Release Notes

AQI Reports

7945

Added new Reporting section to Practice > Miscellaneous tab for purpose of customizing the data sent in the following AQI XML file fields (available selections): 

• Anesthesia Record ID (Case ID, External Case ID, Facility Case ID, any custom fields)
• Patient ID (Case ID, External Case ID, Facility Case ID, any custom fields)
• Procedure ID (Case ID, External Case ID, Facility Case ID, any custom fields)
• Staff ID (Provider ID, Tax ID_NPI)

7955

The naming convention for all data files submitted to AQI by practices and vendors has been updated to: Practice Name_ ID#[PracticeID]_BeginDate_EndDate.xml

For example: XYZ Anesthesia_ID#123_20160301_20160331.xml

The Anesthesia Practice ID was added to the Reporting section of the Practice > Miscellaneous tab to record an alphanumeric value for the ID to be stored with the practice.

Code Updates

8451, 8488

Updated the 2016 codes with Q3 updates to CCI, HCPCS, CPT, RVU, and ASA codes.

Reports

7423

Added the Fides – Quality Data Collection report to the Reports > Classic tab.

A new field, QI Number (Fides), was added to the Practice > Miscellaneous tab to designate which Connect data entity value is used to populate the QI Number field of the Fides Report. Options include:

• External Case ID
• Facility Case ID
• Any Custom Fields created

8501

Custom charge entry field values now available and included in the Charge Analysis Detail report.

Revenue Advantage

5749

Added Revenue Advantage to the Home page and Manage menu to access and manage Revenue Advantage, a third party call service used by some Connect clients to generate automated pre-collections calls.

Cases     

4572

When creating insurance for a patient on a case, the Create Insurance window automatically expands to accommodate longer subscriber names; a limit was applied to this window expansion.

8394

Fixed issue causing claim submission to fail when there is a secondary insurance with a subscriber of Some Other Person and a lengthy name/address.

Charge Batches

4366

Fixed issue causing charge batch preferences set up in Admin to not hold between logins.

5768

Fixed issue allowing the coding form procedure information to be saved without entering the diagnosis code.

7468

Fixed issue generating “unknown attribute ‘subscriber_type_id’ for CasesPersonInsurance” when saving a case.

7535

Fixed issue allowing users to create and save new insurance on an account multiple times, creating duplicate entries.

8290

Fixed issue resulting in error message when coding. Users are forced to enter valid date of service.

Collection Letters

4272

Fixed issue preventing collection letters longer than one page from printing more than the first page.

8536

Fixed issue causing error message when creating, print previewing, and then saving a collection letter.

Credit Balances

8462

Fixed issue preventing search by date of service option from working on the Credit Balances / Services Lines tab.

External Collections

1755

Fixed issue preventing accounts from falling into collections if the Payment Minimum or Percent Minimum is set to 0 in Admin.

Financial Classes

8471

Fixed cursor focus issue when adding a new financial class and clicking Save & Add Next; the cursor is now focused on the Name field after clicking the button.

General

8486

Fixed issue causing list of available tabs on a page to appear on the left side of page when clicking the Show List icon; the list now appears on the right side of the form, right under the icon.

Paper Claims

7828

Fixed issue generating an error and preventing user from printing paper claims.

Payers & Plans

8417

Fixed GUI issue with an updated Clone Plan window name.

Payment Batches

2346

Fixed issue causing the Image Set and View options to be available from a Payment Batch, even if there is no image set attached to the check.

• The Image Set and View options available when View Transaction performed on posted Suspense or Misc Income transaction.

7835

Fixed issue causing error to generate when user tried saving a payment batch after posting it.

7953

Fixed issue resulting in payment batches printed with incorrect date.

8292

Fixed issue causing Connect to freeze during search for guarantor in payment batch.

Providers

8493

Fixed issue causing errors to generate when importing a CSV or Excel file via the Provider Import tool.

Rebills

8482

Fixed issue causing error message to generate when submitting a Rebill 2 for any case with the excise tax.

Refunds

8468

Fixed issue preventing Print window from opening after clicking Print on the Refunds page.

8469

Fixed issue generating an error message when the Roll up multiple transactions to same payee on one check option is selected in the Print window for a refund.

Reports

2695

Fixed the issue causing the value in the Days Production in AR in the Previous YTD column to be reported incorrectly when the current or previous year is a leap year.

4143

Fixed issue causing the Insurance Follow Up report to only display the CRNA when there are split claims.

Small Balance Write-off

7767

Fixed issue preventing users with Update rights to Small Balance Write-off from accessing the functionality if the practice does not allow small balance write-off in Miscellaneous.

Reportal

Reports

2945, 3950

Fixed the issue causing a search on the entry End Date or posted End Date fields of the Suspense Analysis and Payment Summary ad hoc reports to return no results.

8477

Fixed issue causing Begin Date to not appear in the STD Financial Activity Summary report.

4036

Fixed issue preventing the Provider Time Analysis ad hoc report from filtering on date of service properly.