The latest Connect release is 24.12.2. Highlights of this release include the following:

Accounts

• Added Inactivate Account checkbox to the Account / General tab to set accounts to inactive in Back Office.
• Fixed issue causing a paper clip icon to display after selecting a SVCFE, IPYMT, or GPYMT line item and errantly clicking View Attachment. The icon will only display if there is an attachment associated with the line.

Charge Batches

• Updated the Charge Batch / Charge Batch Information / Cases table:

• Added Place of Service, DOB, Eligibility Submitted fields
• Updated Status field header to Case Status
• Moved the Related Person section from the Case / Patient, Guarantor & Insurance tab to the Case / Additional Case Information tab.
• Removed the Code and ASA fields from the Case / Patient, Guarantor & Insurance / Paperwork Attachments section.
• Removed the Procedures grid table from the Create Paperwork Attachment window.

Code Updates

• Added 2024 Q1 code updates:
  • WPC
Taxonomy
• • Remittance Advice Remark Codes

Eligibility

• Modified logic for automatic Eligibility checks so that if Automatic Eligibility submission is turned on, Connect will exclude an Eligibility check for the current case when any other case with the same Plan/Person/Subscriber ID has already been submitted for an Eligibility check in X number of days prior to the current case’s DOS.
• Fixed issue that is generating an Eligibility Status of Cannot Display Benefit Data.

Payment Batches

• Added EFT to the Transaction Type dropdown options on the Create External Collections Payment page.

Practices

• Fixed issue preventing inactive practices from displaying when the Show Inactive checkbox is selected.

Providers

• Removed the Can Schedule checkbox from the Provider 

Refunds

• Added Patient Name to the Manage > Refunds
• Added Patient Name to the Refunds search criteria.

Reports

• Updated the Practice Performance Summary – DOS report:

ERAs

• Updated Claim field on the Resolve Payments page (in coordination with Importing ERA process) to allow for resizing and viewing the entire claim number.

Health Dashboard

• Updated the Help > Health Dashboard with current configuration requirements / recommendations:

Payers & Plans

• Updated logic to remove the A7 for secondary claims generated for Non-Medicare primary plans for Arizona Medicaid.

Practices

• Removed the Front Office section from the Practice / Miscellaneous tab.
• Added new Provider Name filter to the top of the Practice / Affiliated Providers tab.
• Fixed issue when maximizing or minimizing the Practice tab, the Save, Close, and Apply buttons disappear.
• Updated the following default values on the Practice / Statements tab:

Print Options Pane

• Only Use Remittance Address on Statements [checked]
• Office Hours field pre-filled with: 8AM-5PM MONDAY-FRIDAY

Statement Hold Removal Pane

• Remove account statement hold when balance reaches zero [checked]
• Remove service line statement hold when balance reaches zero [checked]

Pseudo Code Mappings

• Updated logic for creating, mapping, and billing ASA pseudo codes with a Type of Service Code - 7. 

Reports

• Updated the Financial Activity Summary – Payments to Line Items Detail report:
  • Added fields: Referring Provider NPI, Rendering Provider NPI
• Updated the Facility Detail report:
  • Added Place of Service field
• Updated the Account Adjustment Analysis Detail report:
  • Added Facility Case ID, Case Reporting Type, Billed Amount, Balance fields
• The Primary/Secondary/Tertiary Group By dropdown option was updated from Provider to Rendering Provider.
• The following options were added to the Primary/Secondary/Tertiary Group By field: Case Reporting Type, Performing Provider, Procedure Code, Referring Provider, Place of Service, and Type of Service.
• Updated logic of Practice search criteria across all reports to be run for All Practices Not Deleted. Practices that have been set to Inactive will not be returned in the search results when all practices are selected.

To view the full release notes for the current Connect release, click here. 

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• Release-specific webinars
• Accounts
  • Rebill 1 Switching Primary with Payments Posted
  • Rebill 1 Switching Primary
  • Rebill 2 Medicare Forwarded Claim
  • Rebill 2 Missing Secondary
  • Rebill 3 Void Claim
  • Corrected Claims (Paper & Electronic)
  • Tip Sheet: Rebills
• Back Office Reports
  • Balancing Connect Report Values
• Charge Entry
  • Extreme Age and Emergency Modifier Codes
• Collections
  • Actions & Action Series
  • Collector Groups
  • Denial Collections
  • Insurance Collections
  • Guarantor Collections
  • Tip Sheet: Working the Collections Queue
• Eligibility
  • Eligibility Functionality Demo
• Fee Schedules
  • Cloning Fee Schedules
• Portal Reports
  
  • Understanding Portal Dashboards
  • Balancing Portal Dashboard Values
• Reportal
  
  • Tip Sheet: Migrated Ad Hoc Reports
• Report Permissions
  
  • Report Permissions
  • Configuring Report Permissions and Roles
• Spotlight Sessions

This link has all the session recordings for you in one place!

• • Editing Payments (8/25/23)
  • Submitting Support Tickets (6/28/23)
  • DMA eStatements (4/25/23)
  • Moving Money Between Ext. Coll. & Active AR (9/29/22)
  • Rebills, Rebills, Rebills (2/22/23)
  • Working the Collections Queue (3/22/23)
• User Summit
  • 2022 Session Questions/Answers