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Medical Necessity and Orders Practice Preferences Setup

You can set a number of practice preferences for the Orders Module in NextGen® Enterprise EHR.

Set Up Orders Module Practice Preferences
Order Module Practice Preferences
Explains the order module preferences available for a practice.
Medical Necessity Setup
When selecting a diagnosis for an order, you can set up NextGen® Medical Necessity Check to determine if Medicare will pay for a test .
Select Test Favorites for a Practice
Set Up Charge Submission Defaults
You can set up the charge submission defaults.
Set Up the Group to Notify for Failed Test Charges
Set Up Practice Preferred Performing Entities
Set Up a Private Results Filter
Set Up URLs for Educational and Clinical Resources
Auto Release Practice Preferences
Set Up the Automatic Order Tracking Comments
Set Up Confidential Lab Results Delegates
Set Up Allow Patient Procedure Activity against a Locked Encounter
Setting Up the Link Document Management (DM) Images to Orders and Status Update Preferences
Setting Up Required fields for Order Processing
Select the Radiology Appropriate Use Criteria Threshold

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Orders Setup and Maintenance

The Orders Module supports both standard lab tests (blood work, urinalysis, etc.) and radiology tests (x-rays, MRIs, etc.). These tests must be selected and defined for your practice. You can use the tests in the NextGen® compendium; you can use the tests from your testing entities (such as Labcorp); or, you can define your own set of tests. Before setting up the NextGen Compendium or Orders Tests, to ensure the most recent compendiums are loaded, your system administrator must run the Order Management Console. The test settings, questions and other definitions for the Orders Module are set up using File Maintenance. The master files store all data needed by the Orders Module, and they must also be properly set up before you can use the Orders Module. You should define these Orders master files first: Order Tests, Order Components, Order Test Favorites, Order AOE Questions and Order AOE Answers. After setting up the required master files, it is recommended that you set up these master

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CPOE Configuration Requirements

Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) is available on NextGen® Enterprise EHR from version 5.9.2020.1 onwards. Before using CPOE, ensure that you have: Set the screen resolution on your system to 1366 x 768 pixels or higher. Configured the Orders module in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. For more information on the NextGen® Enterprise EHR Orders module, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Orders Module User Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Enabled the CPOE Order Search Bar in File Maintenance > Practice Preferences > EHR so that it appears in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Note: When you enable the CPOE Order Search Bar at the practice level in File Maintenance, users can hide the CPOE Order Search Bar at the user level by clearing the CPOE Order Search Bar option in the View menu of NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Configured the security privilege settings in System Administrator to grant or deny ordering permissions to different user roles. Configure Common Orders Di

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Setting up Rights and Preferences for the Immunizations Module

The System Administrator should work closely with the core team of the practice to ensure that appropriate rights, preferences, SAP® Crystal Reports®, other reports, and other tasks are set up for the user groups. The administrator needs to update the Setup when the business needs change for the practice. Some functions and preferences are same for the Immunizations module and the Orders module. Therefore, if you are using the Orders module, ensure that you set up the preferences for the Orders module before you set up the Immunizations module. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Orders Module Setup Guide for NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Set up Rights and Preferences for the Immunizations Module Immunizations System Rights and Permissions Setting up Immunizations Universal Preferences Set up Rights for Applying Order Preferences Across Practices Set up the Security Rights to Access Clinical Reconciliation Immunizations Data Set up the Ta

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Setting Up and Maintaining Your Practice's Orders Workflow Foundation

To schedule, process, track, and complete your order more efficiently, you need to set up the NextGen® Enterprise EHR Orders module to meet your specific practice needs. Once you set up your NextGen® Enterprise EHR Orders module, you can then update and maintain these settings as your business needs change and the Orders process evolves over time. Before performing Orders tasks, such as creating and sending Lab and Radiology orders, you need to set up the appropriate system rights, preferences, and tasks for the Orders module. The setup enables you to establish the workflow foundation for your practice or enterprise and enables providers and the clinical staff to access and use the appropriate functionality. The Orders module setup functions and options provide flexibility and enable you to establish a strong foundation for your Orders life cycle. After you complete the setup tasks, to begin working with orders, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest Orders

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Orders Module

You can use the NextGen® Enterprise EHR Orders module to create and manage your lab and radiology orders (also known as diagnostic imaging orders). You can perform the following tasks from the Orders module: Place and send lab and radiology orders. Complete unfinished lab or radiology orders for a patient that originate from a bulk order generated through NextGen Care® Population Management Hub. Choosing advanced imaging tests by their appropriate use criteria (AUC) scores when you place a radiology order. Set up order filters for your practice or private use. Set up schedules for future and recurring orders. Add, view, and track order comments from different areas of the Orders module. Enter test results manually or view test results received from an interface. Send lab results to NextGen® PxP Portal. To use the Orders module, you must first set up tests, SAP® Crystal Reports®, master file data, practice preferences, and user permissions for orders at your practice. For more informati

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Setting Up Required fields for Order Processing

For more efficient order processing and best clinical practices, your practice may need to set up certain fields as required. For example, your practice wants the Diagnosis field to be required when ordering a lab or radiology test. The NextGen® Enterprise EHR Orders module enables you to select fields as required in File Maintenance Practice Preferences. Required fields can be set up for all of the order types, that is, Lab, Radiology, and Immunizations. Once you set up these fields as required, they will display in Red on the appropriate Orders or Immunizations window, when you add or update an existing order. Before an order can be saved, users must ensure that these required fields have been entered or selected. For more information about setting up required fields for the Immunizations module, go to the NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the Immunizations Module Setup Guide forNextGen®Enterprise EHR. On the Create New/Update Lab Order for (patient name) window, the