Version 5.6.36 (01/06/2009) BETA VERSION - View All Updates
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Items are grouped by Enhancements, then FIXES, sorted by Functional Area.
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The Enhancements include the following Functional Areas. Click on a link to jump to that area.
| Billing | 2205 |
For HCFA-1500 - Add 'Other ID' and Other Qualifier fields to Doctors
screen. Under Utilities / Doctors / User-Defined tab, you will find the Other ID and Other Qual fields.  See CMS1500 (new version of HCFA1500) specs for Florida Medicaid. For data in box 17a (Qualifier and Other Provider ID Number for referring physician), these specs allow for a MediPass Referral or Service Authorization Number to be entered in the Provider ID field, with a qualifier code of 9F. |
| Billing | 1731 | Can now sort by Dates of Service and all other Columns on Financials Tab |
| Billing | 2506 | X12 now includes Fees in the TotalPrice |
| Billing | 2537 | 30-1/30-4 fields that were missing: Patient Location, Medicare Status, prior auth box = 0, have been added. |
| Billing | 2550 |
Claims, Auto-populate current date to claim ID for Medi-Cal NCPDP. A new option under Utilities / Payers / E-Bill NCPDP tab. Check the box "Add date (YYMMDD) to end of Insured ID".  You are now able to preview prior to transmission to insure that the date is appended to the ID. When you select the claim you are ready to transmit, and use the menu E-Bill / NCPDP, bring up the Transmit Electronic Claim screen. Check the Preview box before you Transmit the claim, as shown below.  You will then be able to preview the transmission, edit and save fields. |
| Clinical | 2568 |
Provide
Renal Warning if Patient's CrCl = zero If an Inventory record has the checkbox for Renal Warning checked, and an order for that item is entered for a Patient whose CrCl = 0, a Severe Renal Warning will post. CrCl may be zero when it's not entered. First, the Inventory record needs the Renal Warning checked. The checkbox is located on the Clinical Reviews tab, which may be located all the way to right of your Inventory screen. See below. When you click on that tab, it will come to the front, or you can click on the small arrow keys to move the tab into view. Then, check the Renal Warning checkbox.  |
| Interfaces | 2659 | PMP (Cures) narcotics reporting format changes for NY State to ASAP 2007, has been done. |
| Inventory | 366 |
When editing or archiving Inventory, leave cursor at next item in
list. When going through the Inventory and archiving multiple items with approximately the same name, the cursor used to return to the beginning of the Inventory list as each item is archived. The cursor now stays at the item following the one just archived. |
| Inventory | 2466 |
Inventory Control: Ascend will update the "Inventory Quantity on Hand" from
an
Inpatient Charge. The Quantity on Hand will decrement for a charge, and increment for a credit. All charge methods update the Quantity on Hand. Quantity on Hand is located on the Inventory screen, on the Inventory Control tab.  Note: "Dispense as Whole Units" must be turned ON in Inventory for tablets to ensure that an order for less than a whole tablet decrements Inventory balance by 1 for each charged dose.  |
| Inventory | 2708 |
Ability to add TPN items without having to specify both strength and
per in ML Previous versions had a requirement that all TPN items be entered with both a strength and per to comply with the Baxa Calculator. This was a little confusing for items only measured in ML since both the strength and per needed to have a ML value (example D5W 500ML/500ML instead of just D5W 500ML). A change was made to the program. Items with only a ML in the per would be loaded into the Baxa calculator with both ML in strength and per fields even though in Ascend inventory, only the per side was populated. |
| Labels-Forms | 2338 |
