Settings hierarchy

The following table indicates whether a setting in Ascend Academic is global (stored by organization) or location specific (stored by location).

Footnotes:

1. User accounts (and the corresponding provider settings, if applicable) are set up at the organization level, but users can each access information only according to their assigned security roles and locations.

2. Coverage table templates are set up at the organization level, but insurance plans, which are location-specific, can each have different coverage tables.

3. Fee schedules are set up at the organization level, but locations can each have different preferred fee schedules. Providers and insurance carriers can also each have their own preferred fee schedules. However, if you change the fee in a given fee schedule while logged on to any location, not only is the change accessible across the organization, but the procedure code will be updated for the locations that have that fee schedule as their preferred fee schedule.

4. Procedure codes are set up at the organization level, but locations can each have different fees for a given procedure code. However, if you change that procedure code's fee at one location, that change will be reflected in that location's preferred fee schedule, which is accessible across the organization.

5. Clinical note templates are set up at the organization level, but users can each have different favorites.