Prescriber's signature can now be stored by user
Until now, a physician's signature in Criterions (which is used for prescriptions) could only be entered into the software by our Support Services staff. There is a new feature which allows for the importing of the Master Physician's signature directly by a practice's staff member.
The user will need to scan a sample of the signature and make it available as a .jpeg image to the workstation.
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A new patient search option
The Patient List screen now has a new search option available to find patient accounts using an email address. By clicking on the “Email" column-heading, the search screen is now ready to generate list of accounts with the email address entered into the search box on top. Note that only a partial entry of any part of the email address is needed to generate a list.
Daily transaction report has a new selection option
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There is a new “Group By” option available in the Daily Transaction report.
If checked, the report will group the results by Insurance Carrier instead of Insurance Types.
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Set up documents to automatically import cell phone numbers
A cell phone merge field option is now available in the Documents Setup section. While creating a new document that can later become available for patients, the “Patient’s Cell Phone” option can be selected from the TCMS Field pull down menu in the “Demographics” category.
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Remove an authorization without crediting the claim
Until now, an authorization that is attached to a claim could only be detached from the claim by crediting and re-writing the claim. There is a new feature which allows for detaching an authorization from a claim. The new option is available from the Authorization Information tab in the patient’s demographics screen.
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Physician’s name can now be removed from electronic statements
There is a new option available while creating an electronic patient statements file that reads “Include Physician's name in statement file.” By default, this new option will be checked and the physician's name will be included in the file and statements as it always has… but, if a user unselects this new option, the physician's name will not be included in the file and will not appear on the statements.
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New workers compensation forms updated All Workers Compensation forms are now updated and are compatible with Workers Compensation Board (WCB) January 2011 requirements and specifications.
Length of NPI number entry is now verified
The length of the referring physician’s National provider identifier (NPI) is now verified (at the point of saving the information) to ensure that there are 10 digits in the field.
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Birthday bulk emails made easy
There is a new option available while generating bulk emails. The user can now select the option to generate an email for all patients that celebrate a birthday today.
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Receipts for copay payments applied from Scheduler are now available
An enhancement introduced in version 4.5.2 enabled the posting of copay payments directly from the patient’s appointment in the Scheduler. In this version, the user can now generate a receipt for the patient automatically while posting the copay.
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HCFA Box 10 information is now changeable
There is a new option available in a patient’s Insurance Profile that permits the user to determine a HCFA’s Box 10information by default to all claims that are later written against this profile. (Please note that, if two services contain differing HCFA selections, the services will split to separate HCFA’s.)
Bulk scanning documents to patient accounts through the Workflow module is now available
There is a new feature available in the Workflow module called “Bulk Scan Documents” which will provide the user with the ability to scan a set of documents in bulk and to assign them to various individual patients. The user can also opt to assign each of the documents to Workflow queues.
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Email any or all of a patient’s documents to the patient.
The user can now collect selected documents in a patient’s account, zip them into a single PDF file, and email them to the patient’s email address (in demographics) using the SMPT settings in Practice Defaults.
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Move multiple documents from one queue to another
There is a new feature available in the Workflow queue that allows the user to select multiple documents within a queue and move them together to another queue.
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