Document Caregiver Education for Speech Therapy

NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0

Document Patient Education for Speech Therapy

Open a patient record, and then in Encounter History, expand a case and select an encounter. Open the NTS Homepage template associated with the encounter, and then select an SLP visit type. Open the NTS Speech Single Visit template, and then expand the Objective panel. Under Treatment, select Education. The Speech Education template opens. Under Education, select a field to open a list of education descriptions, and then do one of the following: Select a description from the list to insert it into the field. Select Free Text to return to the field, and then enter a custom description of the education provided. Optional: Repeat the previous step to document additional patient education. In Patient and/or Caregiver Education, enter additional information related to the patient education or caregiver training. This information appears on the Plan of Care and Office Visit documents. Select Save & Close. The SLP Education row is added to the Treatment grid in the Objective panel. Parent top

NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0

Document Speech Testing and Other Treatments

You can document and bill for treatments specific to speech and language, devices, and audiology. You can document individual and group treatment. On the Speech Single Visit template, expand the Objective panel. Under Treatment, select Testing/Other Tx. The Speech Treatment template opens with sections for Speech/Language, Device, and Audiology. Treatment options in the Speech Treatment template For one-on-one treatment, select the appropriate Ind checkbox, and then document the time in Individual Minutes along with any details. For group treatment, select the appropriate Grp checkbox, and then document the Grp Size and the Grp Time. The Grp Size and Grp Time fields appear next to the total time fields only if an item is marked as being done in a group. Group Info fields To bill for remote therapeutic monitoring, select the appropriate options in the RTM Codes section, enter the minutes, and then document the RTM details in the Comments field. Parent topic: Treatment Section

NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0

Document Caregiver Education for Physical or Occupational Therapy

You can document the physical and occupational therapy training the patient's caregiver receives in the patient's absence. The patient or representative must have given consent for this training. The caregiver training information appears on the Office Visit document. Open a patient record, and then in Encounter History, expand a case and select an encounter. Open the NTS Homepage template associated with the encounter, and then select a PT or OT visit type. Open the NTS Single Visit template, and then expand the Objective panel. Under Treatment, select Education. The Education template opens in the NTS PT Treatment Edu window. Select Patient consented to caregiver training. Select the appropriate checkbox that describes whether the caregiver training is for an individual or a group. For individual caregiver training, enter the total minutes of training time in Min, and then enter any therapist assistant-led training time in Asst. Asst appears only if the administrator configured the t

NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0

Treatment Section

Use the Treatment section to capture all billable codes for Speech Therapy. Grid in Treatment section Evaluations or Screenings Document Speech Testing and Other Treatments Document speech-related treatments on the Speech Single Visit template. Document Patient Education for Speech Therapy For speech therapy visit types, you can document the education the patient receives. Document Caregiver Education for Speech Therapy For speech therapy visit types, you can document the training a patient's caregiver receives. Document Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Parent topic: Speech Objective Panel

NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0

Document Patient Education for Physical or Occupational Therapy

Open a patient record, and then in Encounter History, expand a case and select an encounter. Open the NTS Homepage template associated with the encounter, and then select a PT or OT visit type. Open the NTS Single Visit template, and then expand the Objective panel. Under Treatment, select Education. The Education template opens in the NTS PT Treatment Edu window. For patient education, enter a description under Education of the education provided by doing one of the following: Select Body Mechanics, Gait, or ADL as the education type, and then select a description in each field. Note: If you select the blank space at the top of the list, you can type an entry into the field. To enter custom descriptions that is not related to an education type, make sure that none of the Body Mechanics, Gait, or ADL options are selected, and then enter your descriptions in the fields. Optional: To clear the description from a field, select X next to the field. In Patient and/or Caregiver Education, ty

NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0

Add Treatment Plan Details for PT/OT and Speech Visits

In the NTS Single Visit or NTS Speech Single Visit template, expand the Plan panel, and then go to the Treatment Plan section. If this is the first visit in this case, the Treatment grid will be empty. Afterwards, when you open this template, all entries in the grid copy forward from the prior visit. Select a category of treatment activities by doing one of the following: To enter general treatment activities, select Default. To enter treatment activities specific to a specialty, select a specialty category. Note: Administrators can configure categories and associated picklists in the NTS Picklist Manager practice template. Select the Treatment field. A picklist of treatment items opens. Do one of the following to add all treatment activities you plan to use to rehabilitate the patient: Select the items from the picklist, and then select Close or Done. As you select each item, it automatically appears the Treatment grid. To enter a treatment that is not listed in the picklist, select t

Document Caregiver Education for Speech Therapy

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Document Patient Education for Speech Therapy

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Document Caregiver Education for Speech Therapy

Document Patient Education for Speech Therapy

Document Speech Testing and Other Treatments

Document Caregiver Education for Physical or Occupational Therapy

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Document Patient Education for Physical or Occupational Therapy

Add Treatment Plan Details for PT/OT and Speech Visits