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Avatar Cal-PM 2024 Monthly Release 2024.00.00 Details


Product Requirements and Recommendations

Avatar Cal-PM required
RADplus required


  • 2024 Update installation
    Installation will upgrade to the 2024 version. This will not change any current functionality.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Description
Avatar Cal-PM 2023 is updated to Avatar Cal-PM 2024

Topics
• Upgrade
  • Close Charges - Interim Billing Batch
    An issue is resolved in the 'Close Charges' by 'Interim Billing Batch' process where the settings for the Through date in the Interim Billing Batch is respected when filed without specifying a 'Thru' date in the 'Close Charges' form.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Description
An issue is resolved where charges that are not included in the interim batch may be closed while closing charges for that interim batch.

Topics
• Close Charges • Interim Billing Batch
  • Avatar MSO to Parent System Service Filing
    An issue is resolved to ensure that 'Service Units' values for services originating in Avatar MSO and filed to Avatar Cal-PM are not reset to 1.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Description
An issue is resolved where closing services that originated in MSO would reset the units to 1.

Topics
• Close Charges • Electronic Billing
  • Support for other products and modules
    Avatar Cal-PM is enhanced to support other products and modules.
    Please note: Avatar CareFabric 2023 Update 68 is required for full functionality.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Description
Avatar Cal-PM is enhanced to support other products and modules.

Topics
• Progress Notes
  • Registry Settings - Utilize Local Workstation Time Zone
    Resolves an issue to ensure that the 'Current Unit Census' and 'Official Census Report' displays the time stamp based on the time change expected due to the 'Time Zone Offset' registry setting.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Description
An issue is resolved where the 'Current Unit Census' and 'Official Census Report' reports may not respect the 'Time Zone Offset' registry setting value.

Topics
• Verify Unit Census • Official Census Report
2023 Update 70 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Family Registration - cache storage table optimization.
    Storage for the 'Family Registration' form is optimized to improve performance for reporting purposes.
Included Updates
3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 21, 24, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 54, 56, 61, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69
Product Update Description
Storage for the 'Family Registration' form is optimized to improve performance for reporting purposes. This includes the tables "SYSTEM.family_current_demographics", "SYSTEM.family_umdap_info" and "SYSTEM.family_membership_information".

Topics
• Family Registration
2023 Update 76 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • 835 Health Care Claim Payment/Advice
    Resolves an issue where loading an 835 file may error if each segment is on a separate line.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Description
An issue is resolved where loading an 835 file may error if each segment is on a separate line.

Topics
• 835 Health Care Claim Payment/Advice
2023 Update 81 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Avatar Cal-PM 'Cal-OMS...' Forms
    Registry Setting 'Do Not Allow User To Continue Filing With Errors' is added to Avatar Cal-PM
    Where enabled, Avatar Cal-PM Registry Setting 'Do Not Allow User To Continue Filing With Errors' disables the 'Continue Filing' option on the submission/filing of the 'Cal-OMS Admission', 'Cal-OMS Annual Update' and 'Cal-OMS Discharge'/'Cal-OMS Administrative Discharge'/'Cal-OMS Youth/Detox Discharge' forms where one or more fields are incomplete.
Included Updates
3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 21, 24, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 54, 56, 61, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 79
Product Update Description
Adding a new registry setting 'Do Not Allow User To Continue Filing With Errors' that disables the 'Continue Filing' option on the submittal of Cal-OMS forms when marked 'Y'.

Topics
• Registry Settings • Cal-OMS
2023 Update 83 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Web Service - Add Admission
    An issue is resolved in the Add Admission web service to prevent and error when multiple Add Admission web service calls were initiated in the same instance.
  • File Import
    The 'File Import' is modified to prevent the posting of files that have previously been posted.
Included Updates
3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 21, 24, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 54, 56, 61, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 79, 81, 82
Required Updates
Avatar Cal-PM 2023 Update 16
Avatar Cal-PM 2023 Update 66
Product Update Description
Resolves issue where error "Invalid Entry: Client Name field and Client First Name are not the same." is incorrectly produced when multiple Add Admission web service calls are initiated in the same instance. Also, 'File Import' is modified to prevent posting of files previously posted.

Topics
• Admission • Web Services • File Import • Guarantor / Program Billing Defaults • Client Charge Input
2023 Update 88 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • CSI Submission - Delete Last Movement
    Resolves an issue to ensure that the CSI submission files successfully after deleting last movement for the client.
Included Updates
3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 21, 24, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 54, 56, 61, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 79, 81, 82, 84, 87
Product Update Description
An issue is resolved where deleting a client enrolled in CSI Assessment could result in an error: "A transaction record was found not = 400 bytes record number '**? **' had '60' bytes." upon CSI Submission.

Topics
• CSI Submission
2023 Update 89 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Service Codes
    The new field 'Should Add-On Services Generate for Co-Practitioners for this Service Code?' is added to the 'Service Code' form.
    The 'Should Add-On Services Generate for Co-Practitioners for this Service Code?' field is initially disabled and will only be enabled if the 'Service Code Category' field is set to anything other than 'Primary Code'.
  • Service Codes
    The new field 'Should Add-On Services Generate for Co-Practitioners for this Service Code?' supports multiple add-on codes for the primary code.
Included Updates
3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 21, 24, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 54, 56, 61, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 87, 88
Product Update Description
The following changes are made: 1) The new field 'Should Add-On Services Generate for Co-Practitioners for this Service Code?' is added to the form 'Service Codes' to designate whether a distinct add-on service for this service code should generate for each co-practitioner listed in the note. 2) The 'Service Code Upload Process' form is updated to support the new fields.

Topics
• Service Codes • Progress Notes
2023 Update 90 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • File Import - Service Fee/Cross Reference
    Resolves an issue to ensure that the file import successfully imports files that contains multiple fee definitions for the service code, and at least one of the records contains the practitioner category.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Description
An issue is resolved where records may get incorrectly flagged as duplicates during a file import.
Topics
• File Import
 

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