NextGen Healthcare Unveils Latest Solution for Behavioral Health and Human Services

Industry’s First Integrated Care EHR Solution to Support Comprehensive Primary Care and Behavioral Health with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXGN), a leading provider of cloud-based healthcare technology solutions, today announced the newest release of its NextGen® Behavioral Health Suite. Building upon the company’s award-winning NextGen® Enterprise electronic health record (EHR) and practice management system, the suite is the industry’s first platform to integrate comprehensive physical, behavioral health, human services, and oral health in one software solution.

This latest solution offers an integrated platform that addresses outpatient mental health services, substance use disorders, crisis services, residential treatment services, intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as primary care.

Key new features include:

• Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) – Enables providers to document care for clients with I/DD, including autism. New service plans and notes enable documenting activities of daily living and enhanced summary reporting to show outcomes and improvement over time. New electronic visit verification functionality supports home and community-based services.
• Improved Workflow – Enhancements include program caseload summary and integrated service plans, modern assessments, as well as updated psychiatric advance directive and customization options.
• Residential Content – Offers residential administration, shift notes, and discharge summaries.
• Expanded Reporting Capabilities – Addresses common metrics to help practices improve outcomes and manage reimbursement.

Shar Najafi-Piper, Ph.D, chief executive officer for longstanding NextGen Enterprise customer Copa Health said, “NextGen Healthcare’s revolutionary technologies are addressing a significant gap in providing true whole person care. The integrated solution supports our mission of providing holistic care in a differentiated manner by combining primary care, behavioral health and human services in one patient record.”

“At NextGen Healthcare, we are committed to advancing our solutions to support integrated whole person health and reduce care disparities. Bringing multi-specialty care information together from across community health services to one integrated platform represents a significant milestone in that journey,” said Srinivas (Sri) Velamoor, chief growth and strategy officer for NextGen Healthcare. “Clients such as Copa Health are valued partners in our quest to deliver the best possible health outcomes to our communities.”

Visit NextGen Healthcare at the NatCon22 conference April 11-13 in National Harbor, Washington, DC at booth #425. For more information or to schedule a meeting or demonstration at the show, please visit our NatCon22 web page here.

About NextGen Behavioral Health Suite

The NextGen Behavioral Health solution includes advanced capabilities, features and specialized content such as packet navigation, content for residential treatment programs, electronic medication administration record (eMAR) and bed board solutions. Supported by a team of subject matter experts, this solution also provides automation, effortless interoperability, and analytics-driven medical and behavioral health workflows. In NextGen Healthcare’s commitment to enable the best behavioral healthcare possible, this scalable solution improves efficiency, boosts profitability, and enables true integrated and collaborative care across a wide range of settings. For more information, visit the company’s Behavioral Health web page.

About NextGen Healthcare, Inc.

NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXGN) is a leading provider of ambulatory-focused technology solutions. We are empowering the transformation of ambulatory care—partnering with medical, behavioral and dental providers in their journey to value-based care to make healthcare better for everyone. We go beyond EHR and PM. Our integrated solutions help increase clinical productivity, enrich the patient experience, and ensure healthy financial outcomes. We believe in better. Learn more at nextgen.com, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram.