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Choosing the Right Report

Use this guide to choose the right NikoHealth Report based on the workflow, question, or follow-up action your team is working on.

Report Selection

One of the most common challenges is simply knowing where to start. What a Report shows you depends on a few choices you control:

  • the business question it's built to answer

  • the date basis and date range applied

  • the filters, columns, and saved views you set

Instead of chasing data across screens, you start with the question you're trying to solve, choose the Report built for it, and shape the view to your workflow.

The right Report turns raw activity into an answer for a real question.

Instead of chasing data across screens, you start with the question you're trying to solve, choose the Report built for it, and shape the view to your workflow.

Question first Report second Filters third

Examples: Which orders are stuck in fulfillment? Where is revenue coming from? What's aging in A/R and needs follow-up? Are recurring resupply patients on track?

Because the underlying data updates as your team works, two Reports can look different simply because they measure different activity or use different date logic. That's exactly why understanding how a Report populates is the first step to trusting the numbers it gives you. And it's also what makes Reports so useful for running your business.

Pro Tip: Start with the business question first, then choose the Report that matches that workflow. Use saved filters and consistent date logic so your team is comparing the same view each time.


Common Report Use Cases

The list below maps common business needs to the Report best suited to answer them, along with tips to get the most out of each one.

If you need to...

Monitor open or drop ship orders

Use: Order Fulfillment Report

Tips: Use item-level fulfillment status to catch rejected, failed, backordered, or shipped-not-delivered items.

Review order details or trends

Tips: Gives Order-level details and history. This is helpful for created, completed, canceled, or referral-related review.

Compare the Billed/Expected to cost

Use: Order Financials Report

Tips: Uses Order cost-sharing values and Catalog cost-per-unit. Export when calculating Total Cost for quantities over 1.

Look ahead at recurring resupply

Use: Resupply Programs Report

Tips:

  • Filter by: Next Scheduled Date

  • Set Resupply Program Status = Active

  • Add Resupply Item status when individual items may be on hold

Work open balances and aging

  • Summary Report: high level view

  • By Insurance/Patient: grouped views

  • Aging Details: Invoice-level view (always check the "As Of" date)

Track claim flow, rejections, denials

  • for Initial vs Resubmitted

  • for reviewing rejection type

  • for Denial Code, Payer, HCPCS, and Denial Status

Find unapplied money

  • Filter Payment Status for New, Unapplied, or Failed

  • focus on open balances for patient money

Trace Inventory or Product movement

  • counts by site/status

  • activity + details = serial or transfer history

  • for depreciable items

Learn more about using...

Order Reports

Use Order Reports when you need to review order activity, fulfillment progress, or financial information connected to an Order.


Order Fulfillment Report

Use the Order Fulfillment Report when you need to monitor the status of items on an Order. This Report is especially helpful for open Orders, Drop Ship Orders, or situations where individual items may be moving through different fulfillment statuses.

This report can help you identify items that may need follow-up, including items that are:

  • Rejected

  • Failed

  • Backordered

  • Shipped but not delivered

Because this report focuses on item-level fulfillment activity, it is often the best starting point when you are trying to confirm whether products are continuing to move through the fulfillment process.


Use the Order History Report when you need to review Order-level activity or trends. This can include created Orders, completed Orders, canceled Orders, or referral-related Order activity.

This Report is a better fit when you are reviewing the Order as a whole rather than the fulfillment status of each individual item.


Order Financials Report

Use the Order Financials Report when you need to compare billed or expected amounts to cost.

This Report uses Order Cost Share values and catalog cost-per-unit. If the values appear blank or incomplete, review the related Order and Product setup.

If you are working with quantities greater than one, export the Report when you need to calculate total cost.

Resupply Programs Reports

Use the Resupply Programs Report when you need to review recurring resupply activity, identify Patients with active programs, or look ahead at upcoming scheduled items.

This Report can help your team understand which Patients are due for specific items and whether programs or individual resupply items are active or on hold.

When reviewing resupply activity, it is important to understand the difference between the main resupply date fields.

  • Last Supplied: The last Invoice date of service for the item.

  • Next Eligible: The date the item can be supplied again based on the last completed order.

  • Next Scheduled: The date the item is expected to be added to a future resupply order.

If you're planning future resupply work, Next Scheduled is usually the most helpful starting point. Use the Next Scheduled date filter and enter the date range your team needs to review.

To focus on active programs only, add the Program Status filter and set it to Active.

If your team uses item-level holds, consider adding Resupply Item Status as well.

A/R Aging Reports

Use A/R Aging Reports when you need to review open balances, manage aging, or prioritize revenue cycle follow-up.

There are multiple A/R Aging Reports, and each one gives you a different view of your open balances.

  • A/R Aging Summary: a high-level view of open balances

  • A/R Aging by Insurance: reviewing open balances grouped by Payer

  • A/R Aging by Patient: reviewing open balances grouped by Patient

  • A/R Aging Details: reviewing Invoice-level aging detail

A/R Aging reports are snapshot-based, so the As Of Date is one of the most important settings to check. If aging numbers do not look right, confirm the As Of Date first.

If your team is actively working current aging, make sure the As Of Date reflects the date you want to review.

Claims, Rejections, and Denials Reports

Use claims and denial-related Reports when you need to monitor billing activity, track claim movement, identify recurring issues, or review denial trends.

  • Claim Submission Report: Best used for Reviewing claim submission activity and tracking initial submissions vs. resubmissions. This Report can help you understand how claims are moving out the door. Use Submission Type when you need to separate initial submissions from resubmissions.

  • Claim Rejections Report: Best used for identifying front-end or back-end rejection issues that may need attention. This Report can help you identify new or recurring rejection issues. Reviewing this report regularly can help your team catch problems early.

  • Denials Detail Report: Best used for reviewing denial trends by denial code, payer, HCPCS, and denial status. This Report can help you review denial trends and understand whether denials are moving from New into Worked, Resubmitted, Ignored, or Written-off statuses.

Payment and Unapplied Money Reports

Use Payment Reports when you need to review unapplied money, failed payments, or payment activity that needs follow-up.

  • Payments Detail Report: Best used for reviewing overall payment activity across Patients and Payers. To focus on unapplied money in Payments Detail, filter Payment Status for statuses such as: New, Unapplied, Failed

  • A/R Aging by Patient Report: Best used for finding Patient accounts with unapplied money and open balances. For Patient unapplied money, use this Report and focus on accounts that have both unapplied money and an open balance.

Inventory Reports

Use Inventory Reports when you need to review product counts, product movement, transfers, adjustments, or serialized item history.

  • Inventory Location Report: Best used for counts by Inventory Location or status. Use this Report when you need to complete or review counts by site or status. If your organization has multiple inventory locations, filter to the specific location before exporting or comparing totals.

  • Inventory Audit Report: Best used for overall Product movement.

  • Inventory Activity Report: Best used for transfers, adjustments, or serialized item history. Add the Details field when you need more context about why movement occurred.

  • Fixed Asset Report: Best used for depreciable items.

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