Issue 47: September 28, 2016

Practice Advantages of 5.8 UD3/8.3.11

When you upgrade to NextGen® – Ambulatory EHR/PM 5.8 UD3 and NextGen Knowledge Base Model (NextGen KBM) 8.3.11 – both scheduled for general release Q4 this year – you give your practice important new advantages.

Easier upgrade. Better workflows. Fewer clicks and scrolls. Tighter integration. Faster cash flow. Everything you need to get better at everything you do. Find out more when you register for one of our complimentary webinars in our Upgrade Management Series: First Look at EHR/PM 5.8 UD3 and KBM 8.3.11

Due to overwhelming demand, we’ve added additional “First Look” complimentary training sessions. Registration is open for October 12 and 26; November 16 and 30; and December 14 and 28.

Better practice management

In practice management (PM), care guidelines are integrated into scheduling; no more jumping back and forth to the EHR to view a patient’s impending or overdue clinical care items. Put patient groups on recall from a single report and better identify gaps in care based on clinical guidelines.

Customize, print, and electronically sign and store patient correspondence in a new PM Enhanced Form Builder. NextGen Care® in 5.8 UD3 now lets you import a patient cohort from an Excel® spreadsheet and manage that cohort on the fly with alerts and education. Improve your patients’ experience with enrollment automation in NextGen® Patient Portal.

Better revenue cycle management

  • The new “Consolidated Services Claim” feature in PM enables Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) to create a single claim, consolidating charges from all same-day patient encounters
  • Flexible, secure, integrated patient credit card processing; use of token ID
  • Worklog Manager has improved usability across practices within the enterprise
  • Better financial and collection message flexibility on patient statements
  • Single sign-on (SSO) to NextGen® Clearinghouse is a faster, easier path to clean claims
  • Improved eligibility workflows with a new interface for NextGen Real-time Transaction Server
  • Claims enhancements and new features for Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA)
  • Streamlined appointment check-in with optical character recognition of driver license/insurance card

Better clinical workflow and patient-centered care

Enhancements to NextGen KBM 8.3.11 include a game-changing new Graphical Exam Tool for dermatology; a redesigned, single template for pediatric or primary care, well child visits; and new, improved, integration enhancements for specialties, including OB/GYN, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Cardiology, Behavioral Health, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, CHCs, Dental, and PQRS reporting.

We rewrote MyPlan so you can complete more tasks (such as AOE management and specimen collection) without leaving the template. You’ll remove even more clicks from your workflow with SNOMED codified configurable histories and new time-saving functions for chronic care encounters. And shift administrative tasks out of patients’ appointment time with new “pre-visit planning” functionality.

Upgrade to 5.8 UD3 and 8.3.11

The business and clinical case to upgrade has never been stronger. Our resolve to help you succeed in the transition to value based medicine has fueled the commitment, collaboration, and confidence with which we present our latest core application and clinical content versions – EHR/PM 5.8 UD3 and KBM 8.3.11. It’s the technology platform you can count on to help your practice get better… at everything.

EHR/PM 5.8 UD3 and KBM 8.3.11 Upgrade Resources

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