SIM Pricing Template Library

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Updating SIM Libraries with NextGen BBP

The Send to BBP check box on the SIM Library Configuration Maintenance window tells the system to use the SIM Pricing Template-Auto Update job in NextGen BBP to perform the SIM Library update with the configuration. After the BBP job has completed the SIM Library Update, the application clears the Send to BBP setting. An alternative way to select the Send to BBP check box is to select open menu button located next the SIM Library Configurations box and select the BBP option. When the Send to BBP check box has been selected for a SIM Library Configuration, the application displays a green check mark in the BBP column of the SIM Library Configurations box. After the SIM Pricing Template BBP job has completed the SIM Library Update, the application removes the green check(s) from the BBP column. If you want to de-select the Send to BBP option for a SIM Library Configuration, select on the green check mark in the BBP column and then select Yes when the application asks if you want to unche

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Configure SIM Library

Open a SIM Pricing Template library. In the SIM Library Configurations section, select open menu button and then select New. The SIM Library Configuration Maintenance window opens. In the SIM Library Configuration Name field, enter a name for the configuration. Select Open Folder to select the SIM libraries you want to apply the configuration to Include/Exclude steps. If you want the SIM Library Configuration to be included in the SIM Pricing Template BBP - Auto Update job in the NextGen BBP application, select the Send to BBP check box. If you want the update to insert new service items to a library when they do not currently exist, select the Add items from SIM Pricing Template to SIM libraries if they do not exist check box. New rows will be added. If the check box is cleared, existing service items will be updated and no new items will be added. In the Filter Criteria section, enter attributes that limit which SIMs that File Maintenance updates. All SIMs that meet the requirements

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

SIM Library Configurations

SIM library configurations link SIM Pricing Templates to SIM Libraries. You can use the configurations to update SIM Libraries. The configuration settings contain the rules for transferring the pricing information to the SIM libraries. They tell the system: which Service Item Libraries to affect and by what percentage. which fields to update. For example, a parent SIM Pricing Template library is set up specifically for Unassigned Benefit Prices. The settings would be configured to only update the price for the Unassigned Benefit Price in the child SIM library. how to perform the updates: Update the existing row in the SIM. Add a new row in the SIM and expire the old row. Apply other configurable settings that are based on utilities in NextGen® Enterprise PM. Updating SIM Libraries with NextGen BBP Configure SIM Library SIM Pricing Template Library

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Setup SIM Pricing Template Library

In the Libraries list, select SIM Pricing Template. The SIM Pricing Template List window opens. Select open menu button , and then select New. The SIM Pricing Template window opens. Enter a name in the SIM Pricing Template Name field. Complete the remaining fields. For more information on the field descriptions, see SIM Pricing Template Library Field Descriptions. Set the SIM Library Configurations that link the SIM Pricing Templates to the SIM Libraries. Note: After configurations have been set up, a green check mark in the SIM Library Configuration section > BBP column indicates that the configuration will be included in the SIM Pricing Template - Auto Update BBP job. Instead of opening an existing configuration to designate it to be sent to BBP, you can select the BBP column for the row in the SIM Library Configuration section or you can right-click the configuration, and then select BBP. To see a snapshot of the current SIM data targeted for update along with what the data will be

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Advanced Service Item Library Mode

When you need to maintain pricing for several locations that are grouped into different regions, the Enable Advanced Service Item Library Mode allows you to set pricing based on how various payers divide the country into geographical regions. For example, Medicare has different regional groupings than Aetna, and pricing would be determined accordingly. With Enable Advanced Service Item Library Mode, you can also use SIM Pricing Templates to manage prices in the Service Item libraries. Note: Once you enable Advanced Service Item Library Mode, you cannot disable it. You can create a SIM Pricing Regions Library to support setting prices based on geographical regions that may vary by payer. For more information on SIM Pricing Regions Library see, File Maintenance Libraries Guide for NextGen® Enterprise. You can assign default pricing regions for the enterprise and payers by setting up additional pricing in the Service Items library for claim printing. You can assign permissions in the Syst

NextGen® Background Business Processor Help 8

SIM Pricing Template - Auto Update

Configure the following fields to auto-update the SIM library report. Field Description Export Path for SIM Library Report Indicate the output path for the SIM Library report. Job runtime alert setting (minutes) Indicate the number of minutes you want the application to wait before sending out a job runtime alert email. Job runtime alert email Enter the email address of the person or persons to whom the application sends the job runtime alert. Parent topic: NextGen Background Business Processor Job Types Related concepts Using Date Part and Counter Tokens in File Names Related tasks Configure Print or Export Settings

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