You can add charges for meals, groceries, mileage, etc… on a private pay invoice.  This method will allow you to change the price as needed, instead of having a set amount. 

1. From Barnestorm Office > Codes > Rates > Supply Codes, create a supply code with an * in front of the code. Example, *MEALS would be a code to keep track of meals purchased for the patient.  You can leave the Supply Price blank, it will not show up in the Supply Charges screen.

2. From the Main Menu in Barnestorm Office click on Supplies > Supply Charges.

3. Enter the employee number, chart number, change date if needed, enter the code, and quantity.

4. Enter the each unit price and Barnestorm will calculate the total charge.  

5. Save the charge entry.  

6. When you create the bill from Billing > All Other Billing > Print Patient Statements; your miscellaneous charges will be listed.

Supplies > Supply Charges screen

Example of Patient Statement