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Avatar Cal-PM 2023 Quarterly Release 2023.02 Summary


NEW11 CHANGED1 FIXED13
New (11)
Avatar Cal-PM 'Cal-OMS Admission' Form
The 'Location Of Admission' field in the Avatar Cal-PM 'Cal-OMS Admission' form is updated to filter/allow Program selections based on associated Programs as defined in the 'System Code Definition' form.
Value Added: Updates Program filtering in 'Location Of Admission' field in Avatar Cal-PM 'Cal-OMS Admission' form
Avatar Cal-PM 'Program Maintenance' Form
The 'Require Source Of Admission' and 'Require Attending Practitioner' fields are added to the 'Program Maintenance' form.
Value Added: Allows requirement of 'Source Of Admission' and/or 'Attending Practitioner' fields within Avatar Cal-PM Admission forms
Avatar Cal-PM 'Enable Default Guarantor Assignment' Registry Setting
The 'Enable Default Guarantor Assignment' Registry Setting is added to Avatar Cal-PM.
Value Added: Adds 'Enable Default Guarantor Assignment' Registry Setting and functionality to Avatar Cal-PM
Topics
• Cal-Oms Admission • NX • Registry Settings • Program Maintenance • File Import • Admission • Admission (Outpatient) • Financial Eligibility
 
Avatar Cal-PM Location/Place Of Service and 'Enable Alternative Service Location Fields' Registry Setting
The Avatar Cal-PM 'Enable Alternative Service Location Fields' Registry Setting is updated for conditional support of 'Place of Service' dictionary value '10' in Electronic Billing 837 files.
Value Added: Adds support for 'Telehealth' Location/Place Of Service and 'Enable Alternative Service Location Fields' Registry Setting/837 Functionality
Topics
• Registry Settings • Electronic Billing • NX • Dictionary
 
Discharge - OSHPD Reporting
The 'Discharge - OSHPD' functionality has been updated to add additional fields to the form. If desired, please use 'Form Designer' to arrange the new fields in the 'OSHPD' section of the 'Discharge' form.
Value Added: Additional 'OSHPD Discharge' can be reported.
OSHPD Reporting - Submission
The 'OSHPD Submission’ functionality has been updated to support updated requirements.
Value Added: Allows submission of new OSHPD Reporting standards.
Topics
• State Forms • OSHPD • NX
 
The 'BedAssignment' web service
The 'WEBSVC.BedAssignment' web service is added with the following methods: -AddBedAssignment -DeleteBedAssignment -EditBedAssigment -GetDictionaryItems
Value Added: The ability to file 'Bed Assignment' data via web services.
Topics
• Bed Assignment
 
Payment/Adjustment Posting and Avatar MSO 'Retro Claim Adjudication'
The filing of Payments/Adjustments is updated to support Duration fields in the Avatar MSO 'Retro Claim Adjudication' form.
Value Added: Adds support for Duration in Avatar MSO 'Retro Claim Adjudication' entries filed via Avatar Cal-PM payment/adjustment posting
Topics
• Individual Cash Posting • Spreadsheet Remittance Posting • Spreadsheet Batch Remittance Posting • NX • 835 Health Care Claim Payment/Advice • Posting/Adjustment Codes
 
Demographics
The Place of Birth field on the Update Client Data/Admission Demographics form is set to 40 characters.
Value Added: The 'Place of Birth' field can contain more characters.
Topics
• Admission • Update Client Data • NX
 
Avatar Cal-PM 'Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance' Form
The Avatar Cal-PM 'Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance' form is updated to support unit calculation overrides for service codes with user-defined fees.
Value Added: Adds 'User Defined Fee Unit' field in 'Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance' form to support additional unit calculation overrides
Topics
• Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance • File Import • NX • Client Charge Input • Edit Service Information • Scheduling Calendar • Electronic Billing • 837 Professional • 837 Institutional
 
Service Codes - 'Clinic Hours' field
The 'Clinic Hours' field is added to the 'Service Codes' form. The 'Service Code Upload Process' form is updated accordingly.
Value Added: Support for Clinic Hours and Waiting Room functionalities
CSI Submission - Service Codes
A new field, ‘Report to CSI’, has been added to the ‘Service Codes’ form.
Value Added: Allows users to define Service Codes that they want reported with CSI data.
Service Codes - 'Available Electronic Visit Verification Tasks' field
The 'Available Electronic Visit Verification Tasks' field is added to the 'Service Codes' form. The 'Service Code Upload Process' form is updated accordingly.
Value Added: Support for Mobile CareGiver+
Service Codes - 'Always Allow Overbooking' field
The 'Always Allow Overbooking' field is added to the 'Service Codes' form. The 'Service Code Upload Process' form is updated accordingly.
Value Added: Support for Clinic Hours and Waiting Room functionalities
Topics
• Service Codes • CSI Assessment • NX • CSI Submission
 
