Encounter-Based Versus Line Item-Based Sliding Fee Schedules

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Encounter-Based Sliding Fee Schedule

When the application applies a sliding fee schedule discount by encounter, it applies the discount to the sum total of all the charges for the encounter. Therefore, an encounter-based sliding fee schedule discount is applied only once for an encounter. The application applies the sliding fee schedule discount to the sum of the encounter’s charges whenever you: Close or exit the Charge Entry dialog box. Change the patient while still in the Charge Entry dialog box. Change the encounter number for a patient while still in the Charge Entry dialog box. Continue on to the next step in Autoflow. Parent topic: Sliding Fee Schedules

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Line Item Based Sliding Fee Schedule

When the application applies a sliding fee schedule discount by line item, it applies the discount to each charge immediately after the charge is entered on an encounter. Therefore, a line item-based sliding fee schedule can be applied multiple times for an encounter. Parent topic: Sliding Fee Schedules

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Encounter-Based and Line Item-Based Sliding Fees

In some cost estimation situations, a line-item based sliding fee adjustment can produce dramatically different estimated amounts for a patient or person than an encounter-based sliding fee adjustment as shown in the following examples. For example: If you apply a line-item based sliding fee adjustment with a minimum payment of $50 and a 90% discount to a patient or person encounter with estimated amounts of $150, $40, and $10, the adjustment applies the minimum payment to each estimated amount resulting in a total estimated amount of $150 to the patient or person. Note: When an adjustment results in an estimated amount that is less than the minimum payment, as in this example, the system overrides the adjustment and applies the minimum fees. The estimated amount cannot be less than the adjustment's minimum payment. If you apply an encounter-based sliding fee adjustment with the same discount and minimum payment to the encounter, the schedule takes the total of the estimated amount ($2

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Sliding Fee Schedules

The Sliding Fee Schedule master file enables you to: Create active sliding fee schedules. Activate NextGen® Enterprise PM alerts that: Indicate when patients have an associated sliding fee schedule. Notify users when certain information pertaining to the sliding fee schedule must be re-verified. Exempt certain service items from the sliding fee schedule. In NextGen® Enterprise PM, you can: Attach sliding fee schedules to a patient's chart. Apply a sliding fee schedule discount against patient responsibility charges and automatically calculate discounts based on the active Sliding Fee Schedule. Apply more than one sliding fee schedule to an encounter. Report on the sliding fee schedule adjustment discounts. The modes of applying a sliding fee schedule to a patient’s charges are: Line item-based. Encounter-based. The Sliding Fee Schedule Practice Preferences provide additional options that you can set on a per practice basis. Line Item Based Sliding Fee Schedule Encounter-Based Sliding F

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Patient and Encounter Level Sliding Fee Scenarios

The following conditions are considered for cost estimation if sliding fee schedules are attached at both patient chart level and encounter level. If a cost estimation is launched from an encounter which has a sliding fee schedule attached, then the encounter level sliding fee takes precedence over patient chart level sliding fee schedule. If the cost estimation is launched from a patient appointment, and the appointment has an encounter attached to it, then any sliding fee schedule attached to this encounter takes precedence over a chart level sliding fee schedule. If a cost estimation is not launched from an encounter or an appointment attached to an encounter, the patient chart level sliding fee schedule takes precedence. You can set up the sliding fee schedule details using the parameters on the Sliding Fee Schedule Detail Maintenance window. A patient with a family size of one and an annual income of $20000 has a sliding fee attached using the UDS tab on the Modify Patient Informa

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Applying Sliding Fee Schedules to Charges

When a Sliding Fee Schedule is attached to a patient or guarantor account profile, the Sliding Fee Schedule can be applied against charges for an encounter and the application automatically calculates the adjustment. You can right-click on a line item in the Encounter Maintenance window and either remove or apply a sliding fee adjustment. If the insurance for a patient is discovered to be expired after charges have been applied to the encounter, the patient becomes eligible for a sliding fee adjustment. You can apply the sliding fee adjustment on the line item in the Encounter Maintenance window. Note: Sliding Fee adjustments uses the same process date as the charge process date. If it is overridden, the transaction posting date for the adjustment reflects the current date. Sliding Fee Schedule attached at the encounter level overrides Sliding Fee Schedule attached at the patient level. You can also attach more than one Sliding Fee Schedule to an encounter. This process can occur in th

Encounter-Based Versus Line Item-Based Sliding Fee Schedules

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