Practice Preferences
Practice Preferences enable you to designate user-defined fields for the chart, the encounter, and the appointment. You can also set header and footer messages for forms and invoices, as well as set default codes to use throughout the system.
Note: All of the features in Practice Preferences are optional. You can choose to use them based on the needs of your practice.
The following sections explain each item in the Practice Preferences window to help ensure a clear understanding of how best to set up the system for your practice.
- Open the Practice Preferences
- Alerts Practice Preferences
The Alerts practice preferences control when the Chart, Account, Appointment Scheduling, Managed Care, Payer, and System alerts display in NextGen® Enterprise PM and NextGen® Optical Management. - Appt Scheduling Practice Preferences
- AutoFlow Practice Preference
Autoflow allows you to set a sequence of actions that will enable check-in and check-out processes for encounters. - Budget Accounts Practice Preferences
You can create budget related notifications for your practice. - Case Management Practice Preferences
You can define certain details while creating or updating a patient case. - Charge Entry Practice Preferences
- Chart Practice Preferences
- Setting the Practice Default for the Release of Information
- Setting Claims Practice Preferences
- Contract Edits Practice Preferences
- Activate Practice Access to the Payer Master File
- Data\Fee Ticket Practice Preferences
- External Practice Preferences
External preferences for a practice define the external system connectivity, external scheduling, immunization registry, USPS real-time address validation, and clearing house. - Forms Practice Preferences
You can set up preferences for forms in Forms Practice Preference. - General Practice Preferences
- Holidays Practice Preferences
- Imaging Practice Preferences
- Invoices Practice Preferences
- Itemized Bills Practice Preferences
- Libraries Practice Preferences
- Medication Practice Preferences
You can configure the practice preferences for the Medication module in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. - NextGen Enterprise EHR Practice Preferences Options
You can customize what you see in NextGen® Enterprise EHR with Practice Preferences. - Encounters Practice Preference
The Encounters practice preference enables you to set up various options and parameters that have an impact on patient encounters created in the practice. - Create Claim Modifiers for Rental SIMs
- NextGen EDI Services
- NextGen Share Practice Preferences
- Orders Module Practice Preferences
- Patient Information Bar Practice Preferences
- Patient Notifications Practice Preferences
- Patient Pay Practice Preferences
- Pre-Services Practice Preferences
You can specify the patient preferences on advance payment for a service and to control updating co-pay and deductible components at the insurance maintenance level. - Processing Payments
You can configure the electronic payment processing methods in System Administration, NextGen® Enterprise PM, and File Maintenance. - Printing Practice Preferences
- Programs Practice Preferences
- Provider Practice Preferences
- Reports Practice Preferences
- Resources Practice Preferences
- Sliding Fee Practice Preferences
- Statement Practice Preferences
- Task Practice Preferences
- Taxes Practice Preferences
- Tran Codes Practice Preferences
- Transactions Practice Preferences
- Wait List Practice Preferences