Create a Service Item Library

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Create SIM Groups in a Service Item Library

Orders module charge posting also looks at SIM Groups which are set up in File Maintenance in the Service Item Libraries. You must first define a Service Item library, and add service items to the library before you can create a SIM group. Select File Maintenance > Libraries > Service Items. Right-click the Service Item library for which you want to create a SIM Group. The Service Items List window opens. Select SIM Groups from the list. Select the open menu button, and then select New. The SIM Group Maintenance window opens. Define the SIM Group ID and Description. SIM Group. This is a numeric or alphabetic ID that you use to identify this SIM Group. Description. The description you choose for this SIM Group. Service Item #. This is the list of service items contained in this group. Select in the Service Item #. Select the SIM ID to have the focus on that parameter. Put in the SIM ID you want in the Search Criteria in the Available pane. Select the blue Right Arrow to move the item to

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Add SIM Items to a SIM Library

After you have created a SIM library, you need to add service items and pricing information to the library. Select File Maintenance > Libraries > Service Items. From the Service Items List window, select the library to update. The Service Item Library Maintenance window opens. Select the open menu and select New. The three service item fields turn red. In the CPT4 Code field, enter a CPT4® code from your list of service items and then select Enter. The details for that CPT4® Code appears. In the General tab, do the following: In Eff Date, enter the effective date. In Exp. Date, enter the expiration date. In Non-Facility Price, enter the non-facility price in dollars. In Facility Price, enter the facility price in dollars. If you have more items to add, select Enter and repeat steps 4 to 6 for all service items you wish to add. Select OK when you are finished adding all your service items. The service items that you added display in the left panel. Parent topic: Using Advanced Service I

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Verify the CPT4 Code in the Service Item Library

Prior to selecting and ordering Immunizations, verify the CPT4® in the SIM Library. Select File Maintenance > Libraries > Service Items. The Service Items List window opens. Double-click the default Service Item Library for your practice. Note: The default Service Item Library is indicated by a green color check mark under the Practice Default column. Enter the CPT4® code in the Search field. If the code exists, it appears in CPT4 Code. To verify if your alternate Medicare Billing code exists, enter the Q code in the Search field. Note: If the CPT4® code or Q code does not exist, you must set up the Service Item Library. For more information about setting up the Service Item Library, go to the NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest System Administrator Guide for NextGen Enterprise. Parent topic: Using Advanced Service Item Library Mode

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Using Advanced Service Item Library Mode

The Advanced Service Item Library Mode feature provides the ability to set pricing for tests and services based on how various payers divide the country into geographical regions. If you need to set up test pricing for your practice that is based on regions, the Advanced Service Item Library Mode is the way to accomplish this. You can set prices by configuring locations into payer centric groupings. As an example, Medicare may have different regional groupings than Aetna, and pricing is determined accordingly. In addition, the concept of SIM Pricing Templates was introduced to support the management of prices using parent/child relationships between libraries.If you do not need to set up payment based on pricing regions, do not use this parameter. Advanced Service Item Library Mode implementation in the Orders module uses File Maintenance, master files and libraries to assign a SIM code to a lab order test specimen charge. It does not allow you to assign the library at the same time be

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Service Items Library

The Service Items library is the center of the billing functions. Within the Service Items library you can set up CPT4 codes for each practice, along with prices, and claim form designations. You can also group Service Items together under one main number or name. Libraries are available enterprise-wide, but each practice must designate which Service Items library to use by selecting it in the Libraries Practice Preferences. You can generate the Service Item Library Listing report from the Service Items library. For more information go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Reports User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM. Set Up the Service Item Library You can set up your Service Item Library by setting up CPT4 codes for each practice, along with the prices and claims. General Tab Other Tab - SIM Library Payer Tab - SIM Library Labels Tab - SIM Library Notes/Significant Events Tab - SIM library Drugs Tab - SIM library Add a New Service Item Editing the Provider

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Set Up the Service Item Library

In Libraries, select Service Items. Double-click on the applicable Service Item Library or select open menu button, and then select New. The Service Item Library Maintenance window opens. Complete the fields to set up the library. Service Item Library Maintenance Field Descriptions You can set up your Service Item Library by setting up CPT4 codes for each practice, along with the prices and claims. Parent topic: Service Items Library

Create a Service Item Library

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