Practice Preferences for Programs

To use Programs in NextGen® Enterprise PM, you must first enable programs for the practice in Practice Preferences. When enabled, the following program-related functionality is available:

• On the Patient Information tab in the Patient Chart, a Programs sub-tab appears. From this sub-tab, you can enroll a patient in one or more programs.
• On the Encounter Maintenance window, a Program field appears on the General tab. From this field, you can link an encounter to a program.
• On the Encounters tab in the Patient Chart, the Program name displays for encounters linked to a program under the General sub-tab.

If your practice uses In Progress Billing, you can enable the Limit to Valid Programs option in Practice Preferences to ensure new encounters created in NextGen® Enterprise PM that are linked to a specific program automatically default to In Progress status. For example, you can default new encounters linked to Program ABC to In Progress status, so they are held from the billing and claims process until you determine if all billing threshold requirements for the program have been reached.