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Avatar PM 2023 Monthly Release 2023.00.00 Details


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Avatar PM required
RADplus required


  • Avatar PM 2023 is Installed
    Installation will upgrade to the 2023 version. This will not change any current functionality.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
Avatar PM 2022 is updated to Avatar PM 2023

Topics
• Upgrade
  • Avatar PM 'Summary Trial Balance Report'
    An issue is resolved to ensure that all Revenue Group (RRG) values are included in .CSV (comma-separated value) export format Avatar PM 'Summary Trial Balance Report' Revenue Group and Grand Total information/results.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
The issue with the 'Summary Trial Balance Report' where the grand totals are not correct when "Yes" is selected in the 'Export Detail Information to CSV' field is resolved.

Topics
• Summary Trial Balance Report
  • Quick Billing
    Quick Billing functionality has been improved to prevent the form from being submitted more than one time if a time out error is received.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
The 'Quick Billing' form is modified to not process the same quick billing again if middleware times out and tries to re-process.

Topics
• Quick Billing • NX
  • HCFA 1500
    An error has been to ensure that the second line of the address does not show 'None' when it should show the value from the 'Guarantor/Program Billing Defaults' template.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
The issue with the "HCFA-1500" generated using the 'Print Bill' form where "NONE" could be included in form locator 32 when it should not be is resolved.

Topics
• Print Bill • NX
  • Progress Notes (Group and Individual)
    A modification has been made to Progress Notes (Group and Individual) to ensure that the following error is not received upon submission of notes: '[SUBSCRIPT]AuthResult+36^HRADAuthCheck^PAYAUTH'.
    Note: Avatar CWS 2023 Update 7 is required for full functionality.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
The hard error '[SUBSCRIPT]AuthResult+36^HRADAuthCheck^PAYAUTH' that may occur in the 'Progress Notes (Group and Individual)' form is resolved.

Topics
• Payor Based Authorizations • NX
  • RADPlus - Family Entity Modeling
    Avatar PM is enhanced to support a new "Family Member(s)" type column available in form "Table Definition" called "Family Member(s)". This column will be available for Modeled forms created using the "Family" Entity Database. Family member "PATID's" are associated to a family in form "Family Registration". The column will display for selection, all the PATID's associated to the "Family" in a multi-select field called "Family Member(s)". Please Note: "RADplus 2022 Update 96" is required for full functionality
Included Updates
3, 9, 18, 19
Product Update Form Description
Avatar PM is enhanced to support the "Family Member(s)" 'Type of Column' in 'Table Definition' (Column Definition) which is introduced via RAD 2022 Update 96.

Topics
• Client Merge • NX • Database Tables
  • Crystal Self Pay Bill - Multiple Root System Codes
    An issue has been resolved where when compiling and printing their crystal self-pay statements, clients are printed from all system codes in system with multiple root system codes.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
The tables SYSTEM.billing_selfpay_index and SYSTEM.billing_selfpay_stmt are updated to resolve an issue that could show data from multiple root system codes on self-pay statements.

Topics
• NX
2022 Update 106 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • System Task Scheduler - Quick Billing
    Resolves an issue to ensure that the quick billing process runs successfully through 'System Task Scheduler'.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
An issue is resolved where running Quick Billing Definition through the Task Scheduler may generate the error "[UNDEFINED]VersionError^GUIDYN*ERROR".

Topics
• Quick Billing • System Task Scheduler
2022 Update 116 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Caseload Changes
    Ensure multiple processes are not created when caseload changes are made during admissions, discharges, or transfers.
Included Updates
50
Required Updates
Avatar PM 2022 Update 50
Product Update Form Description
An issue where caseload changes during admissions, discharges, or transfers may create multiple processes to update caseload data is resolved.

