Version 2.2.125 (5/25/2005) - View All Updates

Here is a list of new features and enhancements

• Purchase Order number has been changed from a numeric field to an alpha/numeric field. Maximum length is 30 characters.
• Inventory items can now have associated items. Every time you add an inventory item to an order, any associated items are also automatically added. Associated items can be added under Utilities...Inventory...Groups/Associated Items.
• User-defined combinations of drug-drug interactions can be suppressed. Drug combinations can be configured under Utilities...Inventory...Clinical Interventions.
• Record In Use message now shows if two or more users are editing the same patient or patient note.
• Ready To Bill orders can now be filtered by Fill Start Date, Fill Stop Date or Delivery Date.
• Doctor record can be linked to a claim.
• Doctor can now be a required field when admitting a patient.
• Refills authorized can now be a required field when entering an order.
• Pricing rule dollar amounts have been expanded to $0.0000.
• Dates on the nursing visit tab are now in the yyyy-mm-dd format to enable sorting by the date.
• Entered By and Entered Date added to the security record.
• Patient status added to the patient record. Patient status values can be entered under Utilities...Options...Admission.
• Option added not to allow orders to be edited after they have been billed.
• Dispense Quantity in the order can be a negative number so users can create orders as credits.
• TPN orders can now be entered as gram %.
• Printing .FMT files now use the Crystal Reports engine.
• Ordering physician added to the syringe label.
• Stop Orders report added. This report will display order information for active patients with orders that have reached their stop date.
• Revenue By Physician report added to track charges by physician.
• HCFA-1500 box 24D modifier adjusted to the left.
• HCFA-1500 box 24K option add to the Utilities...Payer...HCFA area to print the Total Allowable.
• HCFA-1500 box 8 includes X for the Other box when appropriate.
• Relation To Insured imports as Other from Ascend-IV if not Self, Spouse or Child.
• If more than 4 charge lines are checked for a claim when creating a NCPDP claim, the program will only send the first 4 charge lines.
• Subject field added to the task record.
• Next Fill Date added to the order record.
• When importing security records from Ascend-IV, the SecurityID from Ascend-IV is stored in the Security table of Ascend-HI so future imports do not overwrite the security records.
• Patient name and doctor name on the profile screen now display as last name, first name.
• When performing a First Databank search in inventory, the program will search using the current inventory record's NDC number or description.
• Trailing zeros after the decimal have been removed from Total Quantity on the Delivery Receipt.
• Order Stop Date and Catheter added to the On-Call Patient List.
• Inventory Usage report uses the Show Detail option to include patients that received the inventory item.
• Location added as a filter to the Patient Therapies report.
• Inventory dose and per fields included on the Cost of Goods Sold report.
• Shipping phone number included on the Intake Summary.
• Patient address prints on the delivery log.
• Patient Id added to the Line Item Claim.
• Narcotics Export (CURES), uses the Order Start date instead of the Entered Date as the Date Written.
• Patient Consent form added under Patients...Print/Print Preview.

Here is a list of things fixed

• Duplicate patients should no longer show on the Patient Admits report.
• Do Not Show items no longer show on the TPN Label.
• Blank lines should no longer print on the syringe label.
• Mix Date removed from the Delivery Receipt.
• Error fixed when exporting outcomes if difference between the order start date and stop date is greater than 32,000 days.
• Co-pay process prompts for the remaining balance adjustment after the co-pay claim has been created. This corrects the problem of the new claim having a zero balance.
• Items with a zero quantity do not print on the delivery receipt.
• Common order defaults are not overwritten with inventory defaults.
• WebMD/EnvoyLink electronic transmission now reports Invalid Login instead of returning an error 5.
• When canceling an order, inventory items are returned to the inventory count only once.
• Error 400 fixed when adding a doctor on the fly in the admission screen and the doctor screen is already open.
• Error 13 when exiting the Options screen.
• Manufacturer on the Order Label prints the manufacturer for the 1st item in the order instead of the last item in the order.
• Clinical Notes Follow-up Report should now be working.
• Default order type on new orders should now be working.

First Databank Updates

• AWP Pricing Update - 4/1/2005
• AWP Pricing Update - 4/29/2005
• AWP Pricing Update - 2/25/2005
• AWP Pricing Update - 1/28/2005
• AWP Pricing Update - 12/30/2004
• AWP Pricing Update - 11/24/2004
• AWP Pricing Update - 10/28/2004
• AWP Pricing Update - 9/30/2004
• AWP Pricing Update - 8/27/2004
• Patient Education Monographs (English) - 2/16/2005
• Patient Education Monographs (Spanish) - 12/22/2004
• Drug-Food Interactions - 12/22/2004
• Duplicate Therapy Checking - 12/22/2004
• Geriatric Precautions - 12/22/2004
• Lactation Precautions - 12/22/2004
• Min/Max Adult Daily Dose - 12/22/2004
• Pediatric Precautions - 12/22/2004
• Pregnancy Precautions - 12/22/2004

HCPC Codes

• HCPC Codes - 11/5/2004

Medical Coding .NET ICD9 Codes

• ICD9 Codes - 8/9/2004

Report Updates

• Claim Log
• Delivery Label
• Drug Education
• Financial Notes Follow-up
• Invoices Based On Orders
• Order Label