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Apply Sliding Fee Adjustments to Multiple Encounters

When calculating and applying a Sliding Fee Schedule against charges in batch mode, the patient responsibility must be greater than zero dollars and the COB 1 – 3 must be equal to zero dollars. If payers are attached to the encounters, then the encounters must be billed and all payments from the payers must be posted, leaving only a patient balance on the encounters. From the Main menu select Tasks and then Lookup.

  1. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM.
  2. Select Tasks > Lookup > Encounters.
    The Encounter Lookup window opens.
  3. Enter the appropriate search criteria.
  4. Select Find.
  5. Select the appropriate patients and encounters to calculate and apply the Sliding Fee Schedule.
  6. Right-click to display the short-cut menu, and then select Sliding Fee.
    You can verify that the Sliding Fee Schedule is calculated and applied against the patient responsibility charges on the Transactions tab in the applicable patient chart.