Receiving and Applying Charges from NextGen® Enterprise EHR

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Receiving and Applying Charges from NextGen® Enterprise EHR

When the Suppress Billing option is not selected in the Service Item Library Maintenance window in File Maintenance or in NextGen® Enterprise EHR, unapplied encounter credits for charges entered for a patient in NextGen® Enterprise EHR generate automatically in NextGen® Enterprise PM. The information in the field associated with each charge is carried over from NextGen® Enterprise EHR to NextGen® Enterprise PM. When charges are sent from NextGen® Enterprise EHR, the charges enter NextGen® Enterprise PM in one of the following methods: Automatically applied. When the holding tank is Off and the charges coming from NextGen® Enterprise EHR have an unapplied encounter credit, a batch with an ID of AUCR is automatically created. Placed in the holding tank until the users manually accept each charge. When the holding tank is On, a batch is not automatically created. You must have an active batch in NextGen® Enterprise PM so that the charges can be applied when you accept the charges either m

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Process NextGen® Enterprise EHR Charges from the Charge Posting Window

You can process procedures submitted from NextGen® Enterprise EHR that are in the pending charges holding tank in NextGen® Enterprise PM from the Charge Posting window. You can process charges for one encounter at a time. Note: If an encounter has an assigned program in NextGen® Enterprise EHR, then the charges that you create in NextGen® Enterprise EHR has an assigned program by default when you process those charges in NextGen® Enterprise PM. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. Select Charges. The Charge Posting window opens. Open the desired patient and encounter with pending charges. A message appears stating that the two charges were pre-loaded as a result of the creation of EHR patient procedures. Do you want to process the pre-loaded charges. Do one of the following: Select Process to accept the charges. The charges are removed from the pending charges holding tank and are pulled into the Charge Posting window for the encounter. Select Reject to reject the charges. The charges are remo

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Process NextGen® Enterprise EHR Charges from the Charge Posting Window

You can process procedures submitted from NextGen® Enterprise EHR that are in the pending charges holding tank in NextGen® Enterprise PM from the Charge Posting window. You can process charges for one encounter at a time. Note: If an encounter has an assigned program in NextGen® Enterprise EHR, then the charges that you create in NextGen® Enterprise EHR has an assigned program by default when you process those charges in NextGen® Enterprise PM. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. Select Charges. The Charge Posting window opens. Open the desired patient and encounter with pending charges. A message appears stating that the two charges were pre-loaded as a result of the creation of EHR patient procedures. Do you want to process the pre-loaded charges. Do one of the following: Select Process to accept the charges. The charges are removed from the pending charges holding tank and are pulled into the Charge Posting window for the encounter. Select Reject to reject the charges. The charges are remo

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Process NextGen® Enterprise EHR Charges from Reports

You can process procedures from NextGen® Enterprise EHR that are in the pending charges holding tank in NextGen® Enterprise PM from the EHR Manual Charge Processing Pending report. You can process charges for one encounter at a time. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. From the Reports menu, select General, and then select EHR Manual Charge Processing–Pending. The NextGen Report Filter window opens. Filter the report to include the desired charges. Filter 1: Enter a charge Create Date range or leave blank for charges created on any date. Locations: Select one or more charge Service Locations or leave blank for charges from any location. Select OK. The Report Preview window opens. Double-click the patient’s encounter. The Encounters tab on the Patient Chart opens. Right-click the selected encounter and select Charges from the menu. The Charge Posting window opens with a message. Do one of the following: Select Process to accept the charges. The charges are removed from the pending charges hold

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Process NextGen® Enterprise EHR Charges from Reports

You can process procedures from NextGen® Enterprise EHR that are in the pending charges holding tank in NextGen® Enterprise PM from the EHR Manual Charge Processing Pending report. You can process charges for one encounter at a time. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. From the Reports menu, select General, and then select EHR Manual Charge Processing–Pending. The NextGen Report Filter window opens. Filter the report to include the desired charges. Filter 1: Enter a charge Create Date range or leave blank for charges created on any date. Locations: Select one or more charge Service Locations or leave blank for charges from any location. Select OK. The Report Preview window opens. Double-click the patient’s encounter. The Encounters tab on the Patient Chart opens. Right-click the selected encounter and select Charges from the menu. The Charge Posting window opens with a message. Do one of the following: Select Process to accept the charges. The charges are removed from the pending charges hold

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Receive and Apply Charges from NextGen® Enterprise EHR

Do one of the following: In NextGen® Enterprise PM, select the Admin menu. Select Preferences > Enterprise In File Maintenance, select Master Files. Select System > Enterprises. Double-click an enterprise, and then select Preferences. The General tab of the Enterprise Preferences window opens. Do one of the following: Select the EHR manual charge processing check box to turn on the holding tank. Clear the EHR manual charge processing check box to turn off the holding tank. For each applicable practice, open the Charge Entry Practice Preferences, and then check or uncheck the EHR manual charge processing option. Note: Both enterprise and practice level check boxes must be selected. Select OK. Parent topic: Enterprise Preferences - General Tab

Receiving and Applying Charges from NextGen® Enterprise EHR

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