Release Notes v 4.5

Release Notes v 4.5

Release Notes v. 4.5

A/R by Expected Amount (Interactive Aging)

This feature allows clients to forecast the expected amount that will be collected on unpaid balances. Using A/R by Expected amount instead of the Billed amount gives a more realistic assessment of the A/R.

  • The "A/R" Filter on the Interactive Aging allows you to look at the A/R by

    • Billed (amount)

    • Expected (amount)

Learn More: A/R by Expected Amount




Interactive Aging: Added Report Group Filters and DOS Filter

An additional layer of filtering was added on the Interactive Aging Report.
  1. Report Group Filters for Insurance, Facility, and Billing
  2. DOS From/To Filters

New Enrollments Dashboard


The entire Enrollment process can be handled within the System.

Learn More: Enrollments Overview

 Charge Management Tag Assignment

  • A Tags field was added to the Add/Modify Charge Management Rule screen.

    • When a Tag is assigned to a Charge Management Rule, and the Charge meets the Rule's criteria, the Tag will be auto-assigned to the Encounter.


  • On the Add/Modify Tags screen, a Worklist can be assigned and a Charge Management Rule can be attached to the Tag.



  • A Tags field was added to the Worklist.



Total by Option on Worklist

Total By and Subtotal By options have been added to the Worklist. The Type of Worklist selected drives the results.
  • Example:

    • Total By: Task Age                                                           

    • Sub-Total By: Worklist Type

    • Type: All vs Encounter



Learn More: Worklist Total By

Auto Dunning Reset for Manual Posting

When manually posting a Patient Payment where Auto Post is not used, the “Reset the Dunning Count for the below Encounters to” will be set automatically based on the Dunning Reset chosen on the Statement Profile or the Add/Modify Guarantor screen.

  • Minus One

  • Zero




A Reorder/Delete link has been added to the Diagnosis panel on the Add/Modify Charge screen. This makes it easier to quickly reorder the Diagnosis Codes in the order of medical necessity. Learn More: Reorder Diagnosis Codes.

Learn More: Added Reorder link


Improved Statements History

On the Encounter Dashboard, the Dunning/Statement Count button has been changed to Statement History which displays the Encounter Statement History. This makes it easier to see if an Encounter was included in a Statement Batch, and the reason it was not sent with the batch. The Dunning Count can still be changed using the Change Dunning Count button.



On the Guarantor Dashboard, two new columns have been added: Manually Removed and Not Batched with a hover-over displaying the reason.




Security Options for Reports that may contain PHI

  • Reports that may contain PHI will have an icon.

  • Reports > Report History: Will show if the reports contained PHI.


Admin > Security Roles > Login Security


The following settings are not activated by default.


  • “Require MFA Login to Access PHI Reports”

    • Multi-Factor Authentication must also be chosen for the User in User Maintenance.

  • “Require Password to access PHI Reports”


Patient Access by User/Resource

This feature is most commonly used when providers are directly using the System Calendar.  If the Users are restricted from seeing the schedule of certain Providers, they can be further restricted to only seeing their "Assigned Patients" during Patient lookup.

Learn More: Patient by User/Resource

Invoice Improvements

Invoice ID added to the Encounter Dashboard

Statement/Invoice History on the Employer Dashboard

  • Added 2 filters for Invoice Status and Invoice Number.



Interactive Aging

  • Added a new Total by option in IA to see aging by Employer.


Custom Date Span Option added on Reports

This new Report feature adds flexibility to the Date Span selections to allow users to customize the number of days, weeks, months, quarters, and years.



Enhancements to Patient Lookup in Manual Insurance Payment Entry

When manually entering Insurance Payments, it can be difficult to determine the correct Insurances by looking at the EOB or by looking at the Payers in the Insurance Library.
  1. The ability to look up the Insurance by Patient instead of searching the Insurance Library has been added to the Receipt screen.

Nuggets

Reorder the Saved Report Filters

The Saved Filters can be rearranged using drag and drop.





Use POS from CPT to Default on Claim

If the Place of Service (POS) is added to the Procedure Code in the Procedure Code Library, it will populate when the line item is entered on the Charge.

  • This overrides the POS on the Claim Level.

  • If all of the Line Items have the same POS, but the Claim Level POS is different, the claim level will automatically update to the Line Level POS upon saving the Charge.

Ability to Merge Employers

The Ability to Merge Employers/Attorneys has been added to the Admin screen.

Admin > Merger Employers/Attorneys. Learn More: Merge Employers

Added a Print Icon for Scanned Images

Patient Documents

A print icon has been added for scanned images.


The Print HCFA Pop-up Logic Improved


Logic has been added to make the process of printing a Secondary/Tertiary Claim and the Primary EOB more intuitive.


  • The Print Claim For dropdown will now default to the Policy that has a balance.

  • The Include EOB option will only be available if the Secondary/Tertiary is selected for the Print Claim For field.


Added Number of Receipts on Patient & Encounter Dashboards

The number of existing Receipts has been added in brackets to the Receipts link on the Patient & Encounter Dashboards. When the link is selected, it also includes Receipts that are in Escrow.


    • Related Articles

    • Release Notes v 4.3

      Release Notes v 4.3 See Attachment
    • Release Notes v 4.8

      Release Notes v4.8 Charge Management Rule Actions Charge Management (CM) is a very popular System feature used to flag Encounters that need to be reviewed and/or edited before Claims are submitted. A frequent request has been to add functionality to ...
    • Release Notes v 4.7

      Release Notes v4.7 Fee and RVU Schedules Fee and RVU Schedules are now being stored in the Fee/RVU Management module (formerly Allowed Fee Schedules). The Charge Fee Schedule and Allowed Fee Schedule buttons no longer exist. This area will serve as a ...
    • Release Notes 4.4

      Release Notes v4.4 Contents Account Lock and New Login Notifications Timely Filing Management Stop Unbalanced Claims From Batching Visibility for Case/Authorization on Incomplete Charge Review Easier Entry of Appointment Durations Watch the Video ...
    • Release Notes v 4.6

      Enhancements for Incomplete Charge Review The full Insurance Profile now displays in the Insurance hover-over. When multiple Encounters are being completed together, there is now a Validation Warning that indicates: The number of Encounters that can ...