In plain English
This means the payment plan is still running at the present time. It remains in effect and has not been completed, cancelled, or ended in another way.
In context
Here, "plan active" reports that the payment plan is still in effect and has not yet ended.
- Situation
- Reading patient billing, coding, estimates, statements, and payment-plan fields
- What it communicates
- reports that the payment plan is currently in effect on the plan page.
Meaning limits
By itself, this status does not say how much remains to be paid or when the plan will end.
Examples
“Although two instalments had already been collected, the payment arrangement was still listed as plan active rather than ended.”
“The clerk kept the payment plan marked plan active while the monthly deductions continued.”