Add or Modify a Payer

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Co-Pays Tab

Because co-payments can vary among different departments and services, you can create multiple co-payments. When you enable multiple co-pays, co-pay settings display in the Payers master file in File Maintenance and in Insurance Maintenance in NextGen® Enterprise PM. The co-pay information created in the payers master file becomes the default for all insurance. However, you can change the co-pay settings when you modify insurance in NextGen® Enterprise PM. To enable multiple co-pays: On the General tab of the Enterprise Preferences window, select the Enable Multiple Co-Pays check box. Note: If you enable this option but no co-pays exist in the Payers master file, users can still add specialty co-pays in Insurance Maintenance. To create multiple co-pay information: Select Co-Pays tab on Modify Payer Information window in the Payers master file . Note: The tab displays only when multiple co-pays is enabled in Enterprise Preferences. The tab displays co-pay information that is used in Ins

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Import a Practice Payer into a Practice

The Import Practice Payer feature enables you to copy practice-specific data from one practice into another practice. You must be logged into the practice that you want to import into. The copied data includes practice access information and information from the Practice tab. If a practice already has payer information, importing overwrites any payer data that may already be in the practice. One situation in which you might want to import a practice payer is when you have created a new practice and you want to add payer information that already exists. Instead of manually re-entering all the existing payer practice information, you can simply import it from a payer and only modify the fields as needed. In File Maintenance under Master Files, select System. The list of System Master Files displays. Double-click Payers. The Payer List window opens. In the list, right-click the Payer whose information you want to import, then select Import Practice Payer. The Import Practice Payer Data wi

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Practice Tab

In the File Maintenance > Master Files > System > Payers, the Practice tab of the Add/Modify Payer Information window contains several tabs. The following topics provide information about the sub-tabs on the Practice tab. Claims Tab Secondary References Sub-Tab Other Sub-Tab UB Sub-Tab Transactions Sub-Tab Add Libraries to a Practice Parent topic: Payers Master File

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Search for Payers Using Payer Number or NEIC Number

The Payers List window enables you to search for a payer. In File Maintenance, select Master Files > System > Payers. The Payers List window opens. Select the NEIC/Payer Number column header, and enter the payer number or NEIC number in the Payers List Search field. To view a payer, select the payer and select Enter. The Modify Payer Information window for the selected payer opens. Parent topic: Payers Master File

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Add or Modify a Payer

From the Master Files - System list, select Payers. The Payers List window opens. To add a payer, select open menu , and then select New. The Add Payer Information window opens. Enter all the required information under the following tabs: Payer Defaults - 1 Defaults - 2 System Practice Alt Payer External Co-Pays Select OK to save the changes. To modify a payer, select the payer from the list, select open menu , and then select Open. The Modify Payer Information window opens. Do the required changes and then select OK. Parent topic: Payers Master File

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Modify Alternate Payer Information

In File maintenance, select Master Files > System > PM, and then select Payers-Alt Payers. The Payers-Alt Payers List window opens. From the Payer-Alt Payers list, select an alternate payer and do one of the following: Select open menu and then select Open. Right-click an alternate payer and then select Open. Double-click an alternate payer. The Modify Alt Payer Information window opens. Modify the alternate payer information as required. To save the changes and close the window, select OK. Parent topic: Alternate Payers

Add or Modify a Payer

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Co-Pays Tab

Import a Practice Payer into a Practice

Practice Tab

Search for Payers Using Payer Number or NEIC Number

Add or Modify a Payer

Modify Alternate Payer Information

Co-Pays Tab

Import a Practice Payer into a Practice

Practice Tab

Search for Payers Using Payer Number or NEIC Number

Add or Modify a Payer

Modify Alternate Payer Information