Determining the Active Batch

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Balance the Batch Header Record

After entering all the transactions, you must balance the batch header record before posting the batch to the accounts receivable record. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. On the main toolbar, select Posting . The Batch Posting window opens. Select a batch, select the open menu icon, and then select Ledger. The Transaction Ledger window opens. Select Header. The Batch Maintenance window opens. Compare the amount in Total Billed, Total Allowed, and Total Paid of the Batch Maintenance window to the Transaction Ledger window. If the amounts do not match, change the amounts as necessary. CAUTION: Every batch item entered will have a corresponding billed amount is entered. If you have a charge of $25.00 and you receive two separate checks to apply to the charge, the charge shows on the ledger twice. The billed amount for the two checks is $50.00, not $25.00. Verify that the number of payments match the payments on the ledger. Do not include adjustments. Note: The Payments field along with the Su

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Setting Batch Security

You can secure a batches to a specific users in practices where the payments till is being shared or there are multiple users adding transactions to a given batch. NextGen® Enterprise PM allows practices to secure a batch to a single user to prevent any incorrect transactions from being added to the batch. You can secure a batch in the Batch Maintenance window using any of the following: Set batch security to a single batch or multiple batches at the batch header level. Set batch security to a single batch in a batch group without multiple batches. Set the batch security to define if the batch can be changed in any way. Secure a Single Batch You can secure a single batch to a user using the Batch Maintenance window. Secure a Single Batch in a Batch Group Parent topic: Managing Batches

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Create an Enterprise Batch Grouping

You can create transaction batch grouping using Enterprise Batch Grouping feature in NextGen® Enterprise PM. streamline transaction entry and batch balancing by using enterprise batch grouping. Enterprise batch groups are comprised of transaction batches from multiple practices within an enterprise. They enable users to enter, balance, and post transactions from multiple practices. In the Batch Posting window, you can create a batch grouping by selecting which practices the application creates transaction batches for. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. On the main toolbar, select Posting . The Batch Posting window opens. Select open menu icon, select New, and then select Enterprise Batch Grouping. The Enterprise Batch Grouping Maintenance window opens. Enter the enterprise batch grouping description, and the date fields. In the Practice section, select the practices to include in the batch grouping. To subgroup the transactions into an appropriate category, select the value from Transaction

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Working with Sub Batches

You can create sub batches for a header record. Creating sub batches enables multiple users to work with their own sub batch while under the umbrella of one batch header. Sub batch is useful if you use a lockbox approach where all of the payments are combined in a general deposit. Using sub batches also ensures that the sub-header record is secured for the user. This is not available with a normal header record. You can set the ability to use sub batches on the General tab of the Practice Preferences window. The following image illustrates working with sub batches: Create a Sub-Batch for a Batch Header Parent topic: Managing Batches

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Post and Review Transactions in the Batch Header

You can post a batch after all the transactions are added and the batch header record is balanced. In NextGen Healthcare posting a transaction permanently records the transaction which cannot be modified or deleted. You must use a correcting transaction to reverse any transaction posted in error. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. On the main toolbar, select Posting Posting Button. The Batch Posting window opens. In the Batch Posting window, select the batch header to post. Select open menu , and select Post. A message appears asking you for a confirmation to post the batch, and its associated transactions. Select OK. The Batch Listing report preview opens, and a message appears confirming successful posting of the batch. Select OK. To review all of the transactions in the batch, select Print Report icon on the Batch Listing report menu. A message appears stating the printing of the report is in progress. Note: You will not be able to print the Batch Listing report after the posting process

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Create a Quick Batch

To quickly create a batch header record with the need to work with the Batch Maintenance window, you can create a Quick Batch. When you create a Quick Batch, the application uses the current system date as the default date for the batch. Note: If a Quick Batch is created in NextGen® Optical Management, the batch appears as an optical batch in NextGen® Enterprise PM. From the main toolbar, select the Posting icon. The Batch Posting window opens. Select the open menu icon, select New, and then select Quick Batch. The Quick Batch window opens. Enter a name for the batch and select OK. Parent topic: Managing Batches

Determining the Active Batch

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Balance the Batch Header Record

Setting Batch Security

Create an Enterprise Batch Grouping

Working with Sub Batches

Post and Review Transactions in the Batch Header

Create a Quick Batch

Balance the Batch Header Record

Setting Batch Security

Create an Enterprise Batch Grouping

Working with Sub Batches

Post and Review Transactions in the Batch Header

Create a Quick Batch