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File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Providers Categories Tab

The Categories tab allows you to select the service, diagnosis, and modifier categories to assign with the provider. Field Description Service/ Diagnosis/ Modifier Select the category type you want to assign. Available Categories Lists the items in the category you selected. These are items that have been set up in the following master files: Service Categories, Diagnosis Categories, and Modifier Categories. Assigned Categories Lists the items in the category you selected. Category Details Displays the key and description for the item in the selected category. To view the details of a category; right-click an item in the Available Categories list, then select Details. Parent topic: Providers Master File

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Providing Practice Access for Provider Master File

The Practice access for provider master file check box, when selected, allows providers to be defined at the practice level, and you can restrict which practices have access to them. Once the practices have been set up with or without access to the selected provider, there are specific areas in the application where that practice, depending on its access, will or will not see the provider. The areas are: The Referring Physician field in Add/Modify Appointment window. The Physician Referring field in Eligibility Referral Lookup window. The Additional provider field in Charge Entry window. Note: The Additional provider field is dependent on the Addtl provider selection in the Charge Entry Preferences. If the check box is selected and All providers is also selected, then the access to the providers listed in the Additional Provider field is determined by the practice access settings. The Provider field in the Add Patient Provider window. The Default Referring Physician field in the Chart

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Provider Types Tab

All five system-defined provider types and all user-defined provider types, are assigned by default to each provider. When you access the Provider Types tab on the Add/Modify Provider Information window, a check mark displays next to the assigned types. This means that the application continues to list all providers on all window until you change the provider type settings. For example, if you clear the check mark for the First Consulting provider type on the Add/Modify Provider Information window of a physician, that physician is no longer listed as an available First Consulting provider when you create a new encounter for a patient. Field Description Provider Types Select to place a check mark next to the Provider Type entries to assign the appropriate types to the provider. Provider Types indicate the role the provider plays in relation to the patient. Practice Level Provider Types Select to place a check mark next to the Practice Level Provider Type entries to assign additional Pro

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Provider Information

Physician addresses display next to the physician names in certain drop-down lists in several areas of the application. The following table provides a listing of all of the window and the specific fields that display the physician addresses next to the names. Window Fields Add/Edit Appointment Referring Physician Charge Posting Additional Provider (user-defined) Encounter Maintenance Referring, First Consulting, Second Consulting Add/Modify Patient Provider Providers People/Patient Maintenance Primary Care Provider Chart Details Default Referring, Physician, Co-managed Physician Eligibility/Referral Lookup Physician Referring Parent topic: Providers Demographics Tab

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Managing Provider Information

The Provider tab appears only when one or more custom User Defined Patient Provider fields have been created in Practice Preferences. Up to 12 patient provider fields can be set up and then used to collect additional provider information for a person or patient. Information on the Provider tab is stored at the practice level; therefore, each practice can enter and maintain different information for a person or patient. The Provider tab is available as follows: Window: NextGen® Enterprise EHR NextGen® Enterprise PM NextGen® Optical Management Person Information Yes Yes N/A Patient Information Yes Yes No For more information, go to the NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the following guides: For setting up User Defined Patient Provider fields in Practice Preferences, refer to the File Maintenance Preferences Guide for NextGen® Enterprise. For setting up Providers for selection in a patient provider field, refer to the File Maintenance Master Files Guide for NextGen® Enter

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Managing Provider Information

The Provider tab appears only when one or more custom User Defined Patient Provider fields have been created in Practice Preferences. Up to 12 patient provider fields can be set up and then used to collect additional provider information for a person or patient. Information on the Provider tab is stored at the practice level; therefore, each practice can enter and maintain different information for a person or patient. The Provider tab is available as follows: Window: NextGen® Enterprise EHR NextGen® Enterprise PM NextGen® Optical Management Person Information Yes Yes N/A Patient Information Yes Yes No For more information, go to the NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the following guides: For setting up User Defined Patient Provider fields in Practice Preferences, refer to the File Maintenance Preferences Guide for NextGen® Enterprise. For setting up Providers for selection in a patient provider field, refer to the File Maintenance Master Files Guide for NextGen® Enter

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