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The Practice Management core (PM) runs the healthcare revenue cycle for Encore OS — scheduling, patient registration, insurance eligibility verification, claims management, prior authorization, charge capture, clearinghouse integration, electronic remittance advice (ERA), and value-based payment tracking.
The encounter is the spine. pm_encounters is the canonical entity linking scheduling, clinical documentation, and billing. PM owns the revenue cycle; general accounting lives in Finance & Revenue.

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The revenue cycle

PM runs the front-to-back revenue cycle around the encounter — register and schedule the patient, verify eligibility and authorization, document and capture charges on the encounter, submit the claim through the clearinghouse, and post remittance.
Practice management patient registry

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What PM covers

Scheduling & registration

Appointments, patient registration, and front-office intake.

Eligibility & authorization

Insurance eligibility verification and prior authorization.

Claims & clearinghouse

Charge capture, claim submission, and clearinghouse integration.

Remittance & payments

ERA posting, payments, and value-based payment tracking.
PM is in active development for v0.10. The cards above describe the functional surface; the deep-dive guides below are landing next.

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Planned documentation (v0.10)

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User guide

End-to-end front-office and billing workflows.
2

Admin guide

Payer setup, fee schedules, and clearinghouse configuration.
3

Developer reference

Encounter model, events, and integration contracts.
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Compliance notes

Revenue-cycle controls and audit trails.
This page is a placeholder. Full per-core documentation (user guide, admin guide, developer reference, and compliance notes) is planned for Encore OS v0.10.

Encounter → billing

How clinical encounters flow into claims and billing.

Finance & Revenue

General accounting, distinct from the PM revenue cycle.