In Progress Billing Status
The Enable In Progress billing status option in activates specific features and functionality in NextGen® Enterprise PM as described below.
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Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8
The Enable In Progress billing status option in Practice Preferences > Encounters activates specific features and functionality in NextGen Enterprise PM as described below. Basic Overview Behavioral Health Billing for Programs with Thresholds Enable In Progress Billing Default New Encounters to In Progress Status Parent topic: Practice Preferences for ProgramsIn Progress Billing Status
Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8
Access NextGen® Enterprise PM. From the Admin menu, select Preferences, and then Practice. The Practice Preferences window opens. From the Preference List, select Encounters. To enable In Progress Billing for the practice, select the Enable In Progress billing status check box. A prompt appears stating that allowing 'In Progress' status cannot be undone once it is turned on. To continue and enable this feature, select Yes. The following additional Practice Preference options related to In Progress Billing become available: Default all new encounters to In Progress (see Default New Encounters to In Progress Status) Allow Execution of NextGen® Enterprise EHR procedure Trigger against locked encounter Use Convert In Progress Indicator Enable Recurring Rental Billing For more information on the above options related to In Progress Billing, go to the NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the File Maintenance Preferences Guide for NextGen® Enterprise. To save changes and close thEnable In Progress Billing
Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8
Whether using Basic Anesthesia Billing or Anesthesia Concurrency Billing in NextGen® Enterprise PM, the following anesthesia-related options are available in Practice Preferences: Single Base Unit Anesthesia Charge per Encounter Anesthesia Units to Follow Primary Claim In Progress Billing Status Single Base Unit Anesthesia Charge per Encounter Anesthesia Units to Follow Primary Claim In Progress Billing Status Parent topic: Setting Up Basic Anesthesia BillingPractice Preferences Options for Anesthesia Billing
File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8
When the In Progress billing status is enabled, the status and all related features become available in NextGen® Enterprise EHR and NextGen® Enterprise PM. Note: Once you turn this feature on, you cannot turn it off. In the Encounters Practice Preferences, select the Enable In Progress billing status check box. A message displays so you can confirm that you want to enable the billing status. Select OK. When this check box is selected, the following check boxes below it become enabled in the Encounters Practice Preferences: Default all new encounters to In Progress Allow Execution of NextGen® Enterprise EHR procedure trigger against locked encounter Use Convert In Progress Indicator Enable Recurring Rental Billing Parent topic: In Progress Billing SetupEnable In Progress Billing Status
Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8
When the Enable In Progress billing status option is enabled in Practice Preferences > Encounters, you can enable additional options to ensure that new encounters created in the practice automatically default to In Progress status. Access NextGen® Enterprise PM. From the Admin menu, select Preferences, and then Practice. The Practice Preferences window opens. From the Preferences List, select Encounters. Enable In Progress Billing. CAUTION: Once In Progress Billing has been enabled, it cannot be disabled. It should only be enabled when needed. To default all new encounters created in the practice to In Progress status, select the Default all new encounters to In Progress check box. To limit the default In Progress status to only new encounters created with a specific location or specialty or program, complete the following fields: Limit to Valid Locations: To limit the default In Progress status to only new encounters created with a specific location, select the locations here. The InDefault New Encounters to In Progress Status
Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8
If your practice uses In Progress Billing in NextGen® Enterprise PM, you can enable functionality to automatically default new encounters to In Progress status based on program. If the Default all new encounters to In Progress option is enabled in Practice Preferences > Encounters and specific programs are defined in the Limit to Valid Programs field, the In Progress check box on the Create Encounter window gets checked automatically when one of those programs is selected in the Program field. Create Encounter window; General tab; Program field and In Progress check box Parent topic: Working with Programs in NextGen Enterprise PM