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Avatar PM 2024 Monthly Release 2024.00.00 Details


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

Topics
• Upgrade
  • Client Lookup - Sub-System Codes
    The Registry Setting: 'Exclude Non-Episodic Clients From Sub-System Code Client Lookup' has been added to the system.
    A value of 'Y' in the registry setting prevents non-episodic client from being accessed in the sub-system code. A value of 'N' in the registry setting allows non-episodic clients to be accessed in the sub-system code.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Description
The 'Exclude Non-Episodic Clients From Sub-System Code Client Lookup' registry setting is added to the system. This registry setting will affect all client lookups in the system with the exception of the following forms: 'Admission', 'Admission(Outpatient)', 'Pre-Admit', 'Call Intake', and 'Manual Member Enrollment'.

Topics
n/a
  • Dictionary Update - 'Unit' dictionary
    The "Facility Abbreviation" and "Level of Care" extended elements are added to the 'Unit' dictionary.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Description
"Facility Abbreviation" and "Level of Care" extended elements are added to the "Unit" dictionary (Client File, Field# 202)

Topics
• Admission • Dictionary
  • Site Specific Section Modeling - 'Admission' form
    Ensure the only available options for the 'Admission' form in 'Site Specific Section Modeling' are "PATIENT510 (Admission) Site Specific Admission" and "PATIENT510 (Admission) Demographics".
Included Updates
None
Product Update Description
The "[UNDEFINED]Predisplay1+63^GUISSTabModeling ^GUISSTab("PATIENT510",510)" error which could occur in the 'Site Specific Section Modeling' form is resolved.

Topics
• Site Specific Section Modeling • Admission • Admission (Outpatient)
  • 'Update Client Data' quick action
    Ensure empty values are allowed for 'Phone Number' fields when using the 'Update Client Data' quick action.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Description
An issue is resolved where 'Update Client Data' within the 'Quick Actions' widget may not allow an empty value within the phone number fields.

Topics
• Update Client Data • NX
2023 Update 156 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • CCBHC PPS Compile - Edit PPS Service
    An issue is resolved in the 'CCBHC PPS Compile' process where multiple PPS-1 Services are created when a PPS-1 Service that was created is edited in any way in the system.
  • CCBHC PPS Compile
    An issue is resolved in the 'CCBHC PPS Compile' process where it isn't posting the CCBHC service for all clients.
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
Product Update Description
The following issues are resolved: 1)The CCBHC PPS Compile may incorrectly generate a second PPS service when the PPS service is edited. 2)The CCBHC PPS Compile may not generate a PPS service if the enumerated service is edited.

Topics
• CCBHC • NX
2023 Update 161 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Purge Billing Files
    The 'Purge Billing Files' form is updated to mark posted 835 Remittance and 271 Eligibility Response transactions as "Purged" rather than deleting completely from the system.
Included Updates
7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 41, 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 'Purge Billing Files' form is updated to mark posted 835 Remittance and 271 Eligibility Response transactions as "Purged" rather than deleting completely from the system. This will allow for the SQL reporting on purged transaction. Updated the 'Quick Billing' form to prevent the display of 837 compiles whose associated Quick Bill Batch has been purged through the 'Purge Billing Files' form.

Topics
• Purge Billing Files
2023 Update 164 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Pre Admit
    The site specific section of the Pre-Admit form has been enhanced to include twenty new 'Site-Specific Single Select Dictionaries' and twenty new 'Site-Specific Multi Select Dictionaries'.
    Please review the release notes for information on the fields added to the 'SYSTEM.site_specific_pre_admission' table.
Included Updates
7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 41, 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, 161, 163
Product Update Description
Twenty new 'Site-Specific Single Select Dictionaries' and twenty new 'Site-Specific Multi Select Dictionaries' have been added to the 'Pre Admit' (Site Specific Pre Admission section). The table 'SYSTEM.site_specific_pre_admission' is modified to accommodate the new fields.

Topics
• Pre Admit • Site Specific Section Modeling • NX
2023 Update 167 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Support for other products and modules
    Avatar 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 PM is enhanced to support other products and modules.

Topics
• Progress Notes • CareFabric Monitor
2023 Update 176 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • 835 Healthcare Claim Payment/ Advice - PLB Total
    Resolves an issue to ensure that the 'PLB Total' that displays in the work screen of the '835 Healthcare Claim Payment/ Advice' form includes all the monetary amounts in the segment.
  • 835 Healthcare Claim Payment/ Advice - Liability Distribution
    Resolves an issue to ensure that the amount over the sliding fee scale limit for the guarantor is transferring to correct guarantor according to the guarantor order.
Included Updates
151
Product Update Description
The following issues are resolved: 1) The 'PLB Amount' column is not populated with a correct value on the 835 work screen launched from the '835 Health Care Claim Payment/Advice' form. 2) 835 remittance posting process will incorrectly transfer liability to NTST Default Payor (99999) if the next applicable guarantor after the billing guarantor meets their monthly maximum allowable limit due to prior claims.

Topics
• 835 Health Care Claim Payment/Advice • NX
2023 Update 177 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • File import: Guarantor/Program Billing Defaults
    The system prompts users to assign Guarantor/Program Billing Default template by using file import.
Included Updates
6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 41, 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, 161, 163, 170, 172
Product Update Description
The option "GPBD Assign Template" is added to the 'File Import' form.

Topics
• File Import • Guarantor / Program Billing Defaults • NX
2023 Update 181 Summary | User Acceptance Tests
  • Client Search
    An issue has been resolved to ensure the correct search result when for a client by Subscriber Policy number or Medicaid number.
Included Updates
None
Product Update Description
An issue is resolved where searching for a client by Subscriber Policy number or Medicaid number may not return results.
Topics
• Client Search • NX
 

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