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

Practice Preferences

Recommendations

External Practice Preferences

Alerts Practice Preferences

Medical Necessity and Orders Practice Preferences Setup

Medical Necessity and Orders Practice Preferences Setup

Practices Preferences for NextGen® Enterprise EHR

Case Management Practice Preferences

Practice Preferences

External Practice Preferences

Alerts Practice Preferences

Medical Necessity and Orders Practice Preferences Setup

Medical Necessity and Orders Practice Preferences Setup

Practices Preferences for NextGen® Enterprise EHR

Case Management Practice Preferences