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title: "Institutions"
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# Institutions

Institutions

An Institution in Optomate Touch is a third party that can be bulk-billed, for example, Medicare or The Department of Veteran Affairs.

You can enter institutions by clicking on the Institutions tile from the main menu.

![](https://manula.r.sizr.io/large/user/4454/img/institutions_v1.png)

When invoicing a patient you can apply a rebatable amount to be billed to an institution. Fees billed to an institution are held separately from those billed to the patient.

![](https://manula.r.sizr.io/large/user/4454/img/10911-billing-item.png)

Within Institutions you can create Batches (groups of Patient Invoices by Institution & Provider) which can be electronically claimed, receive & adjust payments for Batches, receive payment for outstanding Institution invoices that have not been batched and Send & Receive electronic claims.