Topics
• Admission • Admission (Outpatient) • Discharge
2022 Update 117 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Consent For Access - Consent For Network / Organization
    The 'Consent to Query' field needs to be disabled while adding a new consent for the Carequality network or organization and the consent is set to 'Query' on the 'CareConnect HIE Configuration' form.
    The help message for 'Consent To Opt In/Opt Out' is updated to - "The 'Consent to Opt In/ Opt Out ' field will be enabled if the 'Consent Model' field on the 'CareConnect HIE Configuration' form has been submitted with a value of "Opt In" or "Opt Out". When using this field for Carequality, it functions as a 'consent to release information'."
Included Updates
3, 9, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 34, 41, 48, 51, 55, 58, 59, 61, 62, 67, 73, 77, 78, 84, 87, 88, 90, 91, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100, 103, 107, 108, 109, 114
Product Update Form Description
An issue is resolved in the 'Consent For Access' form where the 'Consent to Query' field may not be properly disabled when a 'Carequality' network is chosen.

Topics
• Consent for Access • NX
2022 Update 121 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • 837 Institutional – Medicare A - No Pay Claims
    The 837 Institutional functionality is updated for Medicare No-Pay Claims.
    The 'Bill Only When Full Denial Received For Medicare A No-Pay Guarantor' field is added to 'Guarantors/Payors' (837). The 837 Institutional is modified to skip services that are on hold due to the above new field. The 'Unbilled Services Compile Definition and Export' is modified to include services that are unbilled due to the above new field. The 'SYSTEM.medicare_a_hold' table is added to track services that are on hold due to the above new field. The 'Medicare A Service Hold Management' form is added. The '835 Health Care Claim Payment/Advice' is modified to remove holds from the 'SYSTEM.medicare_a_hold' table once all services are denied by the Medicare A No-Pay guarantor.
Included Updates
3, 9, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 34, 37, 41, 48, 51, 55, 58, 59, 61, 62, 67, 73, 75, 77, 78, 84, 87, 88, 90, 91, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100, 103, 107, 108, 109, 110, 114, 117, 118, 120
Product Update Form Description
The following is included: 1) The 'Bill Only When Full Denial Received For Medicare A No-Pay Guarantor' field is added to 'Guarantors/Payors' (837). 2) The 'SYSTEM.medicare_a_hold' table is added to track services that are on hold due to the above new field. 3) The 'Medicare A Service Hold Management' form is added. 4) The 837 Institutional is modified to skip services that are on hold due to the above new field. 5) The 'Unbilled Services Compile Definition and Export' is modified to include services that are unbilled due to the above new field. 6) The '835 Health Care Claim Payment/Advice' is modified to remove holds from the 'SYSTEM.medicare_a_hold' table once all services are denied by the Medicare A No-Pay guarantor.

Topics
• Guarantor/Payors • Web Services • 837 Institutional • NX
2022 Update 128 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Avatar PM - support for future functionality
    The 'Edit Service Information' form is updated to support future functionality.
Included Updates
3, 9, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 34, 37, 41, 48, 51, 55, 58, 59, 61, 62, 67, 73, 75, 77, 78, 84, 87, 88, 90, 91, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100, 103, 107, 108, 109, 110, 114, 117, 118, 120, 125, 126
Product Update Form Description
Avatar PM is enhanced to support future functionality.

Topics
• Edit Service Information • Spreadsheet Edit Service Information
2022 Update 138 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • 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.
    Please note: If no custom modifications were made, form designer changes will also be applied to the 'Service Codes' form.
  • 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.
    Please note: If no custom modifications were made, form designer changes will also be applied to the 'Service Codes' form.
Included Updates
3, 9, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 34, 41, 48, 51, 55, 58, 59, 61, 62, 67, 73, 75, 77, 78, 84, 87, 88, 90, 91, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100, 103, 107, 108, 109, 110, 114, 117, 118, 120, 125, 126, 130, 137
Product Update Form Description
The new fields 'Clinic Hours' and 'Available Electronic Visit Verification Tasks' are added to the 'Service Codes' form. The 'Service Code Upload Process' form is updated accordingly. Please note: If no custom modifications were made, form designer changes will also be applied to the 'Service Codes' form.

