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Avatar PM 2023 Monthly Release 2023.04.00 Details


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  • Electronic Billing - Place of Service
    A new dictionary value has been added to extended dictionary. '(579) Place Of Service (837 Electronic Billing)' which is accessed through the 'Client - Location Dictionary (10006)' extended dictionary. The new dictionary value is 'Telehealth - Patient in Home'.
Included Updates
10, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 29, 35, 39, 44, 56, 57, 62, 63, 66, 67, 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 85, 88, 89, 93, 94, 96, 98, 101, 102, 103
Product Update Description
A new code, '10 - Telehealth - Patient in Home', is added to the dictionary 'Place Of Service' . This dictionary value will overwrite any existing value for code 10, and will allow electronic billing of services for 'Telehealth Services' clients.

Topics
• Electronic Billing
  • File Import - Service Codes
    The option "Service Codes" is added to the 'File Import' form.
Included Updates
7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 44, 48, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 85, 86, 88, 89, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 115, 116, 119, 120, 121, 122, 125, 128, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 143, 149
Product Update Description
The option "Service Codes" is added to the 'File Import' Form.

Topics
• Service Codes • File Import • NX
  • Client Alternate Addresses - 'Address Type' field
    The 'Address Type' field is added to the 'Client Alternate Addresses' form. The 'SYSTEM.client_alternate_addresses' SQL table is updated accordingly.
  • Client Demographic forms - 'Address Type' field
    The 'Address Type' field is added to the demographic sections of the following forms: * 'Admission' * 'Admission (Outpatient)' * 'Update Client Data' * 'Discharge' * 'Call Intake' * 'Pre Admit' * 'Pre Admit Discharge' The web services associated with the forms are updated accordingly.
    In addition, an issue is resolved where the 'Do you have family members that are agricultural workers?' and 'Are you an aged and disabled former migratory agricultural worker?' fields are not saved in the 'SYSTEM.patient_demographic_history' SQL table when the 'Discharge' form is submitted.
Included Updates
7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 44, 48, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 85, 86, 88, 89, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 115, 116, 119, 120, 121, 122, 125, 128, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 143, 149, 153, 154, 157, 159
Product Update Description
The following changes are made: 1) The new field 'Address Type' is added to the 'Admission', 'Discharge', 'Pre Admit', 'Pre Admit Discharge', 'Call Intake' and 'Update Client Data' forms. The SQL tables 'SYSTEM.patient_current_demographics', 'SYSTEM.patient_demographic_history', Client Admission, Client Discharge, Client Demographics, Call Intake and Pre Admit web services are updated accordingly. 2) The new field 'Address Type' is added to the 'Client Alternate Addresses' form. The SQL table 'SYSTEM.client_alternate_address' is updated accordingly. 3) An issue is resolved where the 'Do you have family members that are agricultural workers?' and 'Are you an aged and disabled former migratory agricultural worker?' are not saved in the 'SYSTEM.patient_demographic_history' table when the 'Discharge' form is submitted.

Topics
• Registry Settings • Client Alternate Addresses • Update Client Data • Discharge • Pre Admit • Call Intake • Pre Admit Discharge • Web Services • Admission • Admission (Outpatient)
  • Modifiers By Practitioner Category
    The 'Modifiers By Practitioner Category' form has been enhanced by adding the following features: Fields ‘Start Date’ and ‘End Date’, new event logic for the ‘Duplicate Services Modifier’ field, and File Import capability for the ‘Modifiers By Practitioner Category’ form.
    The following fields are added to the following table: t'SYSTEM.table_hcfa_1500_modifier': 'start_date' and 'end_date'.
Included Updates
7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 44, 48, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 85, 86, 88, 89, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 115, 116, 119, 120, 121, 122, 125, 128, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 143, 149, 153, 154, 157, 159, 163
Product Update Description
The 'Start Date' and 'End Date' fields are added to the 'Modifiers by Practitioner Category' form.

