Create New Encounter Trigger

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Template Editor Help, 8.3.1

Set up Patient Item Trigger

The Patient Item action launches an existing patient chart document or image by its ID for quick viewing without searching the patient's encounter tree. The item can be under any locked or open encounter on the patient's chart. You can launch the following types of patient items: Document Email Document Management (ICS) image Image Patient Education topic Report To use the Patient Item trigger, set up another trigger to assign the specific patient encounter item ID to a template variable or field. For example, you can create a patient document ID variable and a Summary Sheet that displays patient document information. You can then assign the item ID from a Row Selected event/Assign Field Value trigger on the Summary Sheet to the patient document ID variable. You can place the Patient Item trigger on a Medical Records (MR) template, Group MR template or a Sidebar template. Note: Patient chart items can also be launched directly from an Encounter Sheet, Summary Sheet, or Case Sheet on a

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Template Editor Help 8

Create New Encounter Trigger

The Create New Encounter action creates a clinical encounter for items/charges not yet received that need to be tracked and billed separately. This trigger returns an encounter ID to a designated field or variable on your template. Follow the applicable steps in General Trigger Setup. To open the Create New Encounter window, select the Create New Encounter action. Note: You must complete both fields to enable the OK button. From the Encounter Date list, select the applicable field or variable: Template field for date input. @EncDate, which is assigned from the template field. @Today for today's date. @Current Encounter for the current encounter's date. Note: You can assign a date to the encounter using the current date or a date in the past. You cannot assign a future date to the encounter. If you specify an encounter date that duplicates an existing encounter date, a message, An encounter already exists today, are you sure you want to create a new one?, appears at run time. To suppres

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Bill All Charges on a Case to One Encounter

All charges throughout the course of a case can be associated with a particular encounter. Each charge does not have to be submitted on a separate encounter if the original encounter is in locked status. A practice can consolidate all procedures on one encounter for billing. Other encounters used to document care over the course of treatment can be marked as clinical only to support clinical documentation. They do not appear in NextGen® Enterprise PM. Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes can be added, modified, or deleted against a locked encounter in this manner: In File Maintenance, select the following Practice Preferences on the Encounters tab: Enable In Progress Billing status Allow Execution of EHR procedure trigger against locked encounter Note: You must select the Enable In Progress Billing status check box first to enable selection of the Allow Execution of EHR procedure trigger against locked encounter check box. After you turn on Enable In Progress Billing status, you

NextGen® Enterprise EHR Help

Bill All Charges on a Case to One Encounter

All charges throughout the course of a case can be associated with a particular encounter. Each charge does not have to be submitted on a separate encounter if the original encounter is in locked status. A practice can consolidate all procedures on one encounter for billing. Other encounters used to document care over the course of treatment can be marked as clinical only to support clinical documentation. They do not appear in NextGen® Enterprise PM. Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes can be added, modified, or deleted against a locked encounter in this manner: In File Maintenance, select the following Practice Preferences on the Encounters tab: Enable In Progress Billing status Allow Execution of EHR procedure trigger against locked encounter Note: You must select the Enable In Progress Billing status check box first to enable selection of the Allow Execution of EHR procedure trigger against locked encounter check box. After you turn on Enable In Progress Billing status, you

NextGen® Mobile Help

Create Encounters

You can create an encounter using the default current date or you can select an earlier date. You cannot create an encounter with a future date. Open NextGen® Mobile. On the menu bar, select Schedule. The Schedules window opens. Select the patient. The Patient Chart window opens. Select the Encounter field. The Patient Encounters window opens. To select a different date for the encounter, do the following: Select the Create Encounter field. The date selection view appears. Select the desired date. Select Done. The Patient Encounters window displays the selected date. To create an encounter, select Create Encounter. The Patient Chart window opens with the current date in the Encounter Date field. The details of the most recent encounter for the selected patient appears. Optional: If necessary, edit the encounter data. Parent topic: View Details in Patient Charts

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Set Up and Bill a Single Encounter

When creating an encounter for recurring billing, you must set up the encounter to activate the automated billing for the single encounter. Access the applicable encounter. The Encounter Maintenance window opens. Enter the date the illness/injury began in the Onset Date field. This is a required field for the initial encounter for recurring billing. Enter the date the patient is discharged from therapy in the Discharge Date field on the General tab. This field is required for a single encounter in a series. Enable the Initial Enc in Series check box. Note: This field displays only when the Type of Facility and Bill Classification fields are set up in Practice Preferences. Select OK. Add the appropriate charges. Note: The revenue codes, which are attached to service items, must be set up before posting charges on the Charge Posting window in order for recurring UB billing to be recognized. Bill the encounter. After the billing process is complete, a single claim in a series is generated

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