Crystal Clear Solutions
HOUSE OFFICER Medical Billing

Brief list of changes/additions to House Officer Program

*** VERSION 2.1 ***
allow user to reset BILL PATIENT STATUS from Service screen
v2.16 allow non-alphanumeric characters for patient/insured address
    add super-bill header from demographics
v2.20 fixed 2000 date compatibility so when date of mm/dd/yy is entered it will correctly convert to mm/dd/yyyy
v2.21 1/14/98 removed more non-alphanumeric characters; fixed hitting ENTER to next line in Demo/Insurance
    made box 24 dates also mm/dd/yy; removed hyphens; increased box 33 font to 11
v2.21.70 1/18/98 Referral Source now has drop-down list again (report added)
v2.21.80 1/27/98 Service Date ID was able to be entered as, say, 01-01-197 instead of 01-01-1997. Although this is a legal date, it is not the intention of the user and now date IDs must has a year 1000
v2.22.00 2/5/98 allow add new claim from Service Screen (not duplicate or add more charges)
    allow user to set carrier name on right/left
    allow user to specify if diagnosis should be on patient statement
    by entering H on "E" field of service screen line item 1 and using <#... in notes, NOTES can be incorporated into Electronic file
v2.23.00 2/11/98 Payments button accepts ####-AAAAAAAA second field alpha
    Detail/no detail checkbox for REFERRER/SOURCE report
v2.23.10 2/25/98 Fix to 2000 Year check; not working for m/d/yy
    Detail on/off for Referring/Source report; fixed BUG FIX FIX in not recognizing same REFERRING doc causing data to be split
v2.23.11 2/26/98 Referral Source PRINT not capturing REPORT = 13
v2.24.00 Running balance option for linked (more than six charges) HCFA form
v2.24.10 3/9/98 If user does not select New Record for Carrier Setup it is possible to overwrite first entry. Trap put in code to prevent this
v2.24.12 3/22/98 Added filter for ", (, ), comma and ' in SETUP
v2.24.13 4/2/98 Resume without next in AccessRecord fixed
v2.30 4/4/98 Payment in full option added
    Patient not responsible switch added to Claim screen
v2.30.10 4/6/98 Tab not working properly in payment window
    If Err = 482 in CreatePatientBill give user chance to abort
v2.30.20 Aging Date now working in Grouped Aging in A/R Reports
    Remove "data is begin saved" message on Charge screen
v2.40 4/30/98 Employment text responds better to TAB
    CHAMPUS support added
    Removed OneUnitOnly checkbox; replaced with setting Emergency Indicator item 0 to M for units = minutes for anesthesia
    Electric batch HCFA added to allow HCFA hard-copy after electronically submitting claims
v2.41.10 5/2/98 Fixed printing for daily activity report for office heading
v2.41.20 5/5/98 Electronic address and name edits adjusted
v2.41.30 5/7/98 Fixed ShortAccount - not incrementing when adding claims from Service Screen shortcut appropriately
v2.41.40 5/8/98 Fixed Ledger - printing over summary when 40 patients
    Locked out form when Adding New Service from Insurance page
database
v2.42.01 5/20/98 Forward/Backward buttons added; INVOICE/STATEMENT tags print on statements now
v2.42.10 5/22/98 Y2K Medicare FL Requirement for HCFA box 24a,24b must have date in mmddyyyy format (no spaces)
v2.42.20 5/28/98 Words INVOICE/STATEMENT appear on patient bill/grouped aging report at top; units for line item charge in parenthesis to right of description
v2.43.00 6/9/98 Demo button from claim screen goes to demographics, Prompt preference for Confirmation/Notes printings
descriptions
v2.43.20 6/15/98 From Service screen, entering date of mm-dd -- mm-dd-yyyy
    Font not carrying over to next page for Age Insurance Carrier Report
    Date changed to yyyy-mm-dd for Age Insurance Report
v2.50 7/3/98 Return to Claim Button added on Demographics screen (visit last claim seen before having gone to Demographics from claim)
v2.51.00 7/13/98 Removed PIN in 24K for SOLO practice; can be overriden in Preferences
v2.52.00 8/01/98 When going to next/previous record AFTER creating new screen not asking user to save; Added Group-patient billing notes in REPORTS module
v2.52.20 8/08/98 Removed "One Instance" from Report module; BUG FIX: capable of deleting in some locations even when password-protected; Added REPORT: patients by CPT code
v2.52.33 8/16/98 Reports added: search totals by facility and patients by CPT
v2.53.00 9/10/98 Feature added to GROUPED A/R summaries and deductible; BUG FIX: DoNotBill not always working
v2.53.10 9/13/98 More place holders added for GROUPED patient report
removed from Patient Bill Status; Insurance total not adding on GROUPED statement
v2.54.00 9/22/98 Added ability to choose to print SHORT# or Date-SS for account in box 26.
v2.60.00 9/30/98 When creating new claim with Carrier that has PayorID, the PrintPnd flag is set to ELECTRIC automatically
    When running Age Carrier report one can specify to leave out carriers when they are no longer responsible
    Carrier age of bill is reset if bill is regenerated
    Long account number changed to #####-SS instead of mmddyy-SS on HCFA
    Adjustments to Aging Patient Grouped report (single spacing and bottom end moved up)
    When printing Grouped Patient date filters also remove itemized charges by date
    Change to CashFlow Report: Use PostingDate instead of ServiceDateID for Charge/Payment Total report
    Preference added: if Facility = Office can print SAME in box 32
v2.61.00 11/04/98 From Demographics Insurance page, when Carrier has focus, hit F8 to get Insurance address data
v2.62.00 11/10/98 Warning issued when deleting a line item that has payments.
v2.63.00 11/25/98 Hitting F8 on Service Grid will copy line with focus to first line with empty date-of-service
v2.63.10 12/05/98 ZIP codes now accept alpha characters
v2.63.20 12/24/98 Referred By field no longer has hyphens; TRANSACTIONS fields removed from database
v2.64.00 02/09/99 INDIANA requirements checked
v2.65 02/25/99 AR GROUP can also search for account numbers; Lumped Deposits can also search by doctor to get revenue brought in during time span
v2.65.10 02/26/99 Before only three characters allowed to right of "." in ICD code. Now codes like E821.0 will print as E821 0 instead of E82 0
v2.65.20 03/04/99 If License0 entered it will print in box 32 where FacilityID prints
v2.66.00 04/03/99 Massachusetts Medicaid form 5 added
v2.66.10 04/07/99 Charges on claim screen have decimal after dollar amount even if zero (e.g., 0.00)
v2.67.00 05/19/99 Added parameter to search by Carrier within Charge/Payment cash report

v2.69.50 03/30/00 Some people have reported that patients are being deleted, most likely from hitting the Delete button, which is automatically the default. This version makes the ViewPatient button the focus, instead