Topics
• Service Codes • Service Code Upload Process
2022 Update 142 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Service/Fee Cross Reference - CPT-4 / HCPCS Modifier
    Resolves an issue to ensure that the 'Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance' form files successfully when the 'CPT-4 / HCPCS Modifier' field contains a value with quotation marks.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Form Description
An issue is resolved where a [SYNTAX]zFileFeeDefinitionSingle+65^SYSTEM.BillingTxMasterFeeDef.1 error may occur when adding quotation marks to the 'CPT-4 / HCPCS Modifier'

Topics
• Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance • NX
2022 Update 145 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Payment Acknowledgement
    The 'Post Front Office and myHP Payments' section has been modified to launch a grid when the 'Review' button is clicked. The grid can be edited. The Payment Acknowledgement functionality has been enhanced to display two decimal places within the form. The Post Payment Accounting Entry section has been modified to disable the fields in the grid until 'New Row' has been clicked. The 'Amount' field has been modified to retain the correct value on initial entry and edit of the entry.
Included Updates
3, 9, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 34, 37, 41, 48, 51, 55, 58, 59, 61, 62, 67, 73, 75, 77, 78, 84, 87, 88, 90, 91, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100, 103, 107, 108, 109, 110, 114, 117, 118, 120, 121, 123, 125, 126, 128, 130, 137, 138, 139, 140, 143, 144
Product Update Form Description
The following modifications to the 'Payment Acknowledgement' form are included: 1) The amount fields are updated to always include two decimal places. 2) An issue with the 'Transactions' grid where the fields were enabled without a row being selected is resolved. 3) In the 'Post Front Office and myHP Payments' section the 'Review' command button is modified to launch a grid. 4) The 'Treatment Service' and 'Category' fields are now required. 5) Inactive dictionary codes are now excluded from the 'Category' drop down. 6) The issue where Posting Codes were excluded when they should not have been is resolved. 7) The 'Client' field will now be cleared when it becomes disabled.

Topics
• NX • Payment Acknowledgement • Deposit Entry
2022 Update 149 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Diagnosis - Add Diagnosis
    Ensure the ability to add a diagnosis when Avatar PM is not connected to Avatar CWS.
Included Updates
60, 81, 135
Product Update Form Description
An issue '<UNDEFINED>AddToProblemList+16^HRADDiagnosisFormFiler' is resolved. This issue can occur when Avatar PM is not connected to Avatar CWS.

Topics
• Diagnosis
2022 Update 153 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • 837 Professional - Print Bill
    Registry Settings: 1. "HCFA-1500 Form Locator 19" is added to selection '2' of the 'Specify Additional Fields To Show' registry setting. 2. The 'Define Alternate Values for 837P-2300-NTE-02 (HCFA-1500 Form Locator 19)' registry setting is added. File Import: 1. Practitioner Numbers By Guarantor and Program has been updated to include the field 'HCFA-1500 Form Locator 19'.
    Note: Avatar CWS 2022 update 129 is required for full use of this functionality.
Included Updates
3, 9, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 34, 37, 41, 48, 51, 55, 58, 59, 61, 62, 67, 73, 75, 77, 78, 84, 87, 88, 90, 91, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100, 103, 107, 108, 109, 110, 114, 117, 118, 120, 123, 125, 126, 128, 130, 137, 138, 139, 140, 143, 144, 151
Product Update Form Description
The following is included: 1) "HCFA-1500 Form Locator 19" is added to selection '2' of the 'Specify Additional Fields To Show' registry setting. 2) The 'Define Alternate Values for 837P-2300-NTE-02 (HCFA-1500 Form Locator 19)' registry setting is added. Note: Avatar CWS 2022 update 129 is required for full use of this functionality.

Topics
• File Import • NX • Print Bill • Progress Notes • 837 Professional
2022 Update 154 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • File Import - Service Guarantor Definition Performance Improvement
    An issue has been resolved with a performance issue with File Import for Service Fee-Guarantor Definitions.
Included Updates
3, 9, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 34, 37, 41, 48, 51, 55, 58, 59, 61, 62, 67, 73, 75, 77, 78, 84, 87, 88, 90, 91, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100, 103, 107, 108, 109, 110, 114, 117, 118, 120, 123, 125, 126, 128, 130, 137, 138, 139, 140, 143, 144, 151, 153
Product Update Form Description
Performance improvements have been made to the Service Fee and Guarantor Definition file imports.
Topics
• Service Fee/Cross Reference and Guarantor Definition Export • Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance
 

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