
<p><strong>CareLite calculates doctor commissions from the bills themselves. You set a rule once — by service, service group, all consultations or everything, as a percentage or a fixed amount — and every matching bill line generates a payout entry. A cancelled bill reverses its own payout, so the monthly figure does not need reconciling against a spreadsheet.</strong></p>

<h2>How a rule is matched</h2>
<p>Several rules can apply to the same charge, so the most specific one wins: a rule for one service beats a rule for a service group, which beats a rule for all consultations, which beats a catch-all. Priority breaks a tie, and a rule written for a particular company beats a general one. Rules carry effective dates, so a revised arrangement applies from the date agreed rather than retrospectively.</p>

<h2>What the commission is calculated on</h2>
<p>A rule can pay on the gross amount, on the net after discount, or only on what has actually been collected. The last is the honest option where a hospital does not want to pay commission on money it has not received, and it is the one most disputes come from when it is handled on paper.</p>

<h2>Why it does not need reconciling</h2>
<p>Payout entries are derived from bill lines rather than accumulated separately. Cancel a bill and its payout reverses on its own; remove a line and only that line's payout goes. There is no second set of numbers to keep in step with the first.</p>

<h2>Settlement</h2>
<p>Settling a doctor for a period freezes the eligible entries into a settlement document with the gross eligible, any deductions and the net payable. Settled entries leave the eligible pool, so the same period cannot be paid twice. Marking a settlement paid records the date and the payment reference. A rule changed afterwards does not reopen a settlement that has already been made.</p>

<h2>Reports</h2>
<p>Revenue by doctor before commission, payout position showing eligible, settled and reversed side by side, and the settlement history — all filterable by doctor and period, all exportable.</p>