New: "Batch IV Catch-up" After a batch of IV labels is printed to cover the next period (e.g., 24 hours), it may take several hours for pharmacy to mix and label the first batch. Meanwhile, new orders keep coming in prior to delivery of that first batch. Some users would rather not print IV labels for these new "post-batch" orders as they are entered, but wait to print them as a 2nd batch so they can be mixed and delivered with those from the first batch. This "catch-up" batch will skip doses that have already been previously charged. To print Batch IV Catch-up labels, go to the menu Orders / Batch Modes / Batch IV Labels Catch-up  The Batch Modes screen comes up in the Batch IV Labels Catch-up mode. Only those uncharged IV type orders entered after the time the standard Batch IV Labels was run will appear on the list.  Click the Select All link to select all orders on the list (or select orders by clicking on them). Click the Print button to print and charge for the labels. |
| Labels-Forms | 2480 |
Inpatient IV Label: Bag number displays on the label The bag number gets calculated by adding one to the number of charged doses that came before. You can view or change the starting bag number for the order on the IV/TPN tab.  |
| Labels-Forms | 2547 |
Custom Labels and/or forms will now show an asterisk at the end of
their name. Below is a screenshot of an example of a custom form in the labels screen, the Patient Forms screen, and the Claims forms screen.    |
| Order | 2475, 2571, 2652 |
Orders Tab: Retain column width settings across logins If a user adjusts the width of different columns on the Orders tab, the settings will be saved. If logging in to a different workstation, the same column widths will still be used. If a new user logs in, the new user's settings will be used. Therefore, on the same workstation, if different users log in, their individual column widths will display. |
| Order | 2554 |
Add Option for Order Doctor, do not assume Attending/Primary Doctor. Under Utilities / Options / Order Entry tab, there is a new entry labeled "Default Attending Dr As Order Dr:" After updating, this option, by default, is turned on.  With the option checked on, Ascend works the way it has in the past. If there is an Attending/Primary doctor on the patient record, then every new order will assume that doctor is the ordering doctor. With the option checked off, when a new order is entered, the Doctor field will be blank, and since Doctor is a required field, the person entering the order must enter the Ordering Doctor from the list.  |
| Inventory and Order | 2691, 2733, 2718 |
Populate Order Item IV Item Type Attribute from Inventory. Also,
Carry IV Item Type value forward from Common Order template to
Order. This value is required for some orders interfaces. The value tells the interface whether the ingredient is a Base Solution, or an Additive. In Inventory, edit an item. On the TPN Components tab, choose a TPN Type.  Choose Solution if the item is a Base Solution. Choose Additive if the item is an Additive. When entering an order, or reviewing an existing order, on the Order Item Selection screen, the IV Item Type gets populated from the value in Inventory.  |
| Patient | 2676 |
Added "Email" as a field to the Patient Admission Information
screen. It is located below "Other Phone" and above "Date of Birth" on the left side of the screen. |
| Patient | 2736 |
Added the ability to Edit an Allergy. On the Patient Admission Information screen, the Allergies / Diagnoses tab, there is a new button under Allergies: Edit. To Edit an Allergy, select the Allergy from the list, and click the Edit button. Alternatively, you may double-click on the Allergy you wish to edit. |
| Patient | 2729, 2349 |
Improved the tab order on the Patient Admission Information screen.
When you Add a new patient, or edit an existing patient, the tab
order is improved. Improved the tab order on the Add Allergy form on the Allergy Tab, as well. |
| Reports | 2552 |
Report: Inventory Counts with Lot Data - Added filter for Expiration Date Choose the Inventory Counts with Lot Data report. On the Filters Tab, choose Date Filters. You will see a filter called "Inventory Control Lot Expiration Date". You can filter using Between, Greater Than, or Less Than, specified dates.  |
| Reports | 2697, 2698 |
Add Creatinine Clearance and Serum Creatinine As Numeric Filter In
Reports Creatinine Clearance and Serum Creatinine will appear as a numeric filter value in reports.  You can use the operators shown in the picture above: Between, Equals, Does Not Equal, Greater Than, Greater Than or Equals, Less Than, or Less Than or Equals. |
| Screen | 1437 | Remember cursor position in Financials tab when editing a claim, has been added. The cursor will remain on the claim it was on. |
| System | 2689 |
