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Configure Medical Necessity Check for Laboratory and Diagnostic Order Items

In File Maintenance, you can configure the settings for Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) to automatically run Medical Necessity Check when you select a laboratory or diagnostic order item.
  1. Open File Maintenance.
  2. Under Master Files, select EHR, and then select Practices.
    The Practices List window opens.
  3. Double-click a practice name.
    The Modify Practice Information window opens.
  4. Select Preferences.
    The Practice Preferences window opens.
  5. Under Preference List, select Orders Module, and then select the Lab/Rad tab.
  6. To automatically run the Medical Necessity Check when you select a laboratory or diagnostic order item, select Run Medical Necessity Check when order is saved.

  7. Select OK.