Set Up Morphine Milligrams Equivalent (MME) Calculation

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Viewing Morphine Milligrams Equivalent (MME) Value

In the Medications module, when you select any controlled substance medication, the application displays the MME/Day value for the medication by calculating the composition of the medication and the added SIG. It also displays the Total MME/Day value by adding the MME/Day value of the already prescribed medications. You can select MME Reference to read more about the CDC guidelines on prescribing the controlled substance medication. Note: The system administrator must enable the MME Calculation in File Maintenance for you to view MME/Day or Total MME/Day value in NextGen® Enterprise EHR, On selecting Accept, the medication gets added to the prescribed medications list and the Total MME/Day value gets updated. Note: If the selected medication is not a controlled substance medication, the application displays the MME/Day count as 0. If the patient does not have any medication with controlled substance, the application displays the Total MME/Day count as 0. CAUTION: If the Total MME/Day v

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Morphine Milligrams Equivalent (MME) Calculation

The Morphine Milligrams Equivalent (MME) calculation feature provides information about the patient's MME load and alerts you when the MME load exceeds the current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) risk threshold. The MME calculation feature does the following: Calculates and displays MME per active opioid medication in the Medications module. Calculates and displays the total MME for a patient in the Medications module. Alerts you when the MME load for a patient exceeds the risk threshold . The MME/Day value and Total MME value of a patient appear in the following places in NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Medications module Rxfill requests in the Workflow module RxChange requests in the Workflow module Note: The MME/Day and Total MME fields do not appear if MME calculation is not set up for the practice in File Maintenance. Set Up Morphine Milligrams Equivalent (MME) Calculation You can set up MME calculation in File Maintenance. Viewing Morphine Milligrams Equivalent (MME) Va

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Medications Module

The NextGen® Enterprise EHR Medications module enables you to prescribe, print, fax, and e-prescribe (requires enrollment) patient medications. The Medications module also enables you to educate patients on medications prescribed to them, and check whether the prescribed medication has adverse interactions with other prescribed medications, existing allergies, or known diagnoses. Drug and Medication Data Open Medications Module You can open Medications module from the Quick Button panel. No Active Medications Indicator Enabling NextGen Communication Services Enabling the PDR BRIEF The prescriber can enable the PDR BRIEF in the Preferences window or Modify Practice Information window in File Maintenance to view the drug safety information. eRx Custom Denial Reasons Setting Up Medication Deletion Reasons Patient Savings Programs Tall Man Medications Enabling Create Medication Entry Configure Medication Verification Narcotics Addiction DEA Number Layout of Medications Module Medication Se

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MME Prescription Report

The MME Prescription Report displays the list of controlled substance medications prescribed by providers during a specific date range. The report also displays the total MME/day value of the prescribed controlled substance medications for each patient. The total MME/day value appears in red if it exceeds the threshold value. The MME/day column displays Unable to calculate if the system cannot calculate MME value due to an unstructured SIG. You can set up the parameters to view the MME Prescription Report in the Enter Parameters Values window under File > Reports > Crystal Reports. Parent topic: SAP Crystal Reports for NextGen Enterprise EHR

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Set Up Threshold Rules for a Program

On the Add/Modify Program Information window, the Threshold Rules sub-tab under the Practice tab enables you to configure payer-specific threshold rules for the program. For example, in a Behavioral Health practice, a payer may require that patients in a specific program have a minimum number of addiction counseling hours per week, or a minimum number of therapy units per month before billing the payer for those services. Access File Maintenance. Select System Master Files, then PM, and then Programs. The Program List window opens. From the list, select a program and then do one of the following: Select Open Menu and then select Open. Right-click and then select Open. Double-click to open the program. The Modify Program Information window opens. Select the Practice tab, and then Threshold Rules on the left. Existing rules are listed in descending order by effective date with the following information: Effective Date Expiration Date Threshold Description Modify Program Information windo

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Group Medications By Payer, Problem, and Practice Interface

From the Master Files - System list, select Medication Tasks. The Medications Task window opens. Under Medications Tasks, select Medications By Payer, Medications By Problem, or Medications By Practice Interface. The Manage Medications By Payer/Problem/Practice Interface window opens. In the Search for Item field, depending on what you selected in the previous step, type the beginning of the name or the whole name of the payer, problem, or practice interface. Select Search. The Results list displays the items that match what you typed. In the Results list, select a problem. In the Search for Medication field, type the beginning of medication name, and then select Search. The Med Search Results list displays the medications that match what you typed. To add a medication, select the medication in the Med Search Results list, and then use the arrows to move it to the Medication List. To remove a medication, select the medication in the Medication List, and then use the arrows to move it t

Set Up Morphine Milligrams Equivalent (MME) Calculation

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