Provider Information

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

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

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

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

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Displaying Only Selected Providers

You can control which physicians display in a provider list box. By assigning a Provider Type to each provider on the Provider Types tab of the Modify Provider Information dialog box, you can categorize the physicians so that only the appropriate ones display in the provider list box during tasks such as encounter and appointment creation. The system-defined Provider Types that you can assign to a physician are: Admitting Provider First Consulting Provider Second Consulting Provider Primary Care Provider Referring Provider You can also assign user-defined provider types to providers on the Modify Provider Information window. User-defined provider types are created by accessing the Provider Practice Preferences. Provider Types Tab Parent topic: Providers Master File

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

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

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

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

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Providers System Tab

On the System tab, you can add a provider or modify provider details using the following field descriptions. Field Description Provider Payers This field lists payers and payer numbers added to the provider. After you add a provider, you should add values in the Provider Payers list. Taxonomy Code This field displays a default taxonomy code to classify providers according to type or specialty. Specialty Code1/ Specialty Code2 This field displays the provider's specialty codes. You can modify specialties in the Specialties master file. Provider Subgrouping 1/ Provider Subgrouping 2 (User-defined fields) This field displays provider subgrouping category types that you can use as reporting filters. To modify the information, you can refer to the Provider Subgrouping 1 and Provider Subgrouping 2 fields on the General tab of the Enterprise Preferences window. Employer This field displays the provider's employer. The employers listed are maintained in the Employers master file. Primary Locat

Provider Information

Recommendations

Managing Provider Information

Managing Provider Information

Displaying Only Selected Providers

Providing Practice Access for Provider Master File

Provider Types Tab

Providers System Tab

Managing Provider Information

Managing Provider Information

Displaying Only Selected Providers

Providing Practice Access for Provider Master File

Provider Types Tab

Providers System Tab