Alora Home Health Software vs. NextGen Healthcare EHR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alora Home Health
Score 9.6 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Alora Home Health Software helps manage all aspects of a home health care agency, including the clinical, operational, and financial components. The solution is capable of billing all payers, including, Medicare, Medicaid/Waiver, Managed Care, Medicare Advantage, Commercial Insurance, VA, and Private Pay. Alora is an enterprise
$295
per month
NextGen Healthcare EHR
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
NextGen Healthcare provides ambulatory practices of all size solutions along with dedicated support and professional services. NextGen® Enterprise EHR offers practices configurable clinical content, workflows, and an integrated patient experience platform that incorporates telehealth. With NextGen® Mobile, providers’ smartphones become an extension of the EHR, saving time. NextGen has its own fully integrated solutions that provide dictation, speech-to-text,…N/A
Pricing
Alora Home Health SoftwareNextGen Healthcare EHR
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Alora Home HealthNextGen Healthcare EHR
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
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Features
Alora Home Health SoftwareNextGen Healthcare EHR
Billing and Claims Management
Comparison of Billing and Claims Management features of Product A and Product B
Alora Home Health Software
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Ratings
NextGen Healthcare EHR
7.7
27 Ratings
2% above category average
Real-time eligibility verification00 Ratings8.726 Ratings
Claims management00 Ratings6.227 Ratings
Coding00 Ratings7.924 Ratings
Patient billing00 Ratings8.525 Ratings
Financial Reporting00 Ratings7.125 Ratings
Patient Scheduling
Comparison of Patient Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Alora Home Health Software
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NextGen Healthcare EHR
8.7
20 Ratings
10% above category average
Rule-based scheduling00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Automated appointment reminders00 Ratings8.420 Ratings
Automated patient check-in00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Multi-location support00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Calendar interface00 Ratings9.015 Ratings
Electronic Medical Records
Comparison of Electronic Medical Records features of Product A and Product B
Alora Home Health Software
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Ratings
NextGen Healthcare EHR
7.3
27 Ratings
1% above category average
Charting / document management00 Ratings8.027 Ratings
Templates00 Ratings7.626 Ratings
Patient portal00 Ratings6.726 Ratings
Mobile/tablet support00 Ratings6.619 Ratings
Fax integration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Integration with other EMR and PM systems00 Ratings8.218 Ratings
Workflow automation00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Speech recognition00 Ratings7.618 Ratings
Customization00 Ratings8.024 Ratings
E-prescribing00 Ratings8.425 Ratings
Medical Security and Privacy
Comparison of Medical Security and Privacy features of Product A and Product B
Alora Home Health Software
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Ratings
NextGen Healthcare EHR
7.7
27 Ratings
8% below category average
HIPAA compliance00 Ratings9.027 Ratings
Role-based permission levels00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Data backups and redundancy00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Local mode / networking failsafe00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Workflow and Scale
Comparison of Workflow and Scale features of Product A and Product B
Alora Home Health Software
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NextGen Healthcare EHR
6.8
27 Ratings
11% below category average
Task tracking00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Specialty-specific workflows00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Multi-office / multi-physician capabilities00 Ratings8.527 Ratings
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User Ratings
Alora Home Health SoftwareNextGen Healthcare EHR
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(9 ratings)
8.3
(28 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.4
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(3 ratings)
7.8
(22 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
1.8
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Alora Home Health SoftwareNextGen Healthcare EHR
Likelihood to Recommend
Alora
Some of the areas seem like they are more hospital based, so maybe having different divisions of the software, being only home care or hospice, or only hospital might make it even more individualized. Overall, we do appreciate simplicity, but we do have to have a very clear picture of our skill that we are seeing a patient for. If there is not very specific information other than basic check boxes, we risk insurance denial. So at this time we rely on writing very detailed notes in order to avoid this
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NextGen Healthcare
Nextgen Healthcare EHR is an all-in-one software, to appointment schedule, check in and check out through the visit, providers creating the record of the visit, however if Nextgen would allow unlimited characters in the provider template the record created would be more beneficial, accepting payments, to billing the encounter and posting the insurance payments electronically.
