Transaction Search – Overview
Use the Transaction Search form to quickly find and manage billing activity across invoices, payments, adjustments, added credits (credits added to a patient account), and applied credits (credits used/applied to an invoice).
Quick filters
- Transaction type: invoice, payment, adjustment
- Date range
- Bill Types: Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial Insurance
- Payers, Clients, Patients
- Contains specific adjustment or remark codes
Grid and layout tools
- Advanced grid filters and grouping
- Add/remove columns
- Save and reuse layouts to streamline searches and daily work
More options menu
- Upload CSV: Upload a list of transactions to filter the grid to only those entries.
- Billing Trail: View all transactions linked to the selected transaction (e.g., pick an invoice to see all related payments, credits, adjustments).
- Order Transactions: Display all transactions linked to the order associated to the selected transaction (invoices, payments, adjustments, credits).
- Rebill: Batch process invoices for rebilling. After clicking Rebill, associated orders load in Update Billing Info by Order, update details and click Update and Bill to finalize in seconds.
- Transaction Summary: Summarize selected transactions with total amounts (calculator-style).
- Mark as Sent: Prevent reprocessing of the same invoices. Note: some processes (e.g., export to clearinghouse) auto-mark as sent; manual marking may be needed in some cases.
- Mark as Unsent: Use when an invoice needs reprocessing to ensure it is not missed.
- Account Management: Open the patient financial account for a snapshot of invoices, adjustments, payments, credits, and balances.
- Block Account: Block delinquent patients from using lab services.
- Payment Posting: Load selected invoices into the Payment Posting form (see Payment Posting topics). Note: disabled when multiple Bill To’s are selected.
- Payments Not Posted: Find payments imported from the clearinghouse (ERA 835) that are pending posting.
- Void Invoices: Cancel the selected invoices.
- Documents: Attach documents to the selected invoices.
- Comments: Add internal or invoice comments to the selected invoices.
- Cases: Associate existing or new cases to the selected transactions.
- Quick Edit: Make simple changes directly from the Transaction Search.
- Export EDI: Generate 837 Professional claims and upload to the preferred clearinghouse.
- Edit Client: Open the associated clients in Client Master to make changes.
- Edit Patient: Open the associated patients in Patient Master files.
- Edit Order: Open the order associated to the selected transaction.
- CMS 1500: Print CMS-1500 forms as needed. Usually when payer does not support electronic claims.
- View Order Charges: Display charges generated by the LIS for the order tied to the selected transaction.
Tip: Combine quick filters with saved grid layouts to create repeatable workflows for common tasks (e.g., unposted payments, rebill-ready invoices, payer-specific QA).