Add Charges to an Invoice

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Create a New Invoice

An invoice must be created for an employer account before you enter charges. Before an invoice can be created, the employer must exist in the Employers master file in File Maintenance, and the employer must have an existing Account Profile in NextGen® Enterprise PM. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. Select Account. The Account Lookup window opens. Enter the employer name in the Employer/Last Name field, and then clear the People Accounts check box. Select Find. The Account List window opens. Double-click the account. The Account Profile window opens. Select the Inv Summary tab. The Account Profile > Inv Summary tab shows the following information for the invoice. Invoice Nbr: Shows the system-assigned invoice number. Create Date: Shows the invoice create date. Final Date: Shows the invoice first billed date. Bill Date: Shows the invoice last billed date. Status: Shows the status of invoice (Unbilled, Billed, Rebill or History). Total Charges: Shows the total charges on the invoice. Payments

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Invoices

In NextGen® Enterprise PM Invoices enables an employer account to bill for performed services. Invoices do not go through the regular billing and claim edits process. They are billed when they are printed. Note: Patient charts and encounters are not created for invoice charges in NextGen® Enterprise PM or NextGen® Enterprise EHR. A text description to identify the patient is entered on each invoice charge. It is desired to have a record in the patient chart with clinical and billing documentation on an encounter. You should avoid using invoice, instead create a chart and an encounter for each patient. You can select the employer as the guarantor on each patient’s encounter to generate a statement for the employer instead of an invoice. Create a New Invoice An invoice must be created for an employer account before charges can be entered. Add Charges to an Invoice When you create an invoice for an employer account, you can add charges to the invoice. Billing Invoices You can bill invoice

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Enter Dental Charges

Open NextGen® Enterprise PM, and then select Charges. The Charge Posting window opens. Select the desired patient and encounter. Do one of the following: To add a charge, select New. To modify a charge, select the charge and then select Open. In the Svc Dates fields, enter the service date range for the charge. These fields default to the Billable Date, when you select it on the Encounter Maintenance window. Select Svc Item, and then enter the applicable dental service item. The Unit and Override fields default to the price from the SIM Library. The Extended field is calculated as (Quantity x Override = Extended) and displays the total price for the charge. Select Modifier, and then enter up to four modifiers for the charge. Select Quantity, and then enter the desired quantity. The Quantity field defaults to 1. The Unit and Override fields default to the price from the SIM Library. The Extended field displays the total price for the charge. (Quantity x Override = Extended) Select Tooth

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Generate Cost Estimation

The default information appearing on the Estimate Patient Cost window depends on the source of the cost estimation. You can specify the necessary data such as provider information, service location, service type, service items, and units of service items required for estimating cost. Additionally, you can keep notes and assign diagnosis codes. In NextGen® Enterprise PM, select Est Patient Cost on the toolbar. The People Lookup window opens. Double-click to select a person. The Modify Person Information window opens. You can make necessary changes to the person record and then select Ok. The Estimate Patient Cost window opens for the selected person or patient. On the Estimate Patient Cost window, to select the payer in the Payer Selection section, do one of the following: Note: Payer Selection is a required field. If the person or patient wants to use insurance coverage for the services, select a payer from the list. Note: You can select only one payer from the list. If you select a pa

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Bill an Individual Invoice

To print and bill an individual invoice, do the following: Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. Select Account. The Account Lookup window opens. In the Employer/Last Name field, enter the employer name. Select Find. The employer displays in the Account List section. Double-click the account. The Account Profile window opens. Select the Inv Summary tab. Select the invoice to be billed. Select Open Menu > Print > Invoice. The Demand Invoice window opens. Review the default Invoice Options and make modifications, if needed. Note: The default settings are selected in Practice Preferences > Invoices. The defaults for Minimum Invoice Amount and Include Invoices of Status do not apply when printing an individual invoice. To preview the invoice, select Preview. To print the invoice, select Print. When the Update Invoice Dates and Billing Status check box is selected, a message appears that all [n] invoices are printed correctly. Do one of the following: If the invoice prints correctly, select Yes. The

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

External Manual Charge Processing - History Report Columns

The following columns are available on the External Manual Charge Processing - History report: Column Name Description Data Populates From Prac Name Practice Name Practice associated with the patient's encounter Loc Name Location Name Charge Posting Encounter Encounter Number Encounter Maintenance Dt of Svc Date of Service Charge Posting Pat Name Patient Name Patient Information Per Nbr Person Number Patient Information Payer Name Payer Name Encounter Insurance Selection Note: The external payer is mapped to the NextGen payer in the Payers master file > External tab. Contracted Ind Contracted Payer Indicator Payers Master File Sts Encounter/Charge Status (Abbreviated) Encounter Maintenance Charge Posting Error Desc Error Description Charge Processing Crt Dt Create Date Modification Information Created By Created By Modification Information Mod Dt Last Modified Date Modification Information Modified By Last Modified By Modification Information CPT4 CPT4 Charge Posting Count Count Charge

Add Charges to an Invoice

Recommendations

Create a New Invoice

Invoices

Enter Dental Charges

Generate Cost Estimation

Bill an Individual Invoice

External Manual Charge Processing - History Report Columns

Create a New Invoice

Invoices

Enter Dental Charges

Generate Cost Estimation

Bill an Individual Invoice

External Manual Charge Processing - History Report Columns