Orders View: Open with vertical slider at the top, not bottom Under the menu Orders / Orders View, the Orders View window now comes up with the Order Statuses highlighted at the top of the screen, and the vertical slider is already at the top. |
| FIXES | ||
| The following issues have been fixed: | ||
| Billing | 202 | NCPDP COB segment missing data on crossover claims |
| Billing | 2506 |
X12 Needs to Include Fees in the TotalPrice field. If Dispensing Fees were added to charges and sent to Medicare, those fees were not being included in the X12 LIN segment in the TotalPrice field. |
| Billing | 2537 | 30-1/30-4 fields missing: Patient Location, Medicare Status, prior auth box = 0 |
| Billing | 2570 | Claims Screen Bottom HCFA tab - Linking of CMN (DME form) does not save |
| Billing | 2572 | Utilities - Options -Billing-Unchecking box prompt to apply paid amt not working |
| Billing | 2573 | Financials tab - wrong payer name on adjustment added in Copay process |
| Billing | 2621 | New Receipt/Adjustment - Allowable balance can be incorrect |
| Billing | 2624 | Claim Totals: Claim screen may incorrectly report allowable balance |
| Billing | 2658 | Changing Payer in Claim doesn't prompt you to update Insured data. |
| Billing | 2680 | Ordering MD NPI missing in 2420E loop |
| Billing | 2713 | Claims - Adding or Updating Prior Auth in claim screen results in error |
| Clinical | 2551 | Clincal Documents, changing Physician, does not up date name only address |
| Clinical | 2575 | DLL Error checking Allergies in Ascend 5.6.4 |
| Clinical | 2583 | Narcotics Data Export for MI positions 14-25 needs to the DEA number |
| Codes | 2577 | SIG Codes Utility: Show Archived must be on to display 1 list only |
| Facilities | 2567 | Facilities - Location - Fax # when entered saves to Other phone # field |
| Interfaces | 2556 | Strategic Outcomes not working - no patients display in export window |
| Interfaces | 2603 | Narcotics export fails to export the DEA number in positions 14-25 for the state of Connecticut |
| Interfaces | 2700 | PMP-CURES file - Texas requires DPS Number as Pharmacy ID |
| Inventory | 1095 | Inventory: Selection List displays two entries for each NDC, ChgCd |
| Labels-Forms | 2548 | Utilities/Options/Printing, HCFA 1500 Box 21, 28, 29, 30, 31 not saving |
| Labels-Forms | 2592 | Inpatient IV Label - Due Date is in 12 hour format |
| Labels-Forms | 2607 | Printing of labels over rides Abbreviation setting in security table |
| Labels-Forms | 2669 | Return Receipt form - facility phone numbers not printing in header field |
| Labels-Forms | 2682 | Printing - User's Initials not printing on label / disappearing |
| Menus | 2642 | Customize Columns Takes Long Time To Load |
| Order | 2638 | Customize Columns seems to be resource intensive |
| Order | 2597 | Order Entry - Rx number not being assigned to order - display is RXCounterPrefix |
| Order | 2641 | Item View Does Not Display Correct Strength/Per in Order and Dose View |
| Order | 2650 | New Order assigned 01/01/0001 for Start Date and Stop Date |
| Order | 2717 | Edit Ordered Item can remove Order Charge Method |
| Patient | 2648 | Select A Patient Discharge From/To Dates Need To Be Relative |
| Patient | 2555 | Patient Admit or Discharge not included in Changes Log |
| Reports | 2559 | Adjustment Log report shows Claim Date when you request Bill Date |
| Reports | 2560 | Claim Log report shows Claim Date when you request Bill Date |
| Reports | 2561 | Reports: Inventory Adjustments and Transfers - Inventory Received date filter |
| Reports | 2671 | Unbilled Orders report shows both HOLD status orders and Other Meds orders |
| Reports | 2707 | Reports A/R & Claim Log - Dates of Service Filters give Syntax error |
| Reports | 2712 | Charges Report combines charges it should not |
| System | 2587 | F1 Does not work on some XP machines |
| Unassigned | 2590 | Storage Notes field on Syringe Label too short now (see CSR 2589) |
| Unassigned | 2591 | LA Narcotics export fails to export the DEA number in positions 14-25 |
| Unassigned | 2563 | Inventory - Copy Function should NOT copy Enteredby EnderedDate, add when saved |
| Unassigned | 2549 | Receipts Log shows Claim Date when you request Bill Date |
| Update | 2565 | Website - ASCEND - Remove FirstDataBank download link |
| Update | 2643 | ALTER COLUMN times out on large databases during Server Update |