There has been an issue at the office about how to properly account for deposits taken for work to be done on a patient.
The issue is that some people put together an estimate, then, when taking deposit money, they post the work to the account and apply the partial payment. This causes problems with census figures and also makes it difficult to change procedures around should we make an adjustment to treatment during the course of doing work. Not to mention the problems that this causes with the General Ledger.
So to set us all straight, somebody posted a solution to the problem. It is three steps in the computer, and the only mistake that one can make is if the input the wrong amount for the cash taken in. Very simple.
BUT, a member of management didn't like that idea and came up with "a better way" to record deposits. Their process is seven steps, five of which can create complicated accounting errors, not only for the patient with which the deposits are being accepted, but for other patients too.
sigh.
LOTKWSN
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Sounds like a solid management decision.
Typical management. Nothing anyone else does is any good because it didn't come from the manager. What do you want to be that any mistakes someone makes will result in either termination or a severe ass-chewing and formal reprimand?
@weirdbean - This is exactly what I was thinking.
@mrcolorful - What good is a manager if they don't get to chew some ass every now and then? This is why managers like to make things complicated and difficult. They have to have something to feed on or they wither and die of starvation.
Manager's don't eat normal diets like the rest of the human race.
You really do like to play the vulnerable little girl role don't you.
.......How did you guess?
I've never been a manager so I've never had to undergo that special surgery. Thus I allowed myself to forget about it.