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Budget Letters Job

You can create the job to process, print, export the different types of budget letters to your computer or the server.

FieldDescription
Run Terminate Process?Indicate whether you want to terminate the budget plan for the patients associated with the job.
When a budget plan is terminated:
  • The encounters are automatically pre-listed.
  • The encounters are reset to non-budget.
  • These encounters are also pre-listed for bad debt to the agency selected in the Budget Letters window.
  • The account is flagged to produce a statement on the next statement run.
Default Collection AgencyIndicates the collection agency that you want to apply to the job.
Update Budget Dates?Indicate whether you want the job to update the budget dates.
Upload Export File To NextGenEDI?Indicate whether you want to upload the budget letter export file to NextGen® EDI.
First Budget LetterIndicates the budget letter that you want to serve as the first budget letter from the list of budget letters.
Normal Budget LetterIndicates the budget letter that you want to serve as the normal budget letter from the list of budget letters.
Final Budget LetterIndicates the budget letter that you want to serve as the final budget letter from the list of budget letters.
Delinquent Budget LetterIndicates the budget letter that you want to serve as the delinquent budget letter from the list of budget letters.
Pre-list Budget LetterIndicates the budget letter that you want to serve as the pre-list budget letter from the list of budget letters.
Missed Payment Budget LetterIndicates the budget letter that you want to serve as the missed payment budget letter from the list of budget letters.
Underpayment Budget LetterIndicates the budget letter that you want to serve as the underpayment budget letter from the list of budget letters.
Budget Letter ActionIndicates whether you want to print or export the budget letters.
Budget Letter Report:Printer NameIf you indicated that you want the Budget Letter 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
Budget Letter Report:Export FormatIf you indicated that you want the Budget Letter report exported, identify the file format you want the job to use.
Budget Letter Report:Export File NameIf you indicated that you want the Budget Letter 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. For information on adding tokens to file names, see Using Date Part and Counter Tokens in File Names.

Budget Letter Report:Export Overwrite OptionIf you indicated that you want the Budget Letter report to be exported, indicates one of the following:
  • Use the specified file name (and overwrite the file if it exists)
  • Add a time stamp to the file name (filename_yyyymmddhhmmss.ext)
Budget Letter Report:Email Export File ToIf you indicated that you want the Budget Letter 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.
Budget Letters Report: Save SnapshotIndicates whether you want NextGen® Background Business Processor to take a snapshot of the generated report.
Budget Letters Report: Snapshot NameIndicates the name that you want the application to give to the report snapshot.
Job runtime alert setting (minutes)Indicates the number of minutes you want the application to wait before sending out a job runtime alert email.
Job runtime alert emailEnter the email address of the person or persons to whom the application sends the job runtime alert.