Avatar PM 2024 Monthly Release 2024.01.02 Summary
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The 'Age Display Format' registry setting
The 'Age Display Format' registry setting is enhanced to support a new registry setting value of "3" to format a client's age. Please note: RADplus 2024 Update 46 is required for full functionality.
Value Added: Additional support for formatting client's age.
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Topics
• Registry Settings
• Admission
• NX
• Admission (Outpatient)
• Call Intake
• Pre Admit
• Family Registration
• Widgets
• Client Header
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Future Functionality
The system is prepared for future functionality.
Value Added: Enhances the application for future functionality
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Topics
• HL7
• HL7 Connection Monitor
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Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance
A new feature has been added to the 'Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance' and 'Guarantor Definitions' sections of the 'Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance' form. This feature introduces a new field 'County Where Service is Rendered'.
Value Added: The new feature enhances the granularity of service fee and cross reference maintenance by allowing the specification of the county where the service is rendered.
Electronic Billing - 837 Institutional
A new feature has been added to the 837 Institutional bill. This feature modifies the bill to include the value in the new field in 2300-HI only if it exists. If the field is blank, no data will be added for this field.
Value Added: This new feature enhances the precision and flexibility of the 837 Institutional bill by allowing the inclusion of additional data only when it exists.
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Topics
• Service Fee/Cross Reference Maintenance
• File Import
• Claim Follow-up
• Service Fee/Cross Reference and Guarantor Definition Export
• Electronic Billing
• 837 Institutional
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Edit Service Information
- An issue is resolved where the facility location display correctly for add-on services.
2. An issue is resolved where enabling the registry setting displays facility location either required or not in 'Edit Service Information' and 'Edit Service Information (Charge Fee Access)' forms based on the input.
Value Added: Facility Default Location of Edit Service Information form displays information based on the services selected.
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Topics
• Edit Service Information
• 837 Professional
• 837 Institutional
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Self Pay Payment Redistribution Process
An issue is resolved where THE Self Pay Payment Redistribution process only worked for Self Pay financial class (6).
Value Added: Streamlines payment processing by including all Self Pay classes, enhancing financial operations without disrupting current workflows.
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Topics
• Self Pay Payment Redistribution
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AR Roll Forward Report
A new form, 'AR Roll Forward Report', has been added to the system.
Value Added: Provided greater reporting of unbilled and claimed services.
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Topics
• AR Roll Forward Report
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Remittance Processing Widget
Remittance Processing Widget is added to the system.
Value Added: Users can now access Remittance Processing Widget as it is added to the system
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Topics
• Widgets
• Remittance Processing
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Registry Settings
Updated the error messages produced when the registry setting 'Unit Calculation with Minimum Duration' is set to 'YW' or 'YE' when filing the field 'Minimum Duration for Unit Calculation' in the 'Service Codes' form.
Value Added: Error messaging has been updated.
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Topics
• Registry Settings
• Service Codes
• Client Charge Input
• File Import
• Edit Service Information
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Financial Transaction Posting Summary
A new feature has been added - the ‘Financial Transaction Posting Summary Report’ form. This form consists of two sections: ‘Financial Transaction Posting Summary Compile’ and ‘Financial Transaction Posting Summary Report’.
Value Added: This new feature enhances the user’s ability to compile and report financial transactions, providing a valuable tool for financial management and reporting. It is relevant as it simplifies the process of reviewing, analyzing, and reporting financial data
Financial Transaction Posting Summary - Run Compile
A new feature has been added - the ‘Run Compile’ job. This job initiates a process to gather all services, payments, adjustments, and transfers in the selected date range based on specific criteria.
Value Added: This new feature enhances the user’s ability to compile and report financial transactions, providing a valuable tool for financial management and reporting. It is relevant as it simplifies the process of reviewing, analyzing, and reporting financial data
Financial Transaction Posting Summary - Run Report
A new feature has been introduced - the ‘Run Report’ job. This job initiates a process to rewrite the report using the newly created compile table.
Value Added: This new feature enhances the user’s ability to generate reports, providing a valuable tool for financial management and reporting. It is relevant as it simplifies the process of reviewing, analyzing, and reporting financial data.
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• Financial Transaction Posting Summary
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* This update also contains items in the Fixed section(s)
Roll-Up Services Definition - Bill component and roll-up services on one claim
A new feature is implemented allowing users to bill the component service(s) and the roll-up service on the same claim.
