Batch Sliding Fee Adjustments Job

Field	Description
Encounter Date From/To	Indicate whether you want the conversion to be specific for encounters based on the date range.
Rendering Physician	Indicate the Rendering Physician for which you want the encounters converted.
Patient Type	Indicate the Patient Type for which you want the encounters converted.
Service Location	Indicate the Service Location(s) for which you want the encounters converted.
Payer List	Indicates the Payers which are mapped in the File Maintenance for the selected practice.
Batch Posting Report: Printer Name	If you indicated that you want the Batch Posting report sent to the printer, identify the printer you want to use. You can also apply the following settings to the printer: Orientation Tray Size Number of copies
Batch Posting Report: Export Format	If you indicated that you want the Batch Posting report exported, identify the file format you want the job to use.
Batch Posting Report: Export File Name	If you indicated that you want the Batch Posting report exported, enter the file name for the exported file that you want the job to use. You can include a date part or counter token in the file name. Tokens are variables that the application replaces with the current date and time or an incremental counter value. Note: When specifying a network folder location for the export file, use the UNC path (\\SERVER\DRIVE), not the mapped letter (X:\).
Batch Posting Report: Export Overwrite Option	If you indicated that you want the Batch Posting report exported: Use the specified file name (and overwrite the file if it exists) Add a time stamp to the file name (filename_yyyymmddhhmmss.ext)
Batch Posting Report: Email Export File To	If you indicated that you want the Batch Posting report exported, you can set NextGen® Background Business Processor to send a copy of the report to recipients. Enter the email addresses for the recipients you want to receive the file. Separate each email address by a comma.
Job runtime alert setting (minutes)	Indicate the number of minutes you want the application to wait before sending out a job runtime alert email.
Job runtime alert email	Enter the email address of the person or persons to whom the application sends the job runtime alert.

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Batch Posting Job

You can create the job to process, print, and export the Batch Posting Report by configuring the fields as described in the following table. Field Description Batch Posting Report Printer Name If you indicated that you want the Batch Posting report sent to the printer, identify the printer you want to use. You can also apply the following settings to the printer: Orientation Tray Size Number of copies Batch Posting Report: Export Format If you indicated that you want the Batch Posting report exported, identify the file format you want the job to use. Batch Posting Report: Export File Name If you indicated that you want the Batch Posting report exported, enter the file name for the exported file that you want the job to use. You can include a date part or counter token in the file name. Tokens are variables that the application replaces with the current date and time or an incremental counter value. Note: When specifying a network folder location for the export file, use the UNC path (\

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Electronic Patient Pay Job

The Electronic Patient Pay job type lets you import Electronic Patient Pay files through NextGen® Background Business Processor. The following table helps to configure the fields of Electronic Patient Pay Job: Field Description Source Directory Indicates the directory that you want the job to poll for new ERA files. Secure Batch To Indicates the user to whom you want to secure the batch that the job creates. Import Posting Report Printer Name If you indicated that you want the Import Posting report sent to the printer, identify the printer you want to use. You can also apply the following settings to the printer: Orientation Tray Size Number of copies Import Posting Report Export Format If you indicated that you want the Import Posting report exported, identify the file format you want the job to use. Import Posting Report Export File Name If you indicated that you want the Import Posting report exported, enter the file name for the exported file that you want the job to use. You can i

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Unapplied Encounter Credits Job

The following table helps to configure the fields of Unapplied Encounter Credits Job: Field Description Encounter Location Indicate one or more Service Location for which you want to process the unapplied encounter Encounter Rendering Indicate the Encounter Rendering physician for which you want the unapplied encounter credits to be processed. Transaction Codes Indicate the original transaction code applied to the unapplied encounter payment Encounter Date From/To Indicate the encounter date as billable date on encounter maintenance. Process Options Indicate the process options from either of the following: Process encounters where patient amount = unapplied amount Process unapplied with patient balance BBP Post Batch Indicate the patient type for which you want the encounters converted. Job runtime alert setting (minutes) Indicate the number of minutes you want the application to wait before sending out a job runtime alert email. Job runtime alert email Enter the email address of the

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Bill Encounters Job

You can create the job to charge the rebilled or unbilled encounters and print or export the Claim Production report. Field Description Bill Status Indicates the billing status of the encounters. This displays the following values: Rebill Unbilled Financial Class Indicates the financial classes for the encounter. Primary Payer Indicates the individual primary payer for billing encounters based on which the job processes claims. Billable Date From/To Indicates the billable date range within which the job automatically bills encounters. Rendering Physician Indicates one or more referring physicians. Patient Type Indicates the patient types for the encounter. This field displays the following values: Dental Sliding Fee Study Patient Service Location Indicates one or more service locations for the encounter. Include Records in a Billing Hold? Indicate whether you want the job to include encounter records in a Billing Hold status or not. Include Records Without Charges? Indicate whether you

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Converting In-Progress to Unbilled Job

You can create the job to process the in-progress to unbilled by configuring the fields as described in the following table. Field Description Financial Class Indicate the Financial Class for which you want the encounters converted. Billable Date From/To Indicate the billable date range for which you want the encounters converted. Rendering Physician Indicate the Rendering Physician for which you want the encounters converted. Patient Type Indicate the Patient Type for which you want the encounters converted. Service Location Indicate the Service Location(s) for which you want the encounters converted. Include Records in Billing Hold? Indicate whether you want the conversion to include records in Billing Hold. Include Records Without Charges? Indicate whether you want the conversion to include records that are without charges. Encounter Specific Indicate whether you want the conversion to be specific to specified encounters. Encounter Created By Indicate whether you want the conversion

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Claim Status Requests Job

You can create the job to download and export the claim status report by configuring the fields as described in the following table. Field Description Claim Request Create Date From/To Indicates the date range for future appointments that you what the job to cover. Financial Class Indicates the financial class that you want to restrict the eligibility requests job to. Service Location Indicates the service location of the practice to which you want to restrict the eligibility requests job. Claim Type Indicates the claim types that you want to include with the job. Payer Indicates the payer associated with the claim. Media Type Indicates one of the following type for claims: Paper Electronic Aged Days Without Payment Enter the number of days without payment that you want the job Claim Status Report: Printer Name If you indicated that you want the claim status report sent to the printer, identify the printer you want to use. You can also apply the following settings to the printer: Orien

Batch Sliding Fee Adjustments Job

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