From the moment you engage with Nextech throughout your entire customer journey, we are deeply committed to your success. As part of our efforts to help your practice truly thrive, we provide comprehensive and continual training. Nextech is the only solution on the market that has a proven role-based, user certification process for EHR/PM software. When you complete a course on Nextech Academy, you earn credentials in the form of a badge that you can display on your LinkedIn profile. Badges are issued through digital credential provider Credly. After completing a course and earning a badge, check your inbox for an email from Credly to accept your new certification.

Five generations of patients will book aesthetic treatments in 2024. Beyond their interest in aesthetics, they don’t have a lot in common. Older generations want an in-person or over-the-phone experience whereas younger generations might not have a voicemail set up on their cellphone. Despite these differences, the right technologies can help your practice delight all five generations.

Baby boomers didn’t start the fire, but they are a defining generation. Of the five generations alive today, boomers dictate much of the economy and are frequent visitors to aesthetic practices. Because of this, it’s important to understand the relationship between baby boomers and aesthetic treatment.

Technology has advanced at an accelerated speed over the past 20 years. The internet powered up in 1983, in 1992 we saw the first smartphones, and in 1998 Google started its journey to becoming both noun and verb. And now as we witness the emergence of artificial intelligence, we can only imagine how our lives — and work — will change in the next two decades.

This year may be coming to an end, but it's the beginning of some exciting times at Nextech — and you're invited to see what it's all about! So if you're curious about what it's like to have Nextech, don't miss our upcoming product preview parties where we showcase the latest feature enhancements to our unified EHR and practice management solution.

Catering to multiple generations in your aesthetic practice can sometimes feel like a losing battle. Older patients prefer you call them, while those younger than 30 refuse to pick up the phone. Your patients over 60 want a paper bill, but younger patients prefer an online payment portal.

Each year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updates the criteria of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). In 2026, MIPS is expanding emphasis on MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) and continuing to refine other measures.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) called for immediate intervention to address concerns with the Routine Cataract Removal with Intraocular Lens (IOL) Implantation episode-based cost measure in a Sept. 26 letter (PDF) to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Upon conducting research with its members, the AAO has uncovered discrepancies in the patient-level data files that arise when performing second eye cataract surgery within 31 to 90 days after the initial surgery. These errors pose a potential threat to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score, potentially leading to a negative payment adjustment in 2024.