Clinics that operate after official hours often charge department rates, meaning that a price increase is applied to consultation items due to higher staff costs during these hours. However, a general department rate may not work well in all cases. For example, because the basic device fee of a CT scan device may make up a big part of the item price, a general department rate would increase the item price too much. In this case, you might want to apply the department rate only to the part of the item price that is based on staff costs. To achieve this, you can use a royalty fee. For example, if the royalty fee is 50%, the department rate increase will only apply to 50% of the item price.

Enable the Royalty Fee

1. Go to Settings > Department > Department rates.
2. Select the pen button next to the Department rate settings section title.
3. Select the Apply royalty fee checkbox.
4. Select Save.

Set the Royalty Fee for an Item

1. Go to Catalogue > Items.
2. Find and open a procedure item for which you want to set a royalty fee. 
3. On the Stock and pricing tab under Pricing options, set the royalty fee in the Royalty fee field. For example, if you add '50' in the field, department rates will be applied to 50% of the total item price.
4. Select Save.

See Also

Set Department Rates

Use Department Rates and Royalty Fee on a Consultation

Updated 08 October 2024 07:29