Modify Discounts on In Progress Charges
To modify discounts on In Progress charges, do the following:
- Select Discounts
on the Charge Posting toolbar.
The Discounts window opens.
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Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8
To modify discounts on charges, do the following: Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. Select Charges. The Charge Posting window opens. Select the desired patient and encounter. Select Discounts on the Charge Posting toolbar. The Discounts window opens. Edit the desired fields to modify discounts on charges. Select OK. The application reverses the original discount adjustments from the parent charge and tax charges. It then applies new discounts to the parent charges and their associated tax charges using the selected Non-In Progress discount adjustment code. After the new adjustments are posted to the system-generated transaction batch, the application checks to see if any of the discounts need to be approved. When the adjustments are then approved, the new adjustments become finalized within the A/R: Adjustments display in financial reports. Adjustments display in black ink within the patient chart. Patient Statements generated display the new discount adjustments. Parent topic: Charge DiscoModify Discounts on Charges
Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8
When you change from an encounter-level discount to a line-item level discount, the previous discount amounts are cleared in both the header and on the line items. To change encounter-level charge discounts to line item-level discounts, do the following: Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. Open the Charge Posting window for the desired patient and encounter. Select Discounts on the charge posting toolbar. The Discounts window opens. Select Line Item in the Discount Level section. To change encounter-level discount to a line-item level discount, do one of the following: Apply the Discount % or Amount from the previous encounter level discount to the selected line items. In the Discount Application panel, delete the existing value from the encounter level discount and then re-enter a new value in the Percentage or the Amount fields that will then default to each selected line item. Select on each line item you want to apply a discount to and enter in the discount parameter (percentage or discouChange Encounter Discounts to Line Item Discounts
Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8
For encounters that are not in a status of In Progress, after the user defines the discounts and closes the Discounts window, the following occurs: Creates a system-generated transaction batch. Applies the discount adjustments to the parent charges and its tax charges. Stores the designation of the discount (Encounter-based or Line Item-based). Posts the system-created transaction batch with the batch number of ADIS and tracking description of Discount Batch. Shows the updated charge information with the discount adjustments on the Charge Posting window. Shows the itemized discount for the patient encounter bill. Discount transactions applied to encounters that are not in an In Progress status have a process date and are included in the A/R when they are posted. Parent topic: Charge DiscountsCharge Discounts for Non-In Progress Encounters
Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8
You can delete discounts to charges on an In Progress encounter by doing the following: Delete the discounts by clearing discount line items. Open the Discount window and clear each line item that has a discount. Select Clear Discounts for encounter level discounts. To save changes and close the window, select OK. Delete the discounts from the patient chart. Open the Patient Chart. Select Encounters, and then select the Transactions tab. Right-click on the encounter with the discount and select Delete Transaction. Select Yes on the confirmation window. Parent topic: Charge DiscountsDelete Discounts from In Progress Charges
Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8
The Charge Discounts functionality in NextGen® Enterprise PM involves the following setup: Enable discounts for a practice in the Practice Preferences window. flag payers as either contracted or non-contracted for discounts in the Payers window. Create adjustment transaction codes for discounts in the Transaction Codes window. Enable tracking of discounts within a practice in the Significant Events window. Set up user security access rights for discounts in System Administration. Enable Charge Discounts in Practice Preferences You can enable charge discounts on the Charges tab in the Practice Preferences window. Set up Payers for Charge Discounts You can set up payers for charge discounts on the Modify Payer Information window. Set up Transaction Codes for Charge Discounts You can set up transaction codes on the Transaction Code List window for charge discounts. Significant Events for Charge Discounts You can enable significant events to track user activity related to charge discountsSetting Up Charge Discounts
Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8
When you change from a line item-level discount to an encounter-level discount, the previous discount amounts are cleared out in both the header and on the line items. To change line item-level charge discounts to encounter-level discounts, do the following: Open the Charge Posting window for the desired patient and encounter. Select the Discounts button on the charge posting toolbar. The Discounts window opens. Select Encounter in the Discount Level section. Enter the encounter level discount percentage or amount. The Discount Information grid displays the discounted amount for the selected line items in the Discount Amount column. Select OK. The new discounts are processed according to the status of the encounter. In Progress encounters: The application deletes the original discount adjustments, applies new discounts, and then posts the transaction batch. Tax charges are recalculated. Since the encounter is in an In Progress status, no process dates are defined for the charges or tra