====== Medical Device Retailer ======

Medical Device Retailers have additional features for contacts and events that other Retail Sales systems don't have. These features are described here.

===== Required Contact Types: =====

==== Patients: ====

Patients are the primary contact types used in MDR. Each new customer should be saved as a patient. This alerts the system to display more information for the contact. 

==== Doctors: ====

Doctor's should be saved as the default contact type in the system named "Doctor". This allows them to be added to the doctor field in the patient contacts. 

==== Insurance Companies: ====

Insurance companies should be saved as insurance companies. This will help them be found and allows them to be assigned in the insurance company fields in the patient contacts. 

==== Residence Types: ====
 
These identify if the patient is in a Skilled Nursing Facility, Retirement Home etc.

==== Insurance Codes: ====

  * Allowable: Each product can have an allowable that is store separately from the retail amount in the transaction. 
  * HCPS: These codes are stored in Inventory when the system is set to be a MDR system.
  * ICD9 Codes: ICD9 Codes are stored in the Patient contacts screen only.