Value Added: The new feature adds significant value by enabling agencies to bill both component and roll-up services on the same claim.
Compile Roll-Up Services Worklist
A new feature ensures that run-time roll-up compile/post choices are stored properly and that the data is accurately projected in the respective SQL table.
Value Added: The feature enhances data accuracy and storage efficiency, making it easier to manage the roll-up services worklist.
Roll-Up Services Definition - Write-off or Transfer Roll-up Component Services
A new feature introduces several enhancements to the ‘Roll-Up Services Definition’ form, including new fields for ‘Write Off Component Service(s)’, ‘Transfer Code for Component Service(s)’, and ‘Write Off Code’. It also includes a new registry setting for specifying the ‘Write Off Posting Code for Roll-Up Services Definition’.
Value Added: The feature provides more control and flexibility in managing the roll-up services. It allows for more precise configuration of write-off and transfer settings, enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of roll-up service operations.
Guarantor/Program Billing Defaults - 837 Professional
A new field has been added to group claims for the same Date of Service in the 'Guarantor/Program Billing Defaults (837 Professional)' form.
Value Added: The new feature enhances the flexibility of claim grouping in billing templates. By allowing claims to be grouped by the same Date of Service.
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Topics
• Roll-Up Services Definition
• Electronic Billing
• Compile/Edit/Post/Unpost Roll-up Services Worklist
• Guarantor / Program Billing Defaults
• 837 Professional
• File Import
• Registry Settings
• Quick Billing
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Fixed (11)
Payor based Authorization
Resolves an issue to ensure that the 'SYSTEM.table_payor_auths' table displays correct value when 'Payor Based Authorizations' is submitted with a specified 'Effective Date' field and unspecified (blank) 'Expiration Date' field.
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• Payor Based Authorizations
• Database Tables
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File Import
The issue in the 'File Import' form for the "Service Codes" file import type is resolved.
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Topics
• Service Codes
• File Import
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Quick Billing Rule Definition
Issue is resolved where the help message from the ‘File Definition’ field was not displaying properly due to special characters '<' and '>'.
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Topics
• Quick Billing
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Dictionary Update - extended dictionary is added for the 'Certification Category' field.
The extended dictionary 'Adult Or Child' is added for the 'Certification Category' field.
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Topics
• 837 Professional
• Registry Settings
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'Service Codes' form
Ensure the 'Service Codes' form does not allow for service codes containing equal signs.
Client Merge - 'Target Client'
Ensure the 'Target Client' field is not cleared out after selecting a client episode in the 'Client Merge' form.
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Topics
• Service Codes
• Client Merge
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Retroactive Payor Change
Issue is resolved where Retroactive Payor Change form doesn’t process unbilled services with guarantor 99999 for individual or all clients.
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Topics
• Retroactive Payor Change
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Compile/Edit/Post/Unpost Roll-Up Services Worklist
An issue has been resolved in 'Compile/Edit/Post/Unpost Roll-Up Services Worklist' where the 'Write off Posting Code' and 'Post Worklist' fields could be disabled.
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• Compile/Edit/Post/Unpost Roll-up Services Worklist
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'All Documents' widget - Diagnosis entries from user modeled forms
Ensure the 'All Documents' widget in Avatar NX includes Diagnosis entries that originated in user modeled forms that use the ICD-10 Diagnosis Table Alias.
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• Modeling
• Diagnosis
• Widgets
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'ClientAdmisison' web service
An issue is resolved where the 'ClientAdmission' web service is unable to change the admission program for pre-admissions after successful submission of the web service.
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• Pre Admit
• Web Services
• Admission
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Payment by Posting Date
an Isue is resolved where after creating and posting a batch in the Remittance Processing widget, the user was unable to run a Payment by Posting Date report using either the check number or the receipt number used on the batch posted. The report returned no records found. This issue was specific to batches posted through the Remittance Processing widget.
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• Remittance Processing
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* This update also contains items in the New section(s)
Compile/Edit/Post/Unpost Roll-Up Services Worklist - Compile Roll-Up Group
An issue is resolved where compiling the group definition and then attempting to run the report produced ‘no information found’.
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• Compile/Edit/Post/Unpost Roll-up Services Worklist
• Roll-Up Services Definition
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Avatar_PM_2024_Monthly_Release_2024.01.02_Details.csv
