Activate Practice Access to the Payer Master File
- Enable the Practice access for payer master file check box.
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Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8
In File Maintenance, select Master Files > System > Payers. The Payers List window opens. Right-click the applicable payer and then select Practice Access. The Payer Master Access by Practice window opens. Note: By default, all the practices listed on the Payer Master Access by Practice window are selected to allow access to all of the payers listed in the Payer master file. However, when a new payer is added, the practice in which the payer was created is the only one that has access to that payer. From the Practice list: Select the check boxes individually, next to the practices in the list, or right-click a practice and then select Select All option to allow specific practices to access the payer. Clear the check boxes next to the practices in the list to prevent specific practices from accessing the payer. Note: You must select at least one practice. Select OK. Parent topic: Activate and Assign a Payer to a PracticeAssign a Practice to a Payer
Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8
When you select Practice access for payer master file, the payers can be defined at the practice level, and you can restrict which practices have access to them. After all the practices have been set up with or without access to the selected payer, specific areas in the application where that practice, depending on their access, will or will not see the payer: File Maintenance The Group Information window in File Maintenance NextGen® Enterprise PM The Payer Lookup window The Eligibility Referral Lookup window The Claim Request Lookup window The Add/Modify Provider Information window The following areas of the application show all the payers in the enterprise regardless of the practice's access settings: Reports Service Item Library Maintenance Activate Practice Access to the Payer Master File Assign a Practice to a Payer You can assign access to practices for a payer. Parent topic: Payers Master FileActivate and Assign a Payer to a Practice
File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8
In File Maintenance select Master Files > System > Enterprises The Enterprises List window opens. To access your enterprise, double-click the applicable enterprise. The Modify Enterprise Information window opens. Select Preferences. The Enterprise Preferences window opens. Select the Practice access for payer master file check box. Select OK. To assign a Practice to a Payer, go to the Assign Practice Access procedure. Parent topic: Practice PreferencesActivate Practice Access to the Payer Master File
File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8
In File Maintenance, select Master Files > System > Payers. The Payers List window opens. Right-click the applicable payer and then select Practice Access. The Payer Master Access by Practice window opens. Note: By default, all the practices listed on the Payer Master Access by Practice window are selected to allow access to all of the payers listed in the Payer master file. However, when a new payer is added, the practice in which the payer was created is the only one that has access to that payer. From the Practice list: Select the check boxes individually, next to the practices in the list, or right-click a practice and then select Select All option to allow specific practices to access the payer. Clear the check boxes next to the practices in the list to prevent specific practices from accessing the payer. Note: You must select at least one practice. Select OK. Parent topic: Providing Practice Access for Provider Master FileAssign a Practice to a Payer
File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8
When you select Practice access for payer master file, the payers can be defined at the practice level, and you can restrict which practices have access to them. After all the practices have been set up with or without access to the selected payer, specific areas in the application where that practice, depending on their access, will or will not see the payer: File Maintenance The Group Information window in File Maintenance NextGen® Enterprise PM The Payer Lookup window The Eligibility Referral Lookup window The Claim Request Lookup window The Add/Modify Provider Information window The following areas of the application show all the payers in the enterprise regardless of the practice's access settings: Reports Service Item Library Maintenance Parent topic: Access Contract Library Maintenance Parent topic: Enterprise Preferences - General TabActivate and Assign a Payer to a Practice
File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8
In File Maintenance, select Master Files. On System, select Enterprise > Preferences > General tab. Select the Practice access for provider master file check box. Select OK. Parent topic: Providing Practice Access for Provider Master File