Topics
• NX • Modifiers by Practitioner • File Import
  • Admission, Admission (Outpatient), Pre Admit, and Call Intake
    The issue in Avatar NX where the client last name could retain trailing spaces entered on the client search on the 'Admission', 'Admission (Outpatient)', 'Pre Admit', and 'Call Intake' forms is resolved.
Included Updates
6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 44, 48, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 85, 86, 88, 89, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 115, 116, 119, 120, 121, 122, 125, 128, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 143, 149, 154, 157, 159
Product Update Description
The issue in Avatar NX where the client last name could retain trailing spaces entered on the client search on the 'Admission', 'Admission (Outpatient)', 'Pre Admit', and 'Call Intake' forms are resolved.

Topics
• Admission (Outpatient) • Admission • Pre Admit • NX • Call Intake
  • Avatar MSO to Parent System Service Filing, Void/Replacement Claims
    An issue is resolved to ensure that Primary and Add-On services in Avatar PM are deleted with a Charge Payment/Reversal adjustment included if the deletion originated via Avatar MSO 'Replacement' and/or 'Void' claim processing.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Description
An issue is resolved where add-on services in PM would not get deleted with posting codes if the delete originated from MSO.

Topics
• Delete Service • 837 Professional
  • Pro-Rate Fees
    The 'Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance' form is modified to enable the Pro-Rate fields when 'Service' is selected in the 'Fee Type' field. In addition, billable leaves with a 'Room And Board Billing Code Override' are not included in the number of valid days for non-leave days.
Included Updates
7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 44, 48, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 85, 86, 88, 89, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 115, 116, 119, 120, 121, 122, 125, 128, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 143, 149, 154, 157, 159
Product Update Description
The following modifications to the Monthly Pro-Rate fee functionality are included: 1) The Pro-Rate fields in the 'Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance' form are now enabled when "Service" is selected in the 'Fee Type' field. 2) Billable Leaves with a 'Room And Board Billing Code Override' are no longer included in the number of valid days for non-leave days.

Topics
• Pro Rated Fee
  • Future Functionality
    Future Functionality
  • Payment Acknowledgement
    The system generates an error message when a user attempts to enter a future date or the date in a closed accounting period in the 'deposit date' field.
Included Updates
6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 44, 48, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 85, 86, 88, 89, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 115, 116, 119, 120, 121, 122, 125, 128, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 143, 149, 153, 154, 157, 159, 163, 172, 180
Product Update Description
The system is prepared for future functionality. In addition, the 'Deposit Date' field in the 'Post Front Office and MyHP Payments' section of the 'Payment Acknowledgement' form is modified to prevent entry of dates in a closed accounting period.

Topics
• Remittance Processing • NX • Payment Acknowledgement • Deposit Entry
2024 Update 183 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Guarantors/Payors - 835 section.
    The 'Allow Adjustment Reversals' field is renamed to 'Allow Adjustment Reversals For 835 Posting'. The field 'Allow Adjustment Reversals For Spreadsheet Batch Remittance Posting' is added to the section.
    1. The 'SYSTEM.billing_guar_table_835' has new fields added: 'allow_adj_rev_sbrp_code' and 'allow_adj_rev_sbrp_value'. 2) Note: Form Designer may need to be reverted to 'Original Product Copy' for the '835' section of the 'Guarantors/Payors' form
Included Updates
6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 44, 48, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 85, 86, 88, 89, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 115, 116, 119, 120, 121, 122, 125, 128, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 143, 149, 153, 154, 157, 159, 163, 170, 172, 180, 182
Product Update Description
The field 'Allow Adjustment Reversals For Spreadsheet Batch Remittance Posting' is added to the 'Guarantors/Payors' form (835 section). This field will separate the logic for 835 and 'Spreadsheet Batch Remittance Posting'. In addition, the 'Allow Adjustment Reversals' field is renamed to 'Allow Adjustment Reversals For 835 Posting'.

Topics
• 835 Health Care Claim Payment/Advice • Spreadsheet Batch Remittance Posting • Guarantor/Payors
  • Future Functionality
    Avatar PM is enhanced for future functionality.
Included Updates
6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 44, 48, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 85, 86, 88, 89, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 115, 116, 119, 120, 121, 122, 125, 128, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 143, 149, 153, 154, 157, 159, 163, 170, 172, 180, 182, 183
Product Update Description
Avatar PM is enhanced for future functionality.
Topics
• Real Time Inquiry (270) Request • RevConnect
 

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