Transaction Posting Process

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Recording Transactions to a Batch

You can create a batch for initiating the payment posting process for patient payments, insurance End Of Business(EOB), and invoices. NextGen® Enterprise PM requires you to create a transaction batch header for entering payments or transactions. You can use the Batch Maintenance window to add transactions to batches for: Encounters Accounts Invoices Budgets Creating Batch Header Records You can create a batch header record to enter transactions in NextGen® Enterprise PM. Set Up a Batch Header Record You can use the Batch Maintenance window to set up a batch header record to enter transactions. Post a Budget Payment You can select the budget source type on the Payment entry window to enter a budget payment. Tracking Patient Deductible Amounts You can enter a patient deductible amount for every line-item on the payment entry window. Spreading Payments You can use the Payment Entry window to spread payments across line items. Posting Multiple Payments and Adjustments to a CPT4 Code You ca

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Posting Transactions

In NextGen® Enterprise PM, a payment is considered posted only if has gone through the posting process. You can add or modify payments for an encounter only until it is posted. The posting process is a way of telling the application that everything has been done correctly and is ready to be committed to the system. Payment posting could be manual in paper format as Explanation of Benefits (EOB) or electronically as Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA). In NextGen® Enterprise PM, there are two sources for transactions, patients or payers. Payments may come from primary, secondary or tertiary payers. Transaction Posting Process You can create a batch to enter relevant information for payments and posting the payments. Viewing Transaction Dates You can view different dates associated with all transactions in the Batch Maintenance window. Recording Transactions to a Batch You can create a transaction batch header to enter payments or transactions. Posting Encounter and Account Level Payments

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Set Up a Batch Header Record

You can create a batch header record to enter payments, refunds, and adjustments for transactions. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. On the main toolbar, select Posting . The Batch Posting window opens. Select open menu , select New, and then select one of the following options: Batch to create a batch for anyone in the system, and define the default Process Date or Adjudication Date. Enterprise Batch to enter, balance, and post transactions from multiple practices within the same enterprise. Quick Batch to create a batch secured to you, using the default system dates and an active status. The Batch Maintenance window opens. Batch Maintenance Window Enter the required information for the batch. Select OK. The created batch displays under the Existing Batches list on the Posting window. Parent topic: Recording Transactions to a Batch

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Managing Batches

In NextGen® Enterprise PM, batches are sets of payment, adjustment, and refund transactions. You can create batches for each location, each day, or for each practice. For example, a batch can be created for a check-in staff to record all the transactions for the day. You can secure a batch or an enterprise batch grouping to a single user for security purposes. Any user without the appropriate security rights cannot access the transactions in the batch. You can also choose to remove an entire enterprise batch grouping from the list if none of the sub-batches are secured to the current user. You can use the Batch Maintenance window to manage batches for a given practice. Batch Status You can use the batch status for payment batches to denote the flow of line item balance. Determining the Active Batch You can only post transactions to a batch marked as active on the Batch Posting window. Balance the Batch Header Record Using Recalc Function in Payment Entry You can use the Recalc button o

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Understanding Payment Responsibility

In NextGen® Enterprise PM, a figurative concept called buckets is used to describe the movement of payment responsibility. For example, if there is insurance attached to an encounter, the payment responsibility falls into the primary insurance, secondary insurance, and so on. Finally, the remaining payment responsibility falls into the patient bucket to pay the amount not covered by insurance or to be written off. Patient Responsibility Buckets Buckets have been used to describe the un-applied credit process in this guide. Parent topic: Transaction Posting Process

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8