The module is needed to respond to all cashiering activities in the Hospital, i.e. cash disbursement, cash receipts, cash forecast and cash activity management in general.
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| Cash Management |
| | Description | | The module is needed to respond to all cashiering activities in the Hospital, i.e. cash disbursement, cash receipts, cash forecast and cash activity management in general. |
| 1 | | Current cash availability | | 2 | | Calculation of expected cash sources ( AR , services , miscellaneous cash) | | 3 | | Calculation of expected cash users ( AP , miscellaneous cash ) | | 4 | | Forecast effects of cash sources and uses on cash availability | | 5 | | Expected pay date maintenance | | 6 | | Cash projection reporting | | 7 | | Cash projections by entity, bank, expected date, terms, customer payment history | | 8 | | Cash projections by currency | | 9 | | Cash book inflow and outflow by bank, year , statement code | | 10 | | Recording of cash payments and receipts from bank statements | | 11 | | Statement of discrepancy exception flagging and reporting | | 12 | | Recording of miscellaneous charges and deposits | | 13 | | Process cancelled AP checks | | 14 | | Recording of GL journal entries to cash | | 15 | | Printing of statement of account | | 16 | | Ability to timely execute cash transfer and investment decisions made daily | | 17 | | Ability to inquire at multiple banks for balance, lockbox deposit and check clearing information | | 18 | | Ability to record interest received on favorable bank balance ( Banque du Liban ) | | 19 | | Ability to record bank interest charges | | 20 | | Ability to allocate receipts for specific invoice | | 21 | | Ability to accept funds not allocated to specific invoice | | 22 | | Ability to record sundry receipts | | 23 | | Ability to post information interfaced from banks to the general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payables, and payroll systems | | 24 | | Ability to forecast disbursements including the latest ledger and collected positions on a monthly and daily basis | | 25 | | Ability to automatically reconcile bank accounts | | 26 | | Ability to effectively process wire transfers by interfacing with the general ledger, and account payable | | 27 | | Ability to prepare on the system short term cashflows | | 28 | | Ability to prepare bank business flows | | 29 | | Ability to record value date and transaction dates on cash book | | 30 | | Ability to print cash receipts | | 31 | | Ability to accept cheques and credit cards | | 32 | | Provide support for cash counting and books balancing | | 33 | | Ability to reverse cash payment, reimburse cash for cancelled medical procedures | | 34 | | Ability to accept ear marked donations | | >>> Integration within Accounting | | | | 35 | | Create and post summary journal entries for all financial transactions processed in the cash book module | | 36 | | Cash book updates accounts receivable with details of all customer receipts | | 37 | | Cash book is updated by accounts payable with details of payment transactions | | 38 | | Integrate with payable to post delivery of cheques | | 39 | | Integrate with payroll to disburse employees cash payment | | 40 | | Integrate with receivables to dispense receipts on cash/cheques settlement | | 41 | | Confirm receipt of payment through online screens | | 42 | | Issue various receipts in support of cash sales of services | | 43 | | Record and control cheques delivery to individuals / vendors | | 44 | | Support cash receipt from inpatient/outpatient on different services rendered and different locations | | 45 | | Integrate with ledger for all posting and adjustments handled through cashier | | 46 | | Ability to inquire on patient / vendor outstanding balances | | 47 | | Ability to view various costing elements from billing system | | 48 | | Daily cash position report | | 49 | | Detailed cash disbursement report | | 50 | | Detailed cash receipt report | | 51 | | Summary of posting to General Ledger | | 52 | | Various control account reconciliation report | | 53 | | Integration with billing system | | 54 | | Integration with Accounts Payable | | 55 | | Integration with purchasing | | 56 | | Integration with order management, services | | 57 | | Integration with Accounts Receivable | | 58 | | Integration with General Ledger | | 59 | | Integration with Payroll | |