Avatar PM 2024 Monthly Release 2024.01.01 Summary
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New (10)
Diagnosis - Chart View
Avatar PM is enhanced to display credentials for the 'Diagnosing Clinician' for the 'Diagnosis' form in chart view.
Value Added: The ability to view 'Diagnosing Clinician' credentials in the Chart View.
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Topics
• Chart View
• Diagnosis
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Registry Setting
Users can now use values 'YE' and 'YW' for 'Unit Calculation with Minimum Duration' in Registry Settings form.
Value Added: Users can now access the field 'Minimum Duration for Unit Calculation' in Service Codes form.
Registry Setting
Users can now use values 'YE' and 'YW' for 'Unit Calculation with Minimum Duration' in Registry Settings form.
Value Added: Users can now access the field Minimum Duration for Unit Calculation in Service Codes form.
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Topics
• Service Codes
• File Import
• Client Charge Input
• Edit Service Information
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Search Results - Diagnosis Filtering
The registry setting called 'Default Limit Results by ICD Category' is added to support limiting the ICD-10 results listed for Diagnosis Search fields in myAvatar NX. Note that Avatar RADplus 2024 Update 31 must also be installed to support this functionality.
Value Added: Enable searching on a subset of diagnosis codes
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• Diagnosis
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FoRSE Configuration
These parameters will be used to establish connection with FoRSE API using such parameters as Facility ID, Secret Key and new company registration, registration status, and survey URLs as provided by naatp.
Value Added: FoRSE functionality introduced
FoRSE Configuration
FoRSE Configuration form is where you define the "Force Facilities Configuration" and also check the status of data sent to ensure the transmission was successful in the "FoRSE Monitor" section.
Value Added: FoRSE functionality introduced
FoRSE Mapping
FoRSE Mapping provides a method to map Avatar data to the various surveys that the system is set up to provide.
Value Added: FoRSE functionality introduced
FoRSE Functionality - Communication API
The FoRSE communication post-filing hooks determine what data will be sent.
Value Added: FoRSE functionality introduced
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• FoRSE
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Registry Settings - Validate Program For Staff Guarantor Coverage
The 'Validate Program For Staff Guarantor Coverage' registry setting is added to the system.
Value Added: 'Electronic Billing' logic is updated to allow the service to be validated against the selected programs when checking the practitioner's guarantor coverage in the bills.
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Topics
• Registry Settings
• Practitioner
• 837 Professional
• 837 Institutional
• Web Services
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Future Functionality
The system is prepared for future functionality.
Value Added: Future Functionality
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Topics
• Remittance Processing
• NX
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Payment Acknowledgement - Scheduling Calendar - Check In
Changes made to the functionality related to selection '4' (Check-In) within the 'Prevent Posting Payments Unless Payment has been Acknowledged' registry setting to prevent the system from splitting a single front desk payment into many in Payment Acknowledgement.
Value Added: A single front desk payment will present as one payment in Payment Acknowledgement.
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Topics
• Scheduling Calendar
• Check-In
• NX
• Deposit Entry
• File Import
• Payment Acknowledgement
• Front Desk
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Various SQL views changed to SQL tables
'SYSTEM.billing_837_p_report', 'SYSTEM.billing_837_i_report' and 'SYSTEM.billing_837_d_report' are changed from SQL views to tables.
Value Added: Processing Improvements
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Topics
• 837 Dental
• 837 Institutional
• 837 Professional
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File Import
File Import: Quick Billing Rule Definition has been added to the system.
Value Added: Users can add Quick Billing Rule Definition through File Import.
File Import
File Import: Quick Billing Group Definition has been added to the system.
Value Added: Users can add Quick Billing Group Definition through File Import.
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Topics
• Quick Billing
• File Import
• NX
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* This update also contains items in the Fixed section(s)
'External Documents' widget - 'Care Team'
The 'Care Team' button is added to the 'External Documents' widget for quick reviewing of the care team members included in the CCD file.
Value Added: The ability to quickly view care team members for a CCD.
'External Documents' widget - 'Status' column
The 'Status' column in the 'External Documents' widget is enhanced to display "New", "Viewed", "Saved", or "Reconciled" based on the status of the document.
Value Added: The ability to quickly view a document status in the 'External Documents' widget.
Querying CCD's
The message responses when querying for CCD's are updated to remove additional information returned by the search service in the 'External Documents' widget, 'Query for External CCD' form, and 'CareConnect CCD Download' forms.
Value Added: Improved messaging when querying CCDs.
'External Documents' widget - 'Created Date To Display' filter
The 'Created Date To Display' filter is added to the 'External Documents' widget to filter documents based on the created date.
Value Added: The ability to filter documents based on the created date in the 'External Documents' widget.
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Topics
• CCD's
• External Document Widget
• Clinical Reconciliation
• NX
• Query for External CCD
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Fixed (8)
Avatar PM 'Benefit Enrollment and Maintenance (834)'
An issue is resolved in 'Benefit Enrollment and Maintenance (834)' to ensure that 'eligibility_exp_date' values in 'Avatar PM SQL table 'SYSTEM.eligibility_dependent_cov' are updated on 834 file posting.
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Topics
• Benefit Enrollment and Maintenance (834)
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SQL Validation
An issue is resolved where an unexpected error produced on the table 'SYSTEM.billing_tx_filing_compliance' is resolved.
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Topics
• Advanced Billing Rule Definition
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AR Console Export
An issue is resolved where users when downloading the CSV file from the AR Console Export form could view the information listed without any data wrapping.
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Topics
• Accounts Receivable Management
• NX
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Remittance Processing - Future Functionality
An issue has been corrected in the 'Remittance Processing' widget which will be available in a future release.
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Topics
• Client Merge
• Remittance Processing
• Database Tables
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Cross Episode Financial Eligibility - Policy number
Resolves an issue to ensure that the subscriber policy number defaults into 'Cross Episode Financial Eligibility' when using the additional policy numbers and default guarantor assignment options.
NCPDP Response screen - Spelling error
Resolves an issue to ensure that the NCPDP responses to RxConnect does not contain spelling errors.
SYSTEM.billing_guar_table - field validation
Resolves an issue to ensure that the 'value_to_display_in_2330B_code' and 'value_to_display_in_2330B_value' fields are added to the SYSTEM.billing_guar_table and display correct data for the guarantor based on the guarantor setup in the 'Guarantors/Payors' and 'Guarantor/Program Billing Defaults' forms.
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Topics
• Cross Episode Financial Eligibility
• Dictionary
• Guarantor/Payors
• Database Tables
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Program Maintenance - 'Day Program Services' section
An issue is resolved in the 'Day Program Services' section of the 'Program Maintenance' form where service codes exceeding 10 characters in length were truncated upon filing.
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• Program Maintenance
• Single Program Maintenance
• File Import
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Edit Service Information
The error which can occur when changing the 'Service Code' in the 'Edit Service Information' form, is resolved.
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• Edit Service Information
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* This update also contains items in the New section(s)
'External Documents' widget - Document Status
Ensure the 'External Documents' widget updates the document status when a CCD is saved in a Perceptive enabled system.
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Topics
• CCD's
• External Document Widget
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