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Immunizing Your Practice Against Poor Vaccine Management

Posted by Nicole Miller on Aug 18, 2020 1:14:04 PM

As the weather changes and children return to school, vaccine inventory may be a daunting and time-consuming task for your practice. Here we will discuss how to manage your Vaccine Inventory in your practice.

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Topics: EHR, Community Health Center, NextGen Optimization

Best Practices to Managing National Drug Codes in NextGen

Posted by Nicole Miller on Aug 18, 2020 1:13:41 PM
The daily update to the National Drug Code Directory likely causes a headache for many practices. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Drug products are identified and reported using a unique, three-segment number called the National Drug Code (NDC), which serves as a universal product identifier for drugs.   The NDC Library in NextGen is used to define the information needed by payers on claims in Practice Management for drug related CPT/HCPCS codes.   
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Topics: EPM, Community Health Center, NextGen Optimization

How to Use the Chronic Conditions Workflow Template

Posted by Nicole Miller on Jul 29, 2020 10:37:49 AM

Health care providers are faced with an increasing need to address the management of individuals with multiple co-existing diseases or chronic conditions. 

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Topics: EHR, Community Health Center, NextGen Optimization

COVID-19 Funding and Telehealth Regulatory Updates

Posted by Nicole Miller on Jun 22, 2020 9:00:00 AM

FQHC Regulatory Updates Pre and Post COVID-19

Pre-COVID-19, Community Health Centers (CHCs) faced daily challenges in order to provide the best quality care for their patients. Post-COVID, CHCs battle to overcome unfamiliar challenges while adapting to new Federal and State regulation changes. Here we will highlight resources that can help guide you through the rapidly changing Federal and State regulations.

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Topics: Community Health Center, FQHC

How Smart Is Smart Note?

Posted by Nicole Miller on Jun 22, 2020 9:00:00 AM

What is Smart Note? 

Smart Notes are a critical way of communicating information about a patient's dental and  sometimes medical healthcare using interactive and predefined notes. The notes are interactive and pre-written associated with a particular treatment that is completed with predefined multiple choices. This allows the practice to create consistent and comprehensive notes by removing the need to recreate the same type of documentation over and over. There are two types of fields, static and variable, allowing each note to be customized to the individual patient procedure. 

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Topics: Clinical, Community Health Center

How to set up Recall Plans in Practice Management

Posted by Shannon Lienemann on Mar 9, 2020 10:38:09 AM

You're checking out a patient and scheduling a return visit, but the provider's schedule isn't set up for another year. What do you do? Recall Plans can assist your practice with scheduling return visits and tracking them within NextGen. We will cover what Recall Plans are and how to set them up in Practice Management. 

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Topics: EPM, Community Health Center, Value Based Care, NextGen Optimization

EDR Caries Risk Workflow and Setup

Posted by Shannon Lienemann on Mar 9, 2020 10:37:50 AM

Setting up Caries Risk Assessments

The Caries Risk Assessment module comes loaded with default questions that are presented to the user who is conducting an assessment (hygienist or dentist). An administrator can configure this list of questions as needed on the Caries Risk Assessment Configurations screen. 

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Topics: EDR, Community Health Center, FQHC

NextGen Success Community Best Practices

Posted by Shannon Lienemann on Mar 3, 2020 8:00:00 AM

The NextGen Success Community is a great resource for NextGen users far and wide to find educational resources and trainings, vote on product enhancements, collaborate with other NextGen users, and stay up to date with industry news. Here, we will cover the different facets and give some best practices for how to navigate the Success Community. 

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Topics: Community Health Center, FQHC

PCMH - It's Not Just NCQA

Posted by Shannon Lienemann on Feb 5, 2020 8:00:00 AM

 

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Topics: PCMH, Community Health Center, Value Based Care, FQHC