Payments/Adjustments Report

Payments/Adjustments Report

Overview

The Payments/Adjustments Report provides a detailed view of financial activity related to client billing. This report helps billing teams and administrators track payments received, adjustments applied, and outstanding balances across clients and payers. It supports accurate reconciliation and offers transparency into each transaction’s origin and status.

The report enables practices to monitor financial performance, identify unapplied or partially applied payments, and ensure billing accuracy.

You can export the report in CSV, PDF, or Excel format.

Step 1: Accessing the Payments/Adjustments Report

To access the Payments/Adjustments Report:

  1. Select More from the left sidebar.
  2. Select Reports.
  3. In the Report dropdown, select Payments/Adjustments Report.




Step 2: Using Report Filters 

Encounter Start / Encounter End: Select a date range to filter records based on the encounter date. Only encounters within this date range will be included in the report. This is the primary filter used to run the report by default. All other filters are optional and can be used to further narrow the results.

Additional filters are available to refine results:
  1. Clinician: Choose a specific clinician to view payments or adjustments related only to that clinician. Leave blank to include all clinicians.
  2. Location: Filter results by the service location. Useful for multi-site practices to segment data by practice location.
  3. Payment Start Date / Payment End Date: Specify a date range to include only those payments received during this period. Leave blank to include all payment dates.
  4. Posted Start Date / Posted End Date: Define the range of dates when transactions (payments or adjustments) were posted to the system. Helps distinguish between actual payment date and when it was entered into the system.
  5. Transaction Type: Select from available transaction types (e.g., Client Payment, Client Adjustment, Insurance Payment, Insurance Adjustment). Helps to isolate a specific type of transaction for review or reconciliation.




Step 3: Running the Report 

After selecting the desired filter options, click the Run Report button. The report is then generated and displayed as shown in the screenshot below. A description of each column in the report is provided beneath the screenshot.



When you run or export the report, it includes the following columns:

Client
  1. Client: Displays the full name of the client associated with the payment or adjustment.
  2. Chart ID: Displays the client's chart ID.
  3. Client Balance: Shows the total outstanding balance the client owes across all charges.
  4. Insurance Balance: Shows the total outstanding balance expected from the insurance payer across all charges.
  5. Total Balance: Combined total of the client and insurance balances across all charges.
  6. Payment Requested: Displays the most recent date a payment was requested from the client using the Request Payment button on the Service Codes screen.
Charge
  1. Encounter: Displays the date of the client’s encounter.
  2. Service: Shows the service codes with modifiers.
  3. Clinician: The provider who performed the service.
  4. Service Location: The location where the service was delivered.
  5. Note Status: Indicates the current status of the clinical note associated with the charge (e.g., In Progress, Finished, Signed).
  6. Charge: Displays the charge amount for the specific service within the encounter.
  7. Total Paid: Sum of payments from client and insurance applied to the the specific service within the encounter.
  8. Total Adjusted: Sum of adjustments from client and insurance applied to the the specific service within the encounter. 
  9. Client Balance: Shows the outstanding amount the client owes for the specific service within the encounter. 
  10. Insurance Balance: Displays the outstanding amount for the specific service within the encounter expected from the insurance payer.
  11. Total Balance: Sum of the client and insurance balances for the specific service within the encounter.
Payments/Adjustments
  1. Transaction Type: Displays the type of transaction, such as Client Payment, Client Adjustment, Insurance Payment, or Insurance Adjustment.
  2. Payment Date: The date when the payment or adjustment was received.
  3. Posted Date: The date the transaction was entered into the system.
  4. Reference Number: Any reference or check number associated with the transaction.
  5. Payer: Displays payer name who made the insurance payment.
  6. Payer Type: Identifies the type of payer, Primary or Secondary.
  7. Amount: Displays the total payment posted on the charge for all the services within the encounter.  
  8. Amount Applied To: Displays the amount applied to the specific service within the encounter.
  9. Entered By: The user who entered the payment in the account ledger.
  10. Transaction Code: Indicates whether the transaction is a payment or an adjustment.
  11. Online Payment: Indicates whether the payment was made through Nexio.
  12. Source: Indicates the source of the payment, such as Cash, Check, Credit Card, Denial, EFT, Money Order, or Other.

See Also

​Working with Reports - Learn how to navigate reports, assign roles and permissions, and use common reporting functions.
​Grant User Access to Reports - Understand the impact of restricted access and how to grant users permission to view reports.

FAQs 

You can find the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on our Knowledge Base page.


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