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Avatar PM 2022 Monthly Release 2022.02.02 Details


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  • Client Account Services Report
    The 'Client Account Services Report' report has been updated to display the full payment amount without truncating.
  • Avatar AM - Front Desk Service Information - Deposit Entry
    Avatar AM - Front Desk Service Information - Deposit Entry has been updated to include valid information on the receipt.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
The following issues are resolved: 1) Where the 'Client Account Services Report' truncated the 'Transaction amounts'. 2) Where a receipt that was generated could contain a payment or adjustment that was not supposed to print on the receipt.

Topics
• Billing • Front Desk • NX
  • 'Create Interim Billing Batch' Quick Billing Batch Deletion
    An issue is resolved to ensure that using the Avatar PM 'Create Interim Billing Batch File' form to delete an Interim Billing Batch created via 'Quick Billing' also deletes the associated Quick Billing Batch.
  • 'Quick Billing' File Name
    An issue is resolved to ensure that all billing files generated while running/filing the Avatar PM 'Quick Billing' form follow the file naming convention that is defined in the Quick Billing Rule Definition.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
The following issues are resolved: 1) Not all the billing files generated while running the 'Quick Billing' form follow the file naming convention that is defined in the quick billing rule. 2) An issue occurs when using the form 'Interim Billing Batch File' to delete a batch, not all components of the batches are being removed, leaving the 'Quick Billing Batch Number' behind.

Topics
• Quick Billing • Interim Billing Batch • NX
  • Client Merge - Current Census
    An issue has been resolved where a target client may be incorrectly removed from a bed during a client merge.
  • Compile and Post Residential/Inpatient services - Medical diagnosis
    An issue has been resolved where a medical diagnosis may be stored in the wrong field of the 'billing_tx_history' SQL table.
  • Chart Review - Attached forms from child namespaces
    An issue has been resolved where cross namespace forms may cause an error when added to the patient chart.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
The following issues are resolved: 1) An issue where a diagnosis may be stored in the wrong field of the 'billing_tx_history' table. 2) An issue where a target client may be incorrectly removed from a bed during a client merge. 3) An issue where cross namespace forms may cause an error when added to the patient chart.

Topics
• Client Merge • NX • Inpatient Worklist • RADplus Utilities • Leaves
  • Quick Billing/Electronic Billing - Natural Disaster added to the Delay Reason Code data dictionary
    An issue is resolved where the delay reason code 'Natural Disaster' (15) was not available in 'Electronic Billing' and 'Quick Billing'.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
An issue is resolved where 'Natural Disaster' may not appear as a 'Delay Reason Code' within the 'Quick Billing' and 'Electronic Billing' forms.

Topics
• Quick Billing • Electronic Billing
  • Avatar PM is modified for future functionality.
    The system is prepared for future functionality.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
The system is prepared for future functionality.

Topics
• NX • Widgets • Spreadsheet Batch Remittance Posting
  • Accounts Receivable Management – Guarantor has an ‘&’ in name
    The ‘AR Console User Defaults Setup’ and the ‘Accounts Receivable Console’ functionality has been updated to process the 'Guarantor Name' & the 'Guarantor Name For Alpha Lookup' fields when they contain an '&'.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
An issue is resolved where a guarantor name containing a '&' may cause an error within the AR Console.

Topics
• Accounts Receivable Management
  • 'Maintain Hospital Bed File' - 'Bed' field
    Ensure a proper error message is displayed stating "Please select a bed first" when attempting to change a bed name without a 'Bed' selected in the 'Maintain Hospital Bed File' form.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
Issue '[SUBSCRIPT]FileChanges+18^HRADBED' is resolved. This issue can occur when filing the 'Maintain Hospital Bed File' form when there is no value for field 'Bed'.

Topics
• Maintain Hospital Bed File
  • Avatar PM is prepared for future functionality
    Updated Routines for future functionality.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
The system is prepared for future functionality.

Topics
• Bed Assignment • Delete Bed Assignment • CareFabric Monitor
  • Edit Service Information - Editing billing inhibited 'Open' service
    Resolves an issue to ensure that the service that is marked as billing inhibited updated successfully through 'Edit Service Information' form when it is in 'Open' status.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
An issue is resolved where editing a service by changing its service code in 'Edit Service Information' may generate the error "[UNDEFINED] FileInternal+200^EditServiceInfo2*inhNoteStream".

Topics
• Edit Service Information • NX
  • Avatar PM is modified for future functionality.
    Avatar 'Client Charge Input' forms are enhanced for future functionality. No changes will be evident in this form until the future functionality is completed.
Included Updates
3, 9, 18, 34, 41, 55, 59, 62, 67, 77, 87, 90, 91
Product Update Form Description
Avatar PM is enhanced to support future functionality.

Topics
• Client Charge Input • NX • UTC Fields • Recurring Client Charge Input • Web Services
  • 837 Institutional - Claim Frequency Code, Patient Status Code and Discharge Hour
    An issue is resolved where claimed 837P services on day of discharge could affect subsequent 837I claims causing incorrect Claim Frequency Code, Patient Status Code, and omission of the Discharge Hour segment (DTP*96).
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
The issue is resolved where the Claim Frequency Code (2300-CLM-05-3) and Patient Status Code (2300-CL1-03) fields are not valued correctly on an 837 Institutional bill if there are services on the discharge date that have been claimed on a previous bill.
Topics
• 837 Institutional • NX