Sanctions & Limitations Dictionary
Sanctions are penalties or other means of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience with the law, or with rules and regulation. The Sanctions & limitations dictionary items are used to define conditions under which restrictions may be placed on physicians that may limit their scheduling privileges in the facility.
Sanctions & limitations are referenced in the Human Resource module on the Sanctions page and used with Conflict Checking at scheduling.
Examples
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Government imposed sanctions by Medicare that would restrict physicians from performing and billing for services done on Medicare Patients
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Facility sanctions may also be created to restrict scheduling of new cases by physicians who are behind on dictation.
Sanctions & Limitations is a Shared (Business Group) dictionary. Items entered or modified in this dictionary will be referenced in all Business Entities associated to the Business Group.
To add a new sanction or limitation to the dictionary
- Click New Item from the Actions sectionActions section in the upper right of the dictionary. Complete the following fields.
- Name: Enter a description of the item to be entered. This is a mandatory field and must be unique.
- Quick Code: Enter a short name for the item. Quick Codes can be up to 15 alphanumeric characters,are mandatory and must be unique. If the Auto generate quick codes Preference has been enabled, this filed will populate when the Name field has been completed and you tab off of the field.
- Click one of the following buttons:
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- Save and DoneSave and Done
Click to save your changes and return to the Items screen.
- Save and NewSave and New
Click to save your changes and clear the fields on the dialog, so you can add another new Item to the dictionary.
- CancelCancel
Click to discard your changes and return to the Items screen.
- Save and DoneSave and Done