Update an Effective Date, Assistant Percentage, and Rate Differential

NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0

Add an Effective Date, Assistant Percentage, and Rate Differential

Open the NTS Billing Config template. Open the Therapy Assistant Time panel. Select a row in the Modifier Configuration grid. Enter values in the fields below the smaller grid to the right. Select Add. Parent topic: Therapist Assistant Time Panel

NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0

Update the Effective Date for an Assistant %, Rate Diff, or Modifier

The smaller grid in the Therapist Assistant Time panel accommodates changes in modifier adjustment rules on different effective dates. Parent topic: Therapist Assistant Time Panel

NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0

Update or Delete an Assistant Time Modifier

Select the entry in the Modifier Configuration grid. The details for that entry appear in the field below the grid. Do one of the following: Select Delete to delete the entry. Update the details, and then select Update. Parent topic: Therapist Assistant Time Panel

NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0

Set Up Assistant Time Modifiers

Select the Location Name field below the Modifier Configuration grid. Select the location, and then select OK. To have this modifier apply at all locations, select the “*”. Select the Financial Class field, and then select the financial class. Select the Payer Name field, and then select the payer name. Select the Visit Set field, and then select a visit set. Enter an Effective Date. In the Assist % field, specify the minimum percentage of the total code time that an Assistant must perform in order for the modifier to be applied on the Fee Sheet. Enter the modifier in the Mod field. In the Rate Diff field, specify the reimbursement reduction rate for any codes with the Assistant Modifier attached. The reduced amount is then added to the yearly totals for KX modifier tracking. Select Add. Parent topic: Therapist Assistant Time Panel

NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0

Therapist Assistant Time Panel

Use the Therapist Assistant Time panel to configure the threshold for when the CQ or CO modifiers are applied. Therapist Assistant Time panel Set Up Assistant Time Modifiers Update or Delete an Assistant Time Modifier Update the Effective Date for an Assistant %, Rate Diff, or Modifier Add an Effective Date, Assistant Percentage, and Rate Differential Update an Effective Date, Assistant Percentage, and Rate Differential Parent topic: Billing Configuration

NextGen® Therapy Suite Help 30.3.13.0

Configure Time Based Alert for Eval and Re-Eval Visits

You can configure the alert to notify the therapists that they have not documented enough time for the evaluation or re-evaluation portion of the visit as per the practice standards. On the NTS Practice Config practice template, go to the Fee Sheet section. Eval and Re-Eval Time Difference settings in the Fee Sheet section of the Practice Config template For Eval and Re-Eval Time Difference settings, do the following: In the field below the Visit Set column of the grid, select the therapy type. Select Eval or Re-Eval. In the field below Minutes column of the grid, enter the desired minimum time difference between Total Active Visit Time and Treatment time. Select one of the following for alert type: Alert Only. Select this option, if you want to configure the alert that enables the user to submit charges without changing the documented times. Hard Stop. Select this option, if you want to configure the alert that forces the user to update the documented times to meet the minimum differe

Update an Effective Date, Assistant Percentage, and Rate Differential

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