My Vision Express Help

Release Notes

Version 6.80 Build August 5, 2008

      Added OPC Barcode compatibility for UPC field for Spectacle Lens Inventory.  My Vision Express can store and print Spectacle Lens Manufacturer provided barcodes.

      Added Guarantor fields to “Patient Receipt – Patient Information”  so they can be added when the using report customizer.

      Added Order Required fields.

      Fixed ANSI Ordering Provider information.

      Updated Patient Demographics Synchronization with Management Plus file.

Version 6.80 Build July 9, 2008

      Added Report Customization feature to allow users to add or remove sections according to their preference, and display them to their personal liking

      Added Patient synchronization process between Management Plus and My Vision Express under the Patient Import/Export menu option

      Non-VSP Claims Rendering Provider Name and ID submission problem fixed for Eyefinity Interface

      VSP Insurance companies can be imported from the Insurance Setup

      Frames Sold report made Location optional

      Added the ability to hide columns and save the display setting (Also capable of resetting to default)

      Added the ability to type in lens name when adding a Spectacle Lens under the “Add New Product” section

      Users can now change the order status to "Quote" or "Cancel" only if no payments exist

      “Saved” button was added to save modification in physician RX pad

      Audit Report now reflects deleted payments

      Added "Sphere" range from -20.00 to +20.00

      Insurance Claim ANSI fixes - moved REF line after PRV

      Duplicate frame error fixed for Spex UPC

      Scheduled Recall Letters can now be printed

      Lab copy bug fixed and can now be viewed from the patient history tab

      Deleting physician from RX pad bug fixed

      Orders by item Report bug fixed, and can now be saved as an excel file

      “Exclude patients with scheduled appointment” checkbox is corrected in Letters

      “Update on hand” bug is fixed under Physical count: item quantity will not reset to 0 unless specified by the user

      Random numbers no longer appear under the VSP authorization and provider dropdowns.

      Order receipts will hide savings line if no savings are received

      Frame Markup now lets you do specific markups for individual collections

 

Versoin 6.50 Build May 28, 2008

      Provider can be setup for single or all locations - in order to setup a provider for a all location the location dropdown must be cleared under Provider setup

      Added Last Exam Date, Recall Date, Recall Reason as configurable patient profile required fields

      VSP-  you no longer need to reopen the patient profile for the vsp provider to be registered

      VSP - Prints Doctor Report and Packaging slip on Seperate Pages

      Eyefinity - Send Lab Ship Account number to Eyefinity with Private Lab Orders

      VSP Patient Check eligibility send patient name in uppercase

      Changes made to the Frame Retail price at the time of order automatically calculates insurance due, patient due and discount amounts- VSP if ordering uncut lens it is assumed that it will be cut at doctor's premises and that you are ordering Lenses only

      Employee Messages - updated so that message screen does not lock up

      In Lens Lab Order UPC Dropdown for OS eye gets automatically populated when copying the Lens from OD to OS

      Added Active Checkbox to all items in Categories setup

 

Version 6.50 Build May 6, 2008

      Insurance Claim 837 Format: Added Receiver Code

      Insurance Claim Print format: Added Insurance Submit To

      EMR - all notes fields are tablet PC enabled so the user can scribble on it and the handwriting is converted to text

      Fixed frames data error

      Added Retrieve Existing VSP Authorization under Appointment Patient section

      Logon screen has display user ID option

      Fixed formatting of decimals for Show Savings on receipt

      Physician Sort order has been modified so that the sort order works only for inhouse physicians. Outside doctors are sorted by last name, first name only.

      Physicians are now displayed in last name, first name format.

      Spectacle Lens Sold report lets you search by store. 

      Hard Contact Lens Print Prescription

      Sorted the Reports menu alphabetically

      Cylinder drowdown now has a range from +10 to -10

      VisionWeb - Lens Treatments are sent in the order defined for the Lens Treatment Category under File>Setup>Categories>Other Products. The lens treatments with lower sort order number get sent first in the message.

      Exam - 2nd and 4th field of keratometry under refractive is a dropdown

      Exam- Unaided Accuities.  Ability to copy from OD-> OS

      Exam - emr template - physician pick list fixed

      Exam - Refractive and Contact Lens - Filters are maintained when Copying, Transferring Rx

      Patient Alerts show up in separate message

 

Version 6.50 Build April 25, 2008

      Removed VSP Refresh List from tools drop-down list the menu has been added to the VSP tab of Company Setup

      Added option to view charge and payment details by clicking on the Details Button or double clicking on the selected order in the Aged Receivables Report

      Added the ability to send group messages or messages to multiple user using employee messages.

      Calendar appointments auto-refresh every 60 seconds

      If you follow the item menu sequence … File | Setup | Insurance the Zip Code here now holds nine digits.

