Sliding Fee Schedule Verification Information

Window:	NextGen® Enterprise EHR	NextGen® Enterprise PM	NextGen® Optical Management
Person Information	Yes	Yes	N/A
Patient Information	Yes	Yes	Yes

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Sliding Fee Schedule Verification Information

In the Sliding Fee Schedule Verification section of the UDS tab, you can enter sliding fee schedules for a person or patient. These are typically used by Community Health Centers to automatically adjust a portion of the charges entered on encounters for a qualifying patient. The percentage of the automatic adjustment is based on household Family Size and Annual Income. Sliding fee auto-adjustments are reported on the UDS Report. Multiple sliding fee schedules can be created if needed. For example, if the percentage discounts vary for medical, dental, vision or behavioral health services, separate schedules can be created for each. Sliding fee schedule information is stored at the practice level; therefore, each practice can enter and maintain different information for a person or patient. The Sliding Fee Schedule Verification section of the UDS tab is available as follows: Window: NextGen® Enterprise EHR NextGen® Enterprise PM NextGen® Optical Management Person Information Yes Yes N/A

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Add a Sliding Fee Schedule

Open the Person Information or Patient Information window for the desired person or patient. Select the UDS tab. In the Sliding Fee Schedule Verification section, select the Open Menu button, and select New. The Sliding Fee Verification window appears. In the Sliding Fee Schedule field, select a sliding fee schedule for the patient. This field is required. Note: Items available for selection are from the Sliding Fee Schedules master file in File Maintenance. Hidden and expired sliding fee schedules are not listed. In the Effective Date field, enter the start date for the sliding fee schedule. This field is required. In the Expiration Date field, enter the end date for the sliding fee schedule. This field is required. If a head of household has been entered for the patient, complete the Head of Household Family Information section. Note: A head of household must be selected for a patient to enter family information. To save changes and close the window, select OK. Note: When multiple sl

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Delete a Sliding Fee Schedule

A sliding fee schedule can be deleted only if it has not been used. If a schedule was previously used to calculate and post automatic adjustments to charges on an encounter, it cannot be deleted. Open the Person Information or Patient Information window for the desired person or patient. Select the UDS tab. In the Sliding Fee Schedule Verification section, select the row for the sliding fee schedule to be deleted. Select the Open Menu button, and select Delete. The sliding fee schedule is removed. Parent topic: Sliding Fee Schedule Verification Information

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Modify a Sliding Fee Schedule

Open the Person Information or Patient Information window for the desired person or patient. Select the UDS tab. In the Sliding Fee Schedule Verification section, select the row for the sliding fee schedule to be modified. Select the Open Menu button, and select Open. The Sliding Fee Verification window appears. Modify the following fields as needed. Sliding Fee Schedule Effective Date Expiration Date To save changes and close the window, select OK. Parent topic: Sliding Fee Schedule Verification Information

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Managing UDS Information

The UDS tab appears only when the Display person UDS fields option is enabled in Enterprise Preferences, UDS. On the tab, Community Health Centers can enter information for a person or patient that is used on the Uniform Data System (UDS) report, and Indian Health Systems can enter information needed for their reports. In Enterprise Preferences, each UDS field can be set up to be required for all persons and patients when a demographic record is created. In Practice Preferences, each UDS field can be set up to be required either for all persons and patients when an appointment is scheduled, or for all patients when a chart is created. The tab is divided into the following sections: UDS Sliding Fee Schedule Verification Head of Household Family Information The UDS tab is available as follows: Window: NextGen® Enterprise EHR NextGen® Enterprise PM NextGen® Optical Management Person Information Yes Yes N/A Patient Information Yes Yes Yes For more information, go to the NextGen Healthcare

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Sliding Fee Schedules

Sliding Fee Schedules are typically used by Health Centers. They are linked to a patient or to a specific patient encounter in NextGen® Enterprise PM. Once linked, a percentage of the charge amounts entered on an encounter are automatically adjusted off. The percentage of the automatic adjustment is based on household family size and annual income. Sliding Fee Schedule adjustments are reported on the UDS Report. Multiple sliding fee schedules can be created if needed. For example, if the percentage discounts vary for medical, dental, vision and/or behavioral health services, separate schedules can be created for each. To use Sliding Fee Schedules in NextGen® Enterprise PM, the following setup must be completed: Create Transaction Codes in File Maintenance to be used for sliding fee adjustments. Create Sliding Fee Schedules in File Maintenance. Configure options in Practice Preferences > Sliding Fee to determine how sliding fee adjustments should function within the practice. Once Slidi

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