ASCEND -- RELEASED VERSION NOTES:

Version 5.5.7 (09/02/2008)  - View All Updates

You will be installing ALL prior releases that have been posted since your current program version.  Therefore, use the "View All Updates" link (above) to review ALL of the releases that may affect you.

Items are grouped by Enhancements, then Fixes,  sorted by Customer Service Request number (CSR #)

  Enhancements

CSR

Description

766

Track "Billed" Status Changes on Orders

Select your order, then right click (or use the Orders menu) and select Order Changes.  The following screen appears.  The "Billed" Status Changes display a Date, a Field = Claim Date, the User, and the changed From/To. 

If the date changes from blank to an actual date, the order status changed from Not Billed (N), to Billed (Y).

If the date changes from a date to a blank, the order status changed from Billed (Y), to Not Billed (N).

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1069

Disabled the Print button on claim screen when claim is being created

1273

Inpatient:  Ability to Charge using ER/Outpatient/Misc. Charge.

This allows you to create an order for billing purposes only, and enter a charge for that order, all in one screen.  It also allows you to charge an existing order if you know the order number.

For More Info.

1402

Charges Transmitted Report: Dollars reflect charge at time of transmission.

If you print the Charges Transmitted Report for a date range in the past, the report will now display the Cost as it was for that date range.

This is achieved by using the Cost from the Price History.  You can see the Price History on the Tab of the same name in the Inventory record.

Prior to this release, the Charges Transmitted reported the patient charge using the current Cost from the Inventory record, no matter what the date range was.

1565

Select a Patient : Retain search criteria

In the Select Patient screen, if you change the Search by, the next time you Select Patients, it will retain the search criteria you chose.  Example, if you search by Patient ID, then next time you Select Patients, it will search by Patient ID.

1638

Reports : Inventory Group was added to List Filters

It is now possible to choose Inventory Group as a List Filter in a variety of reports.

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1654

X12/837 Loop 2300 CLM01 now sends Patient Account Number or Claim Number

1750

New Report: Doses Dispensed

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1912

Combined Tab for "Other Documents" and "Images" into one tab, called "Other Links", on the Patient Profile.

Now you can Add/Edit/Remove any type of file this tab.

1940

Removed Pending Orders from Batch Confirm Screen

1979

Report Fill List : Now lists DC credit lines AFTER active order lines

1987

New Short Cut Key - Icon for Financials - Ready to Bill - New Claims

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1989

Reports : Financial reports, new Option, Claim Amounts based on Allowable

Select the Options tab, Double-Click on the Option "Claim Amounts based on Allowable"

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After Double-Clicking, the following screen appears.  Click on Yes or No to change the Option setting.

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1998

New Report : Lot Number

You can filter by Lot Number.

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2001

 

Patient Status can be chosen to be a Required field for a New Admit.

Patient Status  is now in the list to select under Utilities / Options / Admissions Tab, Required fields for a new admit.  Click the checkbox to make this field required.

2015

Physician NPI was added to the Patient Intake Summary form

2023, 2175

HCPC Codes : Search function has been improved

2051

TPN Label now works with custom font

2087

Add shortcut (folder symbol) to Inventory on Order Item Selection screen

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Clicking on that icon will bring you to the Inventory in View Only mode for this item.  You may also click on the First Databank button to view First Databank information on this item.

2097

Reports - Added Patient Insurance filter to Patient Census Report, and the following reports: Patient Overview, DME Billing, Patient Profile - Billing Information, Patient Therapies

2098

Financials - Claims Screen - Activate Folders for Orders  and Inventory links

Two new icons on the General Tab:

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2127, 2030

Claim Reports to run by Date of Service

Under the additional date filters, any report that uses the claims table should be able to use these two new filters:

Claim First Date of Service
Claim Last Date of Service

Since Dates of Service span two fields, we need two filters. You do not necessarily need to search both filters but can if desired. You could say where Claim First Date of Service >= 6/1/2008 00:00 or you could say where Claim First Date of Service >= 6/1/2008 00:00 and Claim Last Date of Service < 7/1/2008 00:00.

2131

Tool Bar: Added Checkmark Icon for Verify Orders

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2135

Inventory:  New fields:  Infuse Over

On right hand side of Order Entry Defaults, under the lists, is a new field, Infuse Over.  Fill in the Infuse Over in either Minutes, Hours or Days.

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2138

Report Fill List : Added DC Date for a Discharged Patient

2165

30-1 New requirements to reflect NPI Qualifier and NPI physician #

2206

Report Groups: Fully enabled double-click to add to Group

2215

Edit an order from the profile by using the keyboard

On the Orders tab, you can use your up and down arrows to highlight one order at a time.

Use the Enter key to open the order that is highlighted.

2216

Patient Profile Report - Add Ward-Room-Bed to Header

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2219

Reports : Stop Order Notices - Added OrderRef to display for each order

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2223

Reports : Stop Order Notices : Added Additional Option to modify the Renewal Text.

The Stop Order Notices Report has Renewal Text, an area for a doctor to check whether to Renew or Discontinue an order.

Report

An Option has been added under Utilities / Options / Reports Tab to allow you to add additional Renewal Text. 

Near the bottom of the screen is a section called "Select a report from the list to view any report defaults".

