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Avatar Cal-PM 2022 Monthly Release 2022.02.01 Summary

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New (5)
Edit Service Information - Inhibited Billing services
Modifications have been made to functionality to ensure that the inhibit billing records are retained when an open service is edited in the 'Edit Service Information' form.
Topics
• Inhibit Billing
 
Eligibility Inquiry (270) Submission
The 'Eligibility Inquiry (270) Submission' form has been updated to add the 'File From Date' and 'File Through Date' fields. This will enable users to select a smaller date range of files to remain under the maximum number of files available for selection. The maximum is 5000.
Value Added: Date range selection is added for file selection.
Topics
• Eligibility Inquiry (270) Request
 
Task Scheduler Widget
The 'Task Scheduler Status' widget is added. This widget is enabled in the 'View Definition' form.
Value Added: Provide the ability to view scheduled tasks status of completed or errors.
Topics
• Widgets • System Task Scheduler • NX
 
'Call Intake' is enhanced to add additional fields.
Registry Settings are added to enhanced 'Call Intake': * 'Disallow Call Intake for Program Types' * 'Add Demographics to Call Intake' * 'Add SSN to Call Intake'
Value Added: Improved data capture in the 'Call Intake' form
Topics
• Registry Settings • NX • Call Intake
 
2021 Update 57 Details | User Acceptance Tests
Accounts Receivable Management Widget - Add Claim Balance to filters and grid
The following enhancements are made to the 'AR List' tab of the 'Accounts Receivable Console' widget: 1) The 'Claim Balance From' and 'Claim Balance To' filter fields are added. 2) The 'Claim Balance' field is added to the 'Claims with Outstanding Receivables' grid. 3) Clicking the 'Add Claim Follow-Up/Note' command button will now take the user directly to the 'Claim Follow-Up Entry' tab.
Value Added: Accounts Receivable Management Widget - add ability to filter on Claim Balance
Topics
• Accounts Receivable Management
 
Changed (1)
A new report: 'CPT License Count Report' is added to Avatar PM.
A new report called 'CPT License Count Report' is added to list active Avatar Users and Practitioners that have used CPT Codes in Avatar PM. The report needs to be run for each facility in the system. Inactive User and Providers are not included.
Value Added: Ability to track CPT usage by User and Provider.
Copyright notice is added to forms where CPT content is displayed.
Per the AMA, all forms will contain a copyright notice. The notice: "CPT copyright 2021 American Medical Association. All rights reserved." will be added to the bottom of forms via a display only text field. The trademark symbol will be displayed following the first appearance of 'CPT' in each form section.
Value Added: AMA License copyright notice is added to all CPT content.
CPT Code copyright notice is added to Avatar forms.
The AMA copyright notice: "CPT copyright 2021 American Medical Association. All rights reserved." will be added to the bottom of the following forms via a display only text field. * CPT Code Definition * CPT Place of Service Override * Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance * Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance (Guarantor Definitions)
Value Added: Added copyright notice for CPT content to select forms.
Avatar PM is enhanced with updated CPT codes.
Avatar PM is updated with the AMA provided list of CPT codes for 2021. Only codes that do not already exist in the system will be added. Existing CPT Codes will not be overridden. No start or end dates are added. Any CPT codes that already exist within Avatar PM will remain unchanged.
Value Added: CPT codes are updated with current AMA CPT Code content.
Topics
• NX • CPT License Count Report • Program Maintenance • Service Authorizations • Eligibility Inquiry (270) Request • Eligibility Response (271) • Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance • CPT Codes
 
Fixed (3)
Web Services - Clinician Services
Resolves an issue to ensure that the Clinician Services 'putClinicianUpdate' web service request files successfully.
Topics
• Web Services • NX
 
Electronic Billing / Quick Billing
Functionality for Electronic Billing and Quick Billing has been modified to prevent the following error when billing a service that has a co-practitioner, and the co-practitioner service falls to the default guarantor: "[UNDEFINED]SvcIncluded+7^EB837Utils04"
Topics
• Progress Notes • 837 Professional • NX • 837 Institutional • Quick Billing • Quick Billing Rule Definition
 
'CANS/PSC35 Submission' And 'CANS/PCS File Import' Forms
An issue is resolved to ensure that the Avatar Cal-PM 'CANS/PSC35 Submission' and 'CANS/PCS File Import' forms/processes do not default the 'Client Index Number' as '00000000' if no 'Client Index Number' is found in the Client's Financial Eligibility record.
Topics
• CANS/PSC35 File Import • NX • CANS/PSC35 Submission
 

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