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Pros
Alora
  • Ease of patient admission to the software.
  • Patient scheduling and documentation.
  • Chart reviews and chart completion
  • Claim generation and billing
  • Oasis integrated exports is seamlessly integrated.
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NextGen Healthcare
  • NextGen has always stayed on top of the many changes every year and remained certified. I have seen many EHR companies go out of business or seen users have to change EHR systems in order to remain compliant for reporting.
  • With NextGen, I am able to make a few customizations that my providers ask for to make their documentation easier. Not all EHR's are customizable. While it is not best practice to do a lot of customizations, sometimes it is worth the extra work to keep your providers happy!
  • I love going to the NextGen User Group Meeting they have every year. I always learn things I didn't know and learn more about the things I do. They offer classes for everyone no matter what you do that pertains to NextGen. Even Government updates for healthcare.
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Cons
Alora
  • It would be nice if there were some sort of alert when an incoming fax has arrived. Sort of like a ding or a bell notification at the top similar to an email, rather than having to go check every so often. We appreciate being very responsive.
  • If we were able to customize every single section for each type of visit, that would be very helpful as we have noticed that we would like more details in some places and less in others.
  • During initial training, going through each type of visit together from start to finish would be helpful. Addressing every single scenario that might happen, such as recerts or discharges. I think doing several of those from start to finish together would be beneficial as repetition is key.
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NextGen Healthcare
  • NextGen completely misses the mark for ASCs, especially multispecialty.
  • NextGen EHR constantly struggles with UDS reporting based on the EHR documentation.
  • NextGen EHR struggles to compete because of automation. Most practices want to be dexterous, but it's not sustainable as we look to AI and automation.
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Likelihood to Renew
Alora
good support and pricing
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NextGen Healthcare
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Usability
Alora
Alora Home Health Software is overall the best and the most user-friendly software I have used in a really long time. Everything is just a simple click or touch of a button. The best part is if I don't know what to click I can always call the Alora Home Health Software customer service team, and with a smile they will walk you through what to click and enter in to help keep your company up and running.
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NextGen Healthcare
The usability of the product is great. The difficulty that we have is in the background with the speed of servers or of things loading. If there are any issues with the remote server, things can really slow down drastically.
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Performance
Alora
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NextGen Healthcare
Pages load quickly and reports are uploaded quickly. It just takes far too many clicks to get anything complete in this program. If a patient wants to pay for something after we have checked them out of their appointment, or wants to make an appointment it is not efficient. In a busy practice like ours efficiency is key and we need to keep the flow going
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Support Rating
Alora
excellent every time i call
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NextGen Healthcare
Tier 1 support is useless. They gather details we've already provided and have no idea how to help us. Techs just call rather than scheduling an appointment which means we are in the middle of something else and our internal IT is unavailable to provide appropriate connection. Webex details aren't provided in advance of the call so it's difficult to get connected timely to have a conversation in real time during the support session. Many issues drag on for months and tickets get closed without resolution. It's a "known issue" is the most unhelpful response to a recurring problem. UGM Learning Lab is perfect because the issues based experts are there! It would be ideal to always be connected like that in real time
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Implementation Rating
Alora
overall im very satisfied with implementation and training.
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NextGen Healthcare
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Alternatives Considered
Alora
Alora Home Health Software is more user friendly and the price is more affordable with a high quality service. Alora Home Health Software customer service is on point, Assistance is prompt and reassuring.
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NextGen Healthcare
NG is like no other software I have ever used. I thought if you used one software they are all alike. Not this software, it is totally different but let me tell you very thorough and it also can track anything that anyone has done in a work day. Good auditing system.
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Return on Investment
Alora
  • Alora Home Health Software made my business very easy to manage.
  • Alora Home Health Software allowed me to focus more on inproving my business growth
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NextGen Healthcare
  • While in some cases, NextGen Healthcare EHR improves efficiency, most practices are not able to reduce staff, they usually have to actually have .5-1 more employees per physician or midlevel provider. These employee roles change and shift throughout the implementation and into the adaptation process. Those staff generally slowly transition to where they are needed next.
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ScreenShots

Alora Home Health Screenshots

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