Program Maintenance - Assignment of Subscriber MEDS ID#
Program Maintenance functionality has been modified to add a new field to form' new field 'Assign Subscriber Meds ID#'.
Value Added: The new field allows definition by individual program.
Topics
• Registry Settings • Program Maintenance • NX • File Import • Financial Eligibility • Web Services
 
File Import - Payment Adjustment Posting
Improvements have been made to the File Import - Payment Adjustment Posting functionality
Value Added: Improved the functionality of File Import - Payment Adjustment Posting
Topics
• File Import • NX
 
Database Management - Tables
A new property 'FAMID' has been added to the 'SYSTEM.patient_current_demographics' table, which contains the most recently modified family ID associated with 'PATID'.
Value Added: The 'FAMID' filed will contain the most recent Family ID that the patient is associated to.
Database Management - tables
  1. The property 'gender_identity_code' has had its maximum length increased to 20 in the 'SYSTEM.patient_current_demographics' and 'SYSTEM.patient_demographic_history' tables. 2) The property 'gender_identity_value' has had its maximum length increased to 60 in the following tables: 'SYSTEM.patient_current_demographics', 'SYSTEM.patient_demographic_history', 'SYSTEM.view_episode_summary_admit', 'SYSTEM.view_episode_summary_current', 'SYSTEM.view_episode_summary_discharge'TID'.
Value Added: Better reporting is available for the 'gender_identity_code' and 'gender_identity_value'
Topics
• Family Registration • NX • Pre Admit • Admission • Admission (Outpatient) • Client Management • Update Client Data • Discharge • Pre Admit Discharge • Database Management
 
Changed (1)
Avatar Cal-PM 2023 is Installed
Installation will upgrade to the 2023 version. This will not change any current functionality.
Value Added: Upgrade to current 2023 version
Topics
• Upgrade
 
Fixed (13)
Diagnosis - Show Active Only
Resolves an issue to ensure that non-active diagnoses are display when the 'Problem Classification Required' registry setting is set to 'Y' or 'R' and the 'Show Active Only' field is set to 'No'.
Topics
• Diagnosis • NX
 
Avatar Cal-PM 'Program Maintenance' Form
An issue is resolved to ensure that the 'EVV Provider Organization ID' field is displayed/available in the Avatar Cal-PM 'Program Maintenance' form.
Topics
• Registry Settings • Program Maintenance
 
Select reports are modified to prevent overlapping data displays.
An issue is resolved to ensure that data in the following Crystal reports does not overlap with other data fields when being displayed in an Avatar NX environment: * Client Ledger * Claim Follow-Up Productivity Report * Unbilled Services Report
Topics
• NX • Client Ledger
 
Avatar Cal-PM 'Women's Health History' Web Service
An issue is resolved to ensure that 'Women's Health History' records are correctly included/displayed in Netsmart ProviderConnect for valid episodes.
Topics
• Client Management
 
Site Specific Section Modeling - Add-On Service fields
An issue has been resolved that may prevent 'Multiple Add-On Service' fields from being enabled on the "Site Specific Section Modeling" form when the 'Enable Multiple Add-On Code Per Primary Code Functionality' registry setting is set to 'Y'.
Topics
• Site Specific Section Modeling • Progress Notes
 
Client Charge Input - Duration
Client Charge Input functionality has been updated to ensure that the Duration is calculated correctly when using Site Specific Treatment Integer fields.
Topics
• Client Charge Input • Site Specific Section Modeling • NX
 
File Import - Service Fee/Cross Reference
An issue has been resolved to ensure that records are not rejected if the Duration Range field contains a range with the same from/through value.
Topics
• Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance • File Import • NX
 
CSI Submission - Compile CSI Data
Resolves an issue to ensure that the CSI Submission completes successfully while compiling CSI data.
Topics
• Database Management
 
837 Billing - Primary / Add-On Services
The 837 bills are modified to always include primary and associated add-on services in the same claim.
Topics
• 837 Professional • NX • 837 Institutional
 
Daylight Savings - Timestamps
Ensure timestamps are generated with the correct time zone offset when the date and time cross the daylight savings time boundary.
Topics
• Admission • CareFabric Monitor • Discharge • Diagnosis
 
Avatar Cal-PM 'Cal-OMS Admission' Form
An issue is resolved to ensure that the Avatar Cal-PM 'Cal-OMS Admission' form is successfully opened from pre-display.
Topics
• Cal-Oms Admission • NX
 
Client display in 'Recent Clients' list, 'Search Clients' list, and 'Client Header'
Ensure client names are displayed correctly in the 'Recent Clients' list, 'Search Clients' list, and 'Client Header'.
Topics
• Update Client Data • Client Header
 
Delete MHSA XML Submitted File(s)
Functionality has been updated to successfully process files that are submitted for deletion.
Topics
• NX • MHSA Assessment
 

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