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Required Changes
ANSI-837 Electronic Billing: up to 50 service lines can now be reported per claim (rather than 6 service lines).
ANSI-837 Electronic Billing: "ForwardHealth interChange" required changes for 2010BB NM109, ISA08, GS03, and 1000B NM109.
ANSI-837 Electronic Billing: "BCBSM" required changes for 2010BA N403.
ANSI-835 Response Files: "ZirMed" required changes for Delimiter, Sub-Element, and Terminator.
ANSI-835 Electronic Billing: "Cahaba GBA" required changes to filename format.
NY Work Comp C-4 and C4.2: Added the ability to print the NY Workers' Compensation C-4 "Doctor's Initial Report" and C-4.2 "Doctor's Progress Report" forms.
Medicare Billings: X-ray dates will not be reported for the following states: IL,MI,MN,WI. All other states: X-ray dates will only be reported if the X-ray was taken no more than 12 months prior to or 3 months following the initiation of a course of chiropractic treatment.
Cahaba GBA: Added the ability to uncompress electronic billing response files.
General Changes
Zip Code (fields): When a zip code is entered, the city and state will automatically be filled in. If you want to change the name of the city and save the new city name in the Zip Code File, make the change (eg: Saint Clair Shores to St Clair Shores) and enter an asterisk (*) in the 1st position of the zip code field (eg: *48021) to save the change.
Touch Screen (monitors): Made adjustments to program to operate more smoothly with touch screen monitors.
Help Screens: Help screens will now open up in the default web browser; rather than always opening in MS Internet Explorer.
Appointments (on Screen)
Status (field): Multiple appointment status codes can be selected. The selected codes can also be excluded. This field determines the appointments that will be displayed based on the status field. <Right Click> on the status field to select "Active Appointments" or "Inactive Appointments".
Patient Menu - Registration
Click here or press <Down Arrow> to add a procedure (button): This green remark on the bottom right of the screen has been changed to a button for touch screen compatibility.
Patient Menu - Appointments
Email (field): An Email address can now be added for "New Patient Appointments" (patients that have not been assigned a patient id yet).
Patient Menu - Master File
Credit Authorization (tab page): An asterisk (*) will be displayed on the tab page if a credit card number has been entered for the patient.
Patient Menu - Insurance Headers
Get Ins Hdr (button): Scanned images of insurance cards will also transfer over.
Patient Menu - Post Insurance Payment
Post Overpayment (button): You can now highlight the service that was overpaid - then click on the [Post Overpayment] button to connect the overpayment with a specific service. Also, added a "Doctor" field to determine which doctor would get credit for the overpayment. You may also <right click> on the "Service Date" field to set the service date to the clinic date or <right click> on the "Doctor" field to change the doctor to the patient's default doctor.
Patient Menu - Exams (SOAP Notes)
Auto Copy to Next Visit (field): Added a "Auto Copy to Next Visit" check box to the [History of Symptoms], [Comments], and [Subjective Comments] tab pages. When selected, the text will automatically be forwarded to the next visit.
Clear Row / Column / All (context menu): Right click on any test for options to "Clear Row", "Clear Column", or "Clear All".
Subluxation Level (field): Options will now be displayed in anatomical order (eg: Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, etc).
Exam Findings (options list): When selecting multiple options, they will be inserted into the Exam Findings field in the order they were selected.
Add (button): If you add an additional exam record on the same, you will be prompted with "Is this a new visit?" In addition, if the patient has reached their maximum visits, you will be prompted with "Patient has Reached the Maximum Visits Allowed".
Billing Menu - Insurance Billing
Print Worksheet (button): Added "FEP?" as a pre billing worksheet remark. This would indicate that the "Payment Source" field may be invalid in the insurance header screen. If a BCBS policy has an alpha prefix of "R", it is usually a Federal Employee Program.
Print Worksheet (button): Added "History!" as a pre billing worksheet remark. This would indicate that an error may have occurred while the service was being registered due to a power failure or disconnect from the network. This service should probably get "errored" out and not billed.
Force Ind NPI (field): This field was changed from "Corp NPI". Check this field when you want to force individual NPI's to bill when corporate NPI's are present.
Delete (button): This will delete all electronic billing files from your computer. This is used to remove patient data from electronic billing text files stored on your hard drive. Be sure all electronic files have been transmitted to your clearinghouse prior to deleting them.
Billing Menu - Statements
Message Line 1 (field): <Right Click> gives you an option to "Get Clinic Message". This allows you to print the clinic message on your statements without retyping it.
Billing Menu - Print Response Files
Auto Posting (835 response files): Adjusted program to accept "Corrected Insured" id for auto posting secondary insurance that was automatically forwarded by primary insurance.
Reports Menu - Aging
Report Type (field): Added an "Insurance Follow Up" option which will work identically as the "Insurance Balances" option but will include payments made after the aging date in the calculations.
Phone (report field): The patient's primary phone number (rather than the home phone) will be displayed on the report.
Reports Menu - Patient Correspondence
Doctors (option): Added the ability to search transaction doctors. If the "Any Visit" date range is selected, the transaction doctor will be searched; otherwise, the patient's default doctor in the master file will be searched.
Labels (option): Added an option to be able to exclude patient prefixes from mailing labels.
Insured's (field): Enter SSNORLICENSE to find patients or insurance headers that have an SSN or License number entered. This can be used to contact your patients if you feel security has been breeched due to stolen computers or hijacked data.
Utilities Menu - Backup Data
Backup Data Files To (button): Is available for on all password levels.
Utilities Menu - Reindex Files
Reindex and Test Files (buttons): No longer need password to reindex or test files.
Customize Menu - Providers
Office Hours (tab page): This option can now be accessed from the "Provider" screen as well as the "Provider Office Hours" screen.
Customize Menu - Open / Close Office Hours
Open / Close for All Doctors (option): Changed default answer to "No".
Delete (button): Left clicking the [Delete] button will delete the current record. Right clicking the [Delete] button will ask if you want to delete ALL records for ALL doctors.
Customize Menu - System Configuration
Herfert Backup (field): Add the ability to use 7zip as a backup program. Prior to this, only PKzip was used.
Customize Menu - Exam Tests (SOAP Notes)
Click here to check if Tests are in use (button): Removed the automatic question "Check which exam tests are in use?" that appeared when entering the screen. Added a button [Click here to check if Tests are in use] so that you can manually check which exam tests are in use.
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