'statement'; this is not the same as the accounting concept and is generally not used in the User Interface. It is a behind the scenes parent records, in a heirachy/tree that "points" to an Invoice, Receipt ("Credit"), Refund ("Debit"), Opening Balance ("??"), Adjustments ("??"), Patient Line. It has a Date. This is sort of a "Lookup helper".
Billing
Account
Deposit
Invoice	Recording a charge for service rendered or goods delivered to a patient	A collection of line items, addressed to a recipient (usually a patient or guarantor), always associated with a Doctor (Medical Provider), Service Location (and indirectly, Location). Has a date, is often rendered to a physical document and complies with the ATO definiton of a Tax Invoice. Has claiming metadata. Associated with an Admission (indirectly).
Line Item	ltem	A line item (aka Invoice line item) belongs to an invoice, has a date and time, an amount (price), and typically relates to an "Item" (Medicare/MBS Item or similar). It represents an individual service. In CareRight, this also includes a lot of hints or metadata for use in claiming.
Transaction
Item		Definition of what a line item will be. Typically an MBS Item preset value.
Reversal	Undoing an entry	A reversal (statement) recording date and time or when a invoice, receipt and refund was reversed. Both a verb (action you take) and an end state of that verb in the system.
Journal	Non cash adjustment	An adjustment (statement) records someone changing a Line Item (amount)
Guarantor	Entity being billed for service
Receipt Allocation	Allocation money received to a specific guarantor
GL (General Ledger) Code	GL (General Ledger) Code (recorded on a line item)
Receipt	Recording receipt of monies from guarantor	A record of money received from a party, at a date and time, totalling one or more transactions. Pointed to from a statement (deprecated)
Refund	Payment of monies back to guarantor	A record of money distributed to a party, at a date and time, totalling one or more transactions. Pointed to from a statement (deprecated)
Combined Payment		A specific type of receipt, covering multiple invoices
Deposit	Receiving money ahead of invoice

Dataset Reporting - Accounting - Data Dictionary/Terms

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