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NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Submit to Supervisor Workflow

The Submit to Supervisor workflow is as follows: The NextGen® Orthopedic Suite looks to the Supervisor Required check box in the provider master file in File Maintenance to determine if the rendering supervisor requires supervisor signoff. Modify Provider Information window NextGen® Orthopedic Suite assumes 100% of the encounters for that provider require supervisor signoff unless their name is added to the Submit to Supervising Settings grid in the Finalize Visit Settings panel of the Practice Configuration template: Finalize Visit Settings panel on the Practice Configuration template If the provider’s name is in the Submit to Supervisor Settings grid, the provider can select which encounters are sent for signoff by using the Send to Supervising Physician button on the Finalize Visit template. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Configuration Guide for NextGen® Orthopedic Suite. Send the Encounter to the Supervising Provider You can submi

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Letters and Reports on the Finalize Visit Template

The Finalize Visit template has links to letters, office notes, and reports. The Radiology Report displays all non-X-ray orders that have been performed and interpreted on today's encounter. The X-ray Report displays all x-ray tests that have been performed and interpreted on today’s encounter on the Radiology Order Management template. There is also a Document Generation Log, carbon copy provider fields, Electronic Clinical Summary, and NextGen Portal Registration sections. You can click the report and letter icons to generate documents. The Electronic Clinical Summary and NextGen Portal Registration selections carry forward if entered on the Intake template. Document icons on the Finalize Visit Template Generate Documents and Letters on the Finalize Visit Template Parent topic: Finalizing a Patient Visit Parent topic: Submitting Charges to Finalize a Visit

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Finalizing a Patient Visit

You can enter a patient's visit details and today's diagnoses, and apply diagnosis codes to procedures to submit charges and finalize the visit. You can use the Finalize Visit template to do the following: Perform dictation Document the visit type and time Add or remove today's diagnoses Document carbon copies information Apply appropriate diagnosis codes to the procedures Submit charges Send the current encounter to the supervising provider Sign off as the supervising provider Generate letters and reports Lock the current encounter Finalize Visit template You can configure the following for the Finalize Visit template. Dictate button and No Dictation check box. You can use the Dictate button to perform dictation. If dictation is not required, you can select the No Dictation check box. You can configure the dictation features in the Dictation panel on the Practice Configuration template. Office visit sent by mobile check box. This check box enables you to bypass the office visit code i

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Sign Off as Scribe

If the Scribe Encounter checkbox on the Home template is selected for the current encounter, the scribe can sign off before submitting charges or the provider signs off on the Finalize Visit template. Select the Scribe signoff checkbox. Scribe signoff check box on the Billable Visit template This enters the user’s name with a date and timestamp, and generates the document if PAQ functionality is enabled. Note: You can make the scribe's approval required or optional for submitting charges on scribe encounters by using the Finalize Visit Settings panel of the IORTS Practice Configuration template. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Configuration Guide for NextGen® Orthopedic Suite. Parent topic: Billable Visit Sign-off

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Submitting Charges for Radiology Orders

After performing radiology tests in your practice and documenting the details, you can submit charges for them. When you place an Internal Today order, the charges are automatically sent to the Finalize Visit template. For Internal Later orders, the charges are sent to the Finalize Visit template only if the order status is updated to Performed. External orders are performed and billed at an external facility. By default, when you place an Internal Today or Internal Later order for a bilateral test, two separate codes (one for the left side and the other for the right side) are sent to the Finalize Visit template. You can configure financial classes and payers to accept a single code for bilateral tests by using the Bilateral Billing for Internal Orders panel in the Radiology Configuration template. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Configuration Guide forNextGen®Orthopedic Suite. You can update all types of radiology orders in the Radio

NextGen® Orthopedic Suite Help 80.2.14.0

Sign-Off

Once all information has been entered, sign off on the template (if you are not using PAQ functionality) and go to the Finalize Visit template to submit the charges. Parent topic: Assessment and Plan for Non-Billable Post Op Visits

Submit Today's Charges

Recommendations

Submit to Supervisor Workflow

Letters and Reports on the Finalize Visit Template

Finalizing a Patient Visit

Sign Off as Scribe

Submitting Charges for Radiology Orders

Sign-Off

Submit to Supervisor Workflow

Letters and Reports on the Finalize Visit Template

Finalizing a Patient Visit

Sign Off as Scribe

Submitting Charges for Radiology Orders

Sign-Off