Version 2.4.77 (11/29/2005) - View All Updates

Here is a list of new features and enhancements

• Option added to the setup screen to select where the report files are stored (client or server). To improve performance for clients running over a WAN, reports can now be stored on the client computer which reduces the amount of time it takes to print a label/form/report.
• When transmitting a NCPDP claim and a copay amount is received, the program will ask the user if they want to update the patient portion amount of the claim to the copay amount just received.
• Clinical document templates can now be assigned to facilities.
• Financial notes support RTF (Rich Text Format).
• Inventory Control with Lot Data report now display patient name for order activity. Also, if you don't want to see the order activity, use the Suppress Detail for this report.
• Under Utilities...Options...Multi-Facilities Users can now select which field links inventory items across facilities.
• Patient Instructions in the SIG Code has been changed from a limit of 255 characters to unlimited.
• Facility drop down added to the doctor screen.
• If no NCPDP BIN entered for the payer, the electronic claim will not be created and transmitted since there is no known BIN destination.
• HCFA Unit and HCFA Units per Package added to the First Databank search screen.
• When adding an inventory record, the price history table is initialized with any starting price amounts.
• Inventory security can be customized down to the field level.
• Patient location added to the order entry screen.
• Payer filter added to the scheduling screen.
• Dose quantity included on the IV Label for supplies.
• To increase performance, the TPN formulary is only loaded when doing a TPN order instead of when the order screen is loaded.
• ug changed to mcg for the unit of measure on the attributes and intrinsics in the TPN calculator.
• Option added to the pricing templates to skip to the next pricing rule if the calculate price of the rule is not greater than $0. An example of how this can be used, would be to create a rule that uses the cost field, but if no cost amount has been entered then program will go to the next pricing rule until a price has been calculated. 
• Inventory Id added to the inventory field. This field can be used to link similar inventory items across multiple facilities.
• Title field added to the doctor record.
• Pricing rules now can have an expiration date.
• Program prevents billing an order from the profile if the payer is marked as a "Do Not Bill" payer.
• Clinical document templates now support Rich Text Format.
• Facility Phone #2 now prints on the labels.
• Location filter added to the Cancelled Orders, Invoices Based On Orders and Unbilled Orders reports.
• Option added to the Inventory Usage report to print only partial usage items.
• Enteral added as an inventory type.
• Location name and address prints on all labels and the invoice when the option has been turned on to print the Facility Location instead of the Facility on labels and forms.
• Inventory Group filter added to DME reports.
• Inventory usage shows all inventory/order activity.
• Patient Id prefix in Options increased to 4 characters.
• Retired status added for DME inventory items.
• NCPDP electronic transactions stored for 30 days, up from 7 days in previous versions.
• Patient location can now be a required field when admitting a patient.
• Allergies and patient id added to the physician orders form.
• Inventory group filter enabled for DME reports.
• Batch confirmation added under the order menu.
• AWP replaces the acquisition cost on the order item screen.
• Program loads faster.
• Labels and reports are stored locally to improve printing speed.
• Drop down lists load faster resulting in faster load times for various screens.
• Patient Id field added to the Admissions/Discharges tab on the patient admissions screen. Each admission record can have a unique patient id.
• A patient order can be linked to a room assignment.
• Manufacturers can be added to inventory records where there is no link to the First Databank manufacturer table.
• 30 added as an option to the Sender Id and Receiver Id Qualifier fields.
• Patient Id added to the Physician Orders.
• HCPC description text box widened and lengthened.
• HCPC screen under Utilities displays the Medicare Fee for the current facility's state.
• Central pharmacy facility added under Utilities...Options...Facilities. If a central pharmacy is selected and the order is using a multi-facility counter, the central pharmacy will be used as the facility when printing the delivery receipt, compound sheet and physician orders. 
• Option added under Utilities...Options...General to force workstations to be updated.
• Option added to include the physical description of the inventory item on the order label.
• Option added to include the shipping notes on the delivery label.
• A/R Reports can now be filtered by user who entered the claim.
• Alternate charge code can now be searched in inventory and order entry.
• Order types with no counter now defaulted to Rx Counter 1.
• ICD9 code included in the NCPDP 5.1 transaction.
• Purchase orders now include strength/per fields.
• Strength/per fields imported from First Databank.
• Clinical Documents Follow-up and Financial Notes Follow-up include option to print not completed/completed documents.
• Server Path URL in the About screen no longer opens an Explorer window if Ascend-HI is running in Terminal Services mode.
• Security option added at the user level to enable/disable downloading program updates.
• Security option added under Utilities...Options...General to force workstation to update when a new version is available.
• When upsizing an Access database to SQL Server, table are imported in alpha order.
• When pushing inventory adds/edits to facilities, multi facility inventory groups are now pushed.
• Prefix/Title added to the security record. The prefix will print on labels instead of Ascend-HI defaulting to RPh incase the user who verified the order is not an RPh (for example an RN).
• Entered By and Entered Date now tracked for Room Assignments.
• When opening a claim from the Financials tab, the program returns the focus to claim on the Financials tab when saving the edits.
• When billing from the patient profile screen, the program will prompt to print the claim upon saving and exiting.
• Option added to include the physical description of the inventory item on the order label.
• SQL Server database name field added to the Setup screen.
• Task screen can be sorted can clicking on the column headers.
• Clinical documents now support RTF (Rich Text Format).

