Lightning Ortho
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Financial Management

Know Where Every
Dollar Stands

A six-tab analytics dashboard, full ledger reporting, AR aging, production tracking, ABA direct debit, contract management, and Sparkie AI for instant financial answers. Everything your practice manager and accountant need.

Last Year to Date
$ 607,022.70
This Year to Date
$ 525,501.70
Same Month Last Year
$ 227,358.40
Current Month
$ 156,920.70
Today's Amount
$ 8,400.00
Name
5 elements selected
01/01/2025 to 20/03/2025

Gross Receipts

Cash$18,385.00
Direct Debit$264,162.00
Electronic Funds Transfer$73,263.00
EFTPOS$213,093.65
HiCaps Fund Payment$51,327.85
Total$620,231.50

Payment Adjustments

Correct a Payment posted incorrectly$-514.00
Insufficient Funds$-11,550.00
Reverse an item$-1,144.80
Total$-13,208.80

Net Receipts

Cash$18,385.00
Direct Debit$252,612.00
Electronic Funds Transfer$72,763.00
EFTPOS$212,059.65
HiCaps Fund Payment$51,203.05
Total$607,022.70
Sparkie + Financials

Ask Sparkie About Your Money

Skip the report builder. Type a question in plain English and Sparkie pulls the answer directly from your financial data. Outstanding balances, collection rates, referral performance, aging reports, even PDFs.

  • Show outstanding balances over 90 days
  • What is our collection rate this quarter?
  • Which payment method has the highest failure rate?
  • Generate an aging report PDF for the team meeting
  • Compare referral source conversion rates
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Billing & Payments

From Quote to Payment, No Gaps

Set up treatment fees with discounts and dental classifications. Create contracts with instalment schedules. Generate ABA batch files for direct debit. Manage billing parties with BSB-validated bank details. Send quotes from templates.

  • Treatment fee setup: gross fee, discounts, net fee auto-calculated
  • Regular and open-ended contracts with four status stages
  • Down payments with configurable unbilled splits (1-4)
  • ABA batch file generation for direct debit processing
  • BSB validation with automatic bank name lookup
  • Multiple billing parties per patient (bank account or credit card)
  • Per-patient ledger with payments, charges, adjustments tabs
  • Invoice and receipt generation from any ledger item
  • Quote generation from templates, email or print to PDF
Start New Treatment×
Treatment Type
Invisalign Comprehensive Change
Gross Fee
$7,500
Discount
$500
Net Fee
$7,000
Down Payment
$1,000
Charge Day
1st
# Payments
12
To Finance
$6,000
Monthly
$500
Summary
TreatmentInvisalign Comp.
Net Fee$7,000
Monthly$500
Status Change
New PatientActive Treatment
Payment Schedule
Apr 2026$500
May 2026$500
Jun 2026$500
Jul 2026$500
••• 8 more payments
Status: New Patient → Active Treatment
Cancel Start Treatment
Billing Party
Verified
Name
Karen Hartley (Mother)
BSB
063-•••
Account
••••4829
ABA Batch Ready
Payments34
Total$17,400
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Complete Financial Suite

Twelve Modules, One System

Practice analytics, patient billing, contract management, direct debit, and quote generation. Built from what practice managers actually need.

Receipts Summary

Gross receipts by payment method (Cash, Direct Debit, EFT, EFTPOS, HiCaps). Adjustments by type and net receipts auto-calculated.

AR Aging

Five aging buckets (0-30, 31-60, 61-90, 91-120, 120+ days) colour-coded by severity. Top 20 outstanding balances with per-patient detail.

Production vs Collections

Monthly production and collections with collection rate %. Year-over-year comparison with colour-coded performance thresholds.

Patient Conversion

New patients vs started treatment vs did not start. Monthly bar charts with conversion rate line overlay and donut chart split.

Referral Analysis

Top 15 referral sources with per-source conversion rates. Horizontal bar chart colour-coded green/yellow/red by performance.

Full Ledger

Every transaction with date, payee, payment form, description, comment, amount, and transaction code. Filter by name, service code, and date range.

Treatment Fees

Gross fee, discounts, net fee, dental classifications, and treatment/diagnosis codes. Copy from proposals to skip manual entry.

Contracts

Regular and open-ended contracts. Down payments, charge scheduling, instalment previews, unbilled tracking, and four status stages.

ABA Direct Debit

Generate ABA batch files for direct debit. BSB validation with automatic bank lookup and payment schedule generation.

Quotes

Treatment quotes from templates with auto-calculated repayments. Email to patients, save as proposals, or print to PDF.

Billing Parties

Multiple billing parties per patient. Bank account (BSB + account) and credit card support with automatic bank lookup.

Patient Ledger

Per-patient ledger with payment, charge, and adjustment tabs. Running balance, aging breakdown, invoice and receipt generation.

Everything Under the Hood

Six-tab dashboard: Summary, Ledgers, Conversion, AR Aging, Production, Referrals
Five KPI cards: Last Year to Date, This Year to Date, Same Month Last Year, Current Month, Today
Gross receipts by method: Cash, Direct Debit, Electronic Funds Transfer, EFTPOS, HiCaps Fund Payment
Payment adjustments: incorrect postings, insufficient funds, reversed items
AR aging buckets: 0-30, 31-60, 61-90, 91-120, 120+ days with colour coding
Top 20 outstanding patient balances ranked by days overdue
Monthly production vs collections with collection rate percentage
Collection rate thresholds: green 95%+, yellow 90-94%, red below 90%
New patient conversion: started vs did not start, monthly and yearly
Conversion donut chart and year-over-year comparison tables
Top 15 referral sources with per-source conversion rates
Full ledger: date, payee, payment form, description, comment, amount, code
Filter by name, multi-select service codes, and preset or custom date ranges
Paginated at 30 items per page
Treatment fee setup with gross, discount, net, dental classifications
Treatment and diagnosis code tracking per fee
Regular and open-ended contracts with status tracking
Down payments with configurable unbilled splits
ABA batch file generation for direct debit
BSB validation with automatic bank name lookup
Multiple billing parties per patient (bank and credit card)
Quote generation from templates with variable merging
Per-patient ledger with payment, charge, and adjustment tabs
Invoice and receipt generation from individual ledger items
Sparkie AI: ask financial questions in plain English and get instant answers

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