      Added the ability to select multiple frames in Frame Data Import screen by using the shift/ctrl keys

      Spectacle expiration default time in the Refractive Tab of Exams has been fixed

      Tonometry Readings  Graph in External Tab now has the X-Axis of the graph in date chronological order

      Alert pop-up of a patient will no longer interfear when they are pulled up for an Exam

      OD Prism numbers will now show correctly instead of rounding up

      Item description for Contact Lenses now displays OD and OS on the Lab Copy so you know which contact lense is for which eye

      Receipts/Statements now shows the correct saving amount

      Printing a Receipt/Statement in quick order will no longer save the order without validation

      The patient VSP Authorization gets populated when starting an order from the patient’s Prescription Tab and clicking the Order from Rx Button.

      VSP exam Copay populated from authorization

 

Version 6.50 Build March 4, 2008

 

      fax driver update only in client & server setup.  update has manual install and updates to driver files but not reinstall the driver.

      included is manual fax install batch file

      sql with management studio is installed

      updated help files

      updated installshield

      setup bitmap

      provider setup no longer capitalizes the first letter

      lens price in order no longer defaults back to retail in inventory

      payments allocation defaults to payment amount

 

Version 6.50 Build February 21, 2008

 

      Added Quickbooks fixes

      Partial phone search – now you can search for patients by partial phone number. It will find patients whose number contains the specified phone number

      commission for marketing discount is calculated as a negative commission to deduct the commission for marketing discounts

      Insurance Claims – field 9a Insurance Policy Group is filled from patient insurance policy group. If policy group is not there for the insurance then the Insurance ID is used to fill field 9a Insurance Policy Group

      Spectacle lens report - added Lens name/description field

      Other items sold, order items sold report - added service/lens treatment/Miscellaneous type column

      Frames Sold report – added date purchased column

      Credit card signature receipt totals show total amount charged to the credit card and prints the receipt for all orders to which the credit card payment was allocated

      exam – When making an order from Contact Lens Rx or transferring the Rx the Physician from the exam gets copied over

      exam - search by date is fixed

      exam - refractive sphere/cyl when typed is properly formatted

      Quickorder default amounts to patient total due instead of total due

      Frame Barcode Label LT335 – removed barcode number from under barcode label

      Batch Lab Orders > Labs dropdown is fixed

      Order - Add product from order has been fixed

      Order – Patient prescription in Lens Lab Order does not get overwritten when selecting a lens from inventory

      Renamed Physician to Physician/Resource in menu, Setup and Calendar

      Added Advanced Filter criteria to Reports > Filter that is same as old filter criteria

      E-Mail - Removed SSN information from employees listing

      Settings - Added restart message when system settings are changed

      Lab copy – if the Lens is right or left eye only it is clear denoted in the Lab Copy

 

Version 6.50 Build February 7, 2008

      Insurance Electronic ANSI file generation includes Onset of Current Symptoms or Illness, Accident, Onset of Similar Symptoms or Illness information

      Exam - changed medical decision making to radio buttons from drop down

      Exam OS=OD copy also copies AV ratios

      Patient Labels now has an option to specify number of labels to print and starting position of the label.

      Fixed formatting for Frame Barcode arch crown labels tt364, tt368

      Fixed sort order issue

      Frame sold report is updated so if the order does not have a patient it still brings up the frame sold

      My Vision Express Logo in the update has been removed so it no longer replaces your logo

      Order Charges Lens description has been fixed
 

 

Version 6.50 Release Notes February 1, 2008

 

Enhancements

 

      Added Automatic Export for 4PatientCare integration under Tools/Settings section. 4PatientCares allows the ability to automate appointment section, recall reminders, patient and order notification list generation

      Added Vision Web interface. This interface lets you send orders directly to the lab from within My Vision Express. Lab must work with VisionWeb and your account must be setup in order to use this feature. You can send lab orders to VisionWeb in single mode or in batch mode.

      Ability to Import Frames from excel file from the Frame Inventory section

      Added the ability to create “Report Groups”. “Report Groups” lets you assign list of reports to a group. Groups are user defined and can be setup for an individual or position. In order to use the reports the user must have proper security rights. Report groups makes it easy for you to group reports that you commonly use in one place

      Added Audit report that shows Payments, Charges, and Time clock modifications of an employee

      Added “History Report” that lists a record of all the patient, orders, insurance, and reports that were accessed for a specified date range.

      New Arch Crown Labels added: TT303, TT307, TT306, and TT365

      Report  Search Criteria will always default to the previous search. Added Print Dialog option that prompts the user for printer

      Added “Synchronize Patient Family Address and Home Phone” checkbox under the “Settings” tab of “Company Information”.  When checked, all patients in family will have the same address and home phone number and will be automatically synchronized when any information is changed under any family member

      Added ability to exclude certain insurance claims from batch insurance claims generation.