Select the Stop Order Notices report from the list.

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Double-Click on the Renewal Text option.  A Notes screen appears.  You can modify the existing text, or add more text.

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This is what the new text looks like on the report:

Report 

2238

Batch Confirm : Removed Order type column, added RX and Refill Number

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2245

Min/Max ranges on order item screen uses new First Databank tables.

2278

Financials / New Claim /  Ready to bill  Tab- Can now sort by Column Headers

Click on any of the column headers to sort.

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2297

Implemented Envoy NCPCP billing in Ascend

2323

Ready to Bill - Refill # of the order shows under Rx Column

2325

Batch Mode Banner displays "Batch Mode"

2331

Reports - Unbilled Orders - Displays refill number under RxNumber Column

Report

2365

ANSI X12 - added Date of Accident DTP segment (2300 loop)

   
  Fixes:  The following items have been fixed:
CSR Description

1484

'Infuse over' unit of measure does not display on IV label, inventory record

1607

Room Assignment Incorrect

1836

Activate Folder link for Baxa PAT file Under Options/TPN Calculator Tab

1885

Reports: Clinical Documents Follow - up - Missing Filters

1916

All adjustments created as patient adjustment in error (see CSR1426)

1963

DME Inventory item with Serial # not displayed in order entry selection process

1977

Prevent unDC of an order from changing Verified By name

1981

Patient Profile Reports: All cross Facility Boundaries and should NOT

1986

Financials, New Claims, Ready to Bill tab - Filters not working

1988

Financials New Claims Ready to Bill - Needs to Filter by Facility

1990

Financials, New Claims, Ready to Bill tab: enable relative dates

2005

Reports - Cost of Goods Sold  Error message when running

2046

Batch Verify button not working nothing happens when clicking on verify button

2060

Unit Dose Label: Remove 'Dr.' title on Patient Name

2065

Order Changes report does not have Change Date as a filter/selection

2069

Financials Claims Screen Unit cost and Total cost rounding up on line item

2075

Pricing Contracts - Inventory Rule - message pops up Fix This

2077

Financial Notes Tab - Add - Edit error 5

2079

Utilities - Providers - when adding Federal Tax Id Error message

2081

NCPDP claims - reversal transactions not logged in ClaimChanges table

2085

Profile - Change Refill (Outpatient) / Renew (Inpatient) to Rewrite (Inpatient)

2093

Print and Print Preview not working for DME DIF forms

2095

Dosing Data shows BSA values when no height entered and no BSA in profile

2099

Other Document Links: Edit fails

2105

Clinical Documents-MD name removed from header area - please put back

2114

Financials - Claim Screen - edit of From and To date fields do NOT save

2126

Inventory: Missing Unit of Measure on Pediatric Daily Dose ranges

2136

Order Entry - Infuse Over fields need to pull from Inventory Defaults

2143

Report Patient Profile - Other Medications has a syntax error

2144

Report Patient Admits crosses Facility boundaries

2145

Common Orders - Floor Stock lookup not done on 1st live order

2147

Patient Insurance Record - Edit of Insurance Info not saving

2149

Creating copay claims need to be refreshed on profile real time.

2152

Orders - Change of billed status to unbilled results in deletion of order

2162

Options - Printing - Need to enable functionality to edit margins

2163 Printing - Delivery Label - error message

2169

Billing - Pricing Contract Rules are NOT working when creating a claim

2179

Saved Report Filters only display first saved filter

2198

Clinical Interventions report - Reviewed By name shows as Entered By

2208 Providers screen starts with Provider highlighted but not loaded
2209 Doctors screen starts with Doctor highlighted but not loaded

2210

Stop Order Notices must only report orders on active Admissions

2227

Delivery Receipt and Compound Sheet reports cut off on left margin

2228

Enable refill right click or drop down menu function for Supply Orders

2230

Order Entry Stop Date and Fill Stop Date fields not calculating date

2234

Utilities/Options/Printing - Enable Label Footer text to print to labels

2235

Utilities/Options/Label Header Functionality

2248

Unhandled Exception when I run TPN-Inventory Check

2253

Patients: Manual discharge should not predate Admission date

2255

Incorrect quantity transmitted on NCPDP claim for a compound with solution

2259 Order Label - cuts off mix date year field last digit on label
2264 Patient: User must be able to edit Discharge Date on old admission

2265

Order Item Selection: TPN  'Admixture Conc' fields not saved

2274

Financials - Single adjustment entered defaults to patient...

2285

Secondary Insurance does not pull into claim automatically, or update when chgd.

2286

Utilities/Options/Billing -Send compound & Prompt to Apply not saving if checked

2289

All Facilities Date setting for a Report should not override Facility Dates

2295

Renal High Risk Report: not included in Update.exe

2299

Factor Label Prints Doctors Name Where Patients Name should be.

2312

Unable to save HCPC code to claim screen

2313

Insured sex does not appear on Claim screen Insurance tab

2322

Batch Billing - Ready to Bill - Uncheck orders appear in claim

2339

Close Month process does not work -- Unhandled exception when run

2341

Order Entry: Not able to enter an order for the same Start and Stop Dates

2376

Order Entry - Item Selection does not filter by NDC, Charge Code, Alt or Inv ID