Here is a list of things fixed

• Prescriber phone number will not be sent in the NCPDP 5.1 transaction unless it is in a valid format.
• TPN formulary is now filtered by facility.
• Inventory groups with no description can be deleted.
• Stop statement removed from the server update.
• Saving TPN attributes and intrinsics fixed.
• Scaling TPN orders fixed.
• Batch confirmation screen now works off the entered date of the order.
• TPN Formulary now loads by highest preference.
• TPN calculator rounding error fixed.
• Tax now included in the total price for X12 837P claims.
• Users are no longer able to access the inventory screen from the order entry screen unless they have valid permissions.
• Description lengthened on the Delivery Receipt.
• IV Label only prints the manufacturer caption if the option has been turned on and there is a manufacturer.
• Clinical document address header fixed.
• Ability to paste order disabled when logging out.
• TPN Data sheet fixed attribute values.
• View only security level for options fixed.
• Users without access to financials no longer see pricing fields on the order item screen.
• Users without access to inventory cannot access the inventory from the order entry screen.
• Allergy reactions that span all facilities are saved to a patient.
• Filtering unbilled orders by confirmation date fixed when filtering for one day.
• Inventory quantity in stock correctly decrements/increments for items marked as dispense as whole units.
• Inventory Usage report fixed when calculating dispense as whole units.
• Bug fixed when saving inventory edits.
• Find Claim only searches claims in the current facility.
• Security view only options fixed.
• Current label next to the Quantity Authorized on a new order correctly displays the current fill quantity on the order screen.
• Manufacturer displays correctly on the order item screen.
• Pricing contract will ask if you want to save your changes when closing the form.
• Bug fixed when running pricing rules.
• Error 9 fixed on order entry.
• Error 6 fixed when copying/pasting TPN orders.
• Correct patient shows in the Order Entry caption screen when pasting an order from a different patient.
• Inventory should be properly decremented on refills.
• Verifying orders now displays the patient name in the caption of the order entry screen.
• Clinical documents follow-up report fixed.

First Databank Updates

• AWP Pricing Update - 10/27/2005
• Patient Education Monographs (English) - 10/27/2005
• Patient Education Monographs (Spanish) - 10/27/2005
• Drug-Drug Interactions - 10/27/2005
• Drug-Food Interactions - 10/27/2005
• Duplicate Therapy Checking - 10/27/2005
• Geriatric Precautions - 10/27/2005
• Lactation Precautions - 10/27/2005
• Min/Max Adult Daily Dose - 10/27/2005
• Pediatric Precautions - 10/27/2005
• Pregnancy Precautions - 10/27/2005

HCPC Codes

• HCPC Codes - 11/5/2004

Medical Coding .NET ICD9 Codes

• ICD9 Codes - 8/9/2004

Report Updates

• Purchase Order
• Clinical Documents Follow-up
• Financial Notes Follow-up