      Moved Receipts, Lab Orders, HCFA 1500 from the File > Report section to the File > Batch section

      Added Charges & Payments Details button in “Batch Payments” to view individual charges and payments on the order

      Added validation warning message if lenses in an order are picked from inventory where the lens style and material are different from the Rx lens and/or material

      Added “Eye” section to “Lens Lab Order” tab in “Spectacle Lens Order”. This section allows the ability of selecting left, right, or both eyes when ordering a lens. (“Eye” is defaulted to “Both” eyes). Also added “Eye” to spectacle lens “Lab Copy”

      Added dropdown functionality to “Lens Special instructions” section in “Lens Lab Order” tab of “Spectacle Lens Order”. This can be setup under File > Setup > Categories menu option > Order Notes section

      VSP user information has been moved from company information to Provider setup to accommodate multiple VSP providers within one location. VSP information for the Provider specified for the Patient is used to perform Eyefinity/VSP transactions

      Each company location can add its own supplier account number it in the Suppliers/Lab setup

      Added the ability to choose which patient insurance to bill under Insurance claim: Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary

      Added an Order Details button when modifying a patient in Calendar. This lets you view all the charges and payments for the selected order

      “Bad address” checkbox is added in Patient information to denote bad addresses. If checked: patient will not come up when generating patients in the “Letters” section

      Physician name is added as an option to the “Order Required Fields” section. Selecting this will require doctor to be specified in order to save the order

      Merged Soft and Hard Contact Lens Total sales into Contact Lens sales under Sales & Payment Summary of Sales & Payment Summary Report

      Added new Filter option under Item Details

      New Filter option added to Reports and Inventory Listing

      Added dropdowns for 14B, NRA, PRA, NPC and defaulted to DS in the “Binocular” section of “Exam”

      Refractive and Contact Lens Rx ADD value will now print in Rx merge fields of “Exam” and added to the examination report

      Added ability to change the Date of reading in the “Tonometry” section of the “External” tab in “Exam”

      Removed the need to click “New” before adding the first chief complaint in “Exam”

      Switched positions with “Update” and “New” button in Chief Complaint tab of “Exam”

      Added “OS=OD” button in the “Internal” and “External” tab of “Exam”

      “At a Glance” report always open with first page in “Exam”

      “RTO” section in the “Plan and Assessments” tab of “Exam” will not clear recall reason

      “Contact Lens” and “Spectacle Rx” can now be printed from “Exam”

      The ADD value from OS is defaulted to OD in Exam, Refractive, and Contact Lens Rx

      Added the ability to scan multiple pages from Automatic Documents Feeder under Files section

      When saved as a .txt file, Employee Commissions Report will include columns: Remake Original Order Number, Remake Order Reason, Remake Original order commission amount, Remake Original order commission spiff. This will allow user to open the report in excel and eliminate orders that were remakes and reduce the total commission by original order commission amount

      Replaced “Purchased date” with “Frames Sold Date” in “Frames Sold Report”

      Adding a new company copies the information of a previously selected company

      Adding a new company will add all unique inventories from all locations to the new location if “Add inventory to all locations” box is checked

      Price Adjust Checkbox under Employee setup now lets the user change the quantity and notes for the item in the order. But cannot change the price

      Added Marketing code and description to invoice item description

      Receipt totals now include marketing discount in total retail price and quantity

      User is prompted for printer selection and preferences when printing the insurance CMS 1500 claim form.

      User is prompted for printer selection and preferences when printing Reports.

      Printing the physician appointments by clicking the “Physician” button in “Calendar” will excludes cancelled appointments if the “Show Cancelled” check box is not checked.

      Added a database backup reminder before upgrading My Vision Express application.

      Added a check for SQL Server 2005 before upgrading My Vision Express application.

      Section “17B” of “Insurance Referring provider” is now limited to 10 characters.

      User support plan is checked prior to upgrading

 

Bug Fixes

 

      Issue when trying to delete all Physicians fixed.

      “Orders by Item Type” report now calculates cost accurately with Net profit and Profit totals added.

      VSP from outside authorizations has been resolved.

      Language selection issue fixed.

      Logo now prints on receipts without cutting off.

      Fax prescription message fixed in Patient Profiles.

      Fix the ability to “Add” exams from “Patient History” when adding from appointments without a template.

      Fixed issue with physician sort order.

      Fixed Searching Appointment results issue.

      Lens description in order charges shows consistently.

      Fixed Insurance Claim creating issue when linking existing claim to a patient or order by clicking the Link Patient or Link Order button.

