Authorization Alerts

Authorization Alerts can be enabled in Practice Preferences. If enabled, alerts will display to users when an authorization for a patient’s insurance has less than a specified number encounters or units remaining. The alerts display during appointment scheduling, encounter insurance selection and charge posting.

For more information about authorization alerts, refer to the Alerts Practice Preferences section in the File Maintenance Preferences Guide for NextGen® Enterprise.

Display Alerts when patient’s authorization are less than:

• Encounter mode: Select this check box and enter a number in the Under this many units field to display alerts for Encounter Mode authorizations based on the number of encounters left.
  

• Units mode: Select this check box and enter a number in the Under this many units field to display alerts for Units Mode authorizations based on the number of units left.