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How to Create and Settle Bills

Easily bill patients for online or in-clinic consultations with SeriousMD.

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Written by Chelsea
Updated over 3 weeks ago

📘 Billing Overview

Think of the Billing section as your digital logbook.

It helps you record and track payments—whether they’re paid in-person, online, or through HMOs—all in one place.


🧾 Billing Methods

  • Manual Billing – Create detailed, itemized bills

  • Online Billing – Send bills via SMS, email, or NowServing for online payment

  • Quick Bill – Best for fast, routine consultations

Choose the method that fits your workflow!


🧾 How to Manually Bill a Patient

There are 3 ways to create a manual bill.

📁 1. From the Patient Profile

  • Open the patient’s record

  • Click the Bill (₱) icon on the top-right

  • Add the services provided

  • Choose an action:

    • Save Bill – to save for later

    • Save & Settle – to mark as paid


📋 2. From the Queue

  • Click the (...) icon beside the patient’s name

  • Select Create Itemized Bill

  • Add services and choose an action (Save or Settle)


💳 3. From the Billing Tab

  • Go to the Billing tab

  • Click New Bill

  • Select a patient

  • Add services and choose an action (Save, Settle, or Send)


⚡ 4. From Quick Bill → Full Billing [Billing 2.0]

  • Click Complete Appointment

  • Click Go to Full Billing Mode

  • Add services and choose an action (Save or Settle)


📲 How to Send an Online Bill

Make it easy for patients to pay digitally.

  1. Create the bill as usual

  2. Click Save & Send to Patient

The patient will get the bill via:

  • SMS

  • Email (if available)

  • NowServing app

They can settle the bill online—quick and hassle-free!

⚠️ Note: The Save & Send to Patient button only appears if the patient has a mobile number on file.


📲 How to Bill Using Quick Bill

✅ Basic Quick Bill Flow (Manual Entry)

Use this if you're charging a custom, one-off amount without itemized services:

  1. Mark the consultation as Complete

  2. Enter the manual amount

  3. Click Confirm Billing


🧾 Services Quick Bill Flow (Using Favorites)

Use this if you're billing for specific services from your catalog:

  1. Mark the consultation as Complete

  2. Click on the text field to search or select a service
    💡 Need help setting up favorites? [Click here to learn how]

    Select the service you want to charge

  3. Want to add more services? Just select them again

  4. Review your itemized bill to ensure everything is correct

  5. Click Confirm Billing


Customizing Quick Bill Preset Amounts

Speed things up even more by setting a default consultation fee.

💡 How to Set or Edit a Preset Fee

  1. Go to Settings > Billing Settings > General Settings (or click [here])

  2. Scroll to the Quick Bill Settings section

  3. Choose between Quick Setup or Advanced Setup

    Quick Setup
    Enter your typical consultation fee

    Advanced Setup
    Select a ⭐ favorite item for your Consultation and HMO Preset

  4. Click Save


✅ How Bills Are Settled

📝 For Saved Bills (Patient hasn’t paid yet)

  1. Go to the Billing tab

  2. Filter by Unsettled to find the bill

  3. Click Settle once payment is received


💰 For Save & Settle Bills (Patient already paid)

No action needed — the bill is already marked as settled.


🌐 Online Bills

Online bills are settled only after the patient pays online.

  • You’ll get a notification from SMDBot in your Messages once payment is completed.

  • Until then, the bill will remain unsettled.

🔗 To see how patients pay online, click here.


⚡ Quick Bills

After creating a Quick Bill, the Manual Settle window will automatically pop up.

💵 Manual Payment

  1. Click (...) > Show Bill

  2. Select any payment method (e.g. Cash, Bank Transfer, GCash, or others—except Online Payment or QRPH)

  3. Click Confirm to log the payment


🤖 Automatic Payment

✅ QRPH Payment

  1. Click (...) > Show Bill

  2. Tap QRPH

  3. Show the QR code to the patient

  4. Patient pays via e-wallet or bank app
    Status updates automatically once payment is received (if synced)


🌐 Online Payment

  1. Click (...) > Show Bill

  2. Tap Payment Link to generate a link and QR code

  3. Patient can scan or click the link to pay online
    Status updates automatically once payment is received (if synced)


❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  1. ➕ Can I create more than one bill for the same patient?
    Yes! Just create another manual bill anytime it’s needed.

  2. 🏥 How do I bill HMO patients for extra services (e.g. medical certificate)
    Create a manual bill for any services not covered by the HMO.

  3. 💰 Can I create a bill over ₱50,000?
    Yes, there’s no limit—you can create bills over ₱50,000.

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