Skip the Medical Necessity Check if Test has no CPT4 Code

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Set Up Medical Necessity to Run Automatically

You can choose to set up NextGen® Medical Necessity Check to run automatically when you save an order. Select File Maintenance > System > Practices. Select the list or enter your location name and select Open Menu to open your practice. Select Preferences. In the Practice Preferences window, select Order Module > Lab/Rad tab. To automatically run the NextGen® Medical Necessity Check when you save an order, select Run Medical Necessity Check when order is saved. Select OK to save this preference. Select OK to exit the Modify Practice Information window. Parent topic: Orders Module Practice Preferences Setup

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Skip the Medical Necessity Check if Test has no CPT4 Code

You can set up NextGen® Medical Necessity Check to skip those tests that do not have a CPT4 code assigned. NextGen® Medical Necessity Check will check tests with CPT4 codes and will not produce errors if a test with no CPT4 code is found. Select File Maintenance > System > Practices. Select the list or enter your location name and select open menu to open your practice. Select Preferences. In the Practice Preferences window, select Order module > Lab/Rad tab. To indicate that the Medical Necessity Check should not run when a test does not contain a CPT4 code, select Skip Medical Necessity Check if no CPT4 code. Select OK to save this preference. Select OK to exit the Modify Practice Information window. Parent topic: Medical Necessity Setup

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Skip the Medical Necessity Check if Test has no CPT4 Code

You can set up NextGen® Medical Necessity Check to skip those tests that do not have a CPT4 code assigned. NextGen® Medical Necessity Check will check tests with CPT4 codes and will not produce errors if a test with no CPT4 code is found. Select File Maintenance > System > Practices. Select the list or enter your location name and select Open Menu to open your practice. Select Preferences. In the Practice Preferences window, select Order module > Lab/Rad tab. To indicate that the Medical Necessity Check should not run when a test does not contain a CPT4 code, select Skip Medical Necessity Check if no CPT4 code. Select OK to save this preference. Select OK to exit the Modify Practice Information window. Parent topic: Medical Necessity Setup

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Medical Necessity Setup

You must set up the NextGen® Medical Necessity Check to determine if Medicare will pay for a test when selecting a diagnosis for an order and run it when you place a test order. If Medicare or other insurance does not cover the costs of the test, you can print an Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN) and record the patients' decision about how to handle test codes. If an order does not contain Medicare or other insurance then you can't run NextGen® Medical Necessity Check as this follows the Medicare guidelines. Note: You need to obtain a license to run NextGen® Medical Necessity Check. To set up the NextGen® Medical Necessity Check locations, do the following: Access and download the NextGen® Medical Necessity Check update package from the NextGen Healthcare Success Community. This package populates the Locations (and associated data) in the Orders Module tab. Set up the appropriate NextGen® Medical Necessity Check encounter level insurance for the appropriate location. For more informati

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Medical Necessity Setup

You must set up the NextGen® Medical Necessity Check to determine if Medicare will pay for a test when selecting a diagnosis for an order and run it when you place a test order. If Medicare or other insurance does not cover the costs of the test, you can print an Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN) and record the patients' decision about how to handle test codes. If an order does not contain Medicare or other insurance then you can't run NextGen® Medical Necessity Check as this follows the Medicare guidelines. Note: You need to obtain a license to run NextGen® Medical Necessity Check. To set up the NextGen® Medical Necessity Check locations, do the following: Access and download the NextGen® Medical Necessity Check update package from the NextGen Healthcare Success Community. This package populates the Locations (and associated data) in the Orders Module tab. Set up the appropriate NextGen® Medical Necessity Check encounter level insurance for the appropriate location. For more informati

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Set Up Medical Necessity to Run Automatically

You can choose to set up NextGen® Medical Necessity Check to run automatically when you save an order. Select File Maintenance > System > Practices. Select the list or enter your location name and select open menu to open your practice. Select Preferences. In the Practice Preferences window, select Order Module > Lab/Rad tab. To automatically run the NextGen® Medical Necessity Check when you save an order, select Run Medical Necessity Check when order is saved. Select OK to save this preference. Select OK to exit the Modify Practice Information window. Parent topic: Medical Necessity Setup

Skip the Medical Necessity Check if Test has no CPT4 Code

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Skip the Medical Necessity Check if Test has no CPT4 Code

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Set Up Medical Necessity to Run Automatically