Staff-Initiated Payment Plans Configuration Settings
Use this page to look up Staff-Initiated Payment Plans configuration information, including best practice setting values.
Important: All athenaCommunicator features require the "Patient Cycle" implementation setting enabled at the tablespace level.
Staff-Initiated Payment Plans
| Setting Name | Description | Location | Configuration Level | Default Value | Best Practice Value | Customer Facing | Setting Owner for New Customers | Setting Owner for Existing Customers |
| Patient Cycle E-Payments | This setting determines whether credit card payments via Patient Cycle are enabled. |
 > Implementation > Client Functions > Settings |
Tablespace | OFF | ON | No | Banking Operations | CSC |
| Payment Plan Types | Payment plan types must be created in order to set up payment plans for patients. |
> Billing > Insurance Packages > Payment Plan Types |
Tablespace | OFF | ON | Yes | Onboarding | Customer |
| Credit Card Plus (CCP) eCommerce Merchant ID | Needed to collect payment via credit card | Root > Merchant Groups | Brand | OFF | Enable | No | Financial Configuration | Financial Configuration |