Re: [GNC] Where to charge? Ins pays us, we pay vendor. Resolved

2020-02-15 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
Thanks Christopher, that is exactly what we did except in this case the insured was covered 100% so your $150 partial payment received would have been $200 full payment received. Thanks again everyone for the help. On Thursday, February 13, 2020, 5:23:29 PM EST, Christopher Lam wrote:

Re: [GNC] Where to charge? Ins pays us, we pay vendor. Resolved

2020-02-13 Thread Christopher Lam
This is what I would do: (I assume you're the patient attending the clinic). Say the clinic bills $200 and Medicare pays/prepays $150 ($50 co-pay). I believe the Expenses:Medical:Rebates is an expense contra-account? The GnuCash account type would still be EXPENSE, but would become more negative

Re: [GNC] Where to charge? Ins pays us, we pay vendor. Resolved

2020-02-13 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
Thanks Stephen. This is the first time I've seen a case like this... meaning insurance pays client before client gets a bill from the provider... etc... as far as I can remember.  Regardless, this would have zero tax impact on the individual since it all netted to zero... IMO... but, like you,

Re: [GNC] Where to charge? Ins pays us, we pay vendor. Resolved

2020-02-13 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 2/13/20 11:12 AM, Fran_3 wrote: > In this case the "Doctor" was actually a nationally known diagnostic & > treatment clinic > And the "Insurance Company" was Medicare. > At that time the clinic accepted those insured by Medicare but it was > not  "Medicare Assigned" > What all that meant 

Re: [GNC] Where to charge? Ins pays us, we pay vendor. Resolved

2020-02-13 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
In this case the "Doctor" was actually a nationally known diagnostic & treatment clinicAnd the "Insurance Company" was Medicare.At that time the clinic accepted those insured by Medicare but it was not  "Medicare Assigned"What all that meant  effectively was the clinic sent the bill Medicare

Re: [GNC] Where to charge? Ins pays us, we pay vendor. Resolved

2020-02-13 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 2/13/20 8:34 AM, Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote: > This question was in regards to an individual recording a trip to the doctor > in their personal GC system.What was somewhat unusual here was the medial > insurance paid the patient instead of directly paying the doctor > Here is the original

Re: [GNC] Where to charge? Ins pays us, we pay vendor. Resolved

2020-02-13 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
This question was in regards to an individual recording a trip to the doctor in their personal GC system.What was somewhat unusual here was the medial insurance paid the patient instead of directly paying the doctor Here is the original scenario:1 - Doctor billed patient2 - Insurance paid