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Set Up Prescription Renewal Options

You can set up the Prescription Renewal feature of Site Generator to control the Prescription Renewal section of NextGen® PxP Portal.

  1. Open Site Generator, and then select NextGen Healthcare Site Administration.
    The Site Generator page opens.
  2. From Portal Solutions, select Prescription Renewal.
    The Prescription Renewal page opens.
  3. In the Prescription Medication Sources section, do the following.
    • To display medications from the medication application programming interface (API), select Medications from Medication API.
    • To display inactive medications, select Include Inactive Medications.
  4. Under Free Text Pharmacies, select the Enable Free Text Pharmacies checkbox.
    When you select this option, a patient can enter the pharmacy name in NextGen® PxP Portal. If you clear the Enable Free Text Pharmacies checkbox, the patient must select the pharmacy from a list.
  5. Under Provider Options, select the Only Allow Preferred Provider checkbox.
    If you clear this checkbox, patients can send prescription renewal requests to any pharmacies.
  6. Select Save Configuration.
Set Up Prescription Renewal Options