      Prevents adding duplicate frames from “Framesdata”. Also fixed warning message when adding duplicate frame is attempted.

      Fixed “Required value missing” Issue when trying to edit information in MVE (Updated mycompanyinformation set orderreceiptnote = ‘No’ where orderreceiptnote is null. Updated systemsettings set settting_01 = ‘Y’).

      Set Identity “On” for order items and order details tables - SQL Server will generate the PK for these two tables. (My Vision Express managed generation of keys in earlier versions)

 

 

Version 6.1 Release Notes

 

      Performance has been significantly improved

      VSP Orders - with existing authorizations including authorization gotten outside My Vision Express can now be used to generate VSP orders

      Report - New Frame Inventory Profit and Cost Report has been added under File > Reports > Inventory menu option

      Orders - Contact Lens order Base Curve and Diameter have been added back

      Exam - Ability to start new exam from patient module under Patient > History Tab and clicking the Add button under the Exam History section

      Exam - At a glance section has been redesigned with ability to Print and Fax the Examination report directly from My Vision Express. At a Glance is populated from rich text file named examview.txt located under installation folder

      Exam - Chief Complaint section has been redesigned to allow fast complaint entry and multiple chief complaints

      Exam - Plan and Assessment tab now has the ability to change the Exam Status

      Exam - History option has been added to easily view and toggle between several patient's previous office visits

      Exam - Plan and Assessment sections data will now appear in separate lines

      Exam - Color Vision section has been added under Entrance tab

      Exam - template Copy option has been removed

      Exam - Disc Size section has been added under Internal Eye tab

      Barcode Labels - TT364 and TT368 have been updated for alignment

      Exam - referral reason has been added under referral doctor field

      Exam - all types of patient prescriptions can now be printed or faxed from patient exam Plan and Assessment tab

      Barcode Labels - Frame labels, temple formatting have been updated to remove decimal points

      Calendar - Physician Exceptions have been fixed to appear correctly in appointment calendar

      Calendar - added Fax field in Calendar Add/Modify Patient screen

      Calendar - clicking on Patient Details saves the changes before opening the patient details screen so all the changes made to the patient are available in the details screen

      Physician - error when adding Physician from the order or prescription option has been fixed

      Patient - Scanning patient picture from patient module has been fixed

      Letters - when letters are edited and printed it will retain the changes made to the letter

      Letters - letters of type order has Lens Material merge field added

      Patient - Hobbies multi-selection option issue has been resolved

      Letters - Added ability to save letters in PDF, DOC, HTML, RTF, TXT format

 

Release Notes 6.0  November 5, 2007

 

      My Vision Express now features Multi-language. My Vision Express works in in english, spanish and french. User has the ability to switch language at any time in the program by going to Tools > Change Language menu option.

      Electronic Medical Records (EMR) is added as an optional feature. It Can be accessed by clicking on the Exam icon. Examination module is priced separately.

      SQL Server 2005 SP2 is packaged with full release and SQL Server update

      Help files have been updated

      Sales and payment summary/day sheet report now has the gross, discount amounts for each item type

      Added date created as a search criteria for insurance claims

      Added additional filter of material in spectacle lens list search

      Added ability for use to be able to add, delete, modify and duplicate VSP spectacle lenses

      Label TT316 added more lines to display frame text

      Added warning if old transactions are modified. Old transactions are order items with data other than today, payments with date other than today, order status of orders whose order date is other than today

      VSP calculate order has been implemented that will match the labs with the type of order

      Barcode labels settings button is now secure...security can be set under company  information > security tab

      Guarantor merge fields have been added to letters of type order

      Ability to Prescribe Systemic and Ocular Medications

      Ability to add note in patient letter correspondence history

      Able to delete contact lens manufacturer and lens names

      User ID is no longer displayed on the login screen

      Ability to Fax letters

      Updated database backup screen: some users were not able to backup from within the application

      Fixed phone number and appointment display format issue on receipt

      Fixed VSP diagnosis, medicare submission issue, send 0.00 as sphere is PL, do not send cyl value if cyl is DS, facility address city and state no longer needs to be separated by a comma, added message to laert user if frame rim type is not one of the VSP approved ones.

      Inventory box is unchecked by default when adding services

      Ability to advance 1 day at a time in calendar

      Display order number in each item of the receipt

      Linking family members no longer synchronizes patient and family Address and Phone numbers

      Single Location login enforced for user with single location sign on only

      On Patient receipt, Orders with status of canceled, remake and quote are not included in account balances number

      Detailed Order Sales report - you can generate a list of orders with Quote, Remake or Cancel status

      Batch HCFA Printing reads the alignment settings

      Patient Search results - address is  now separated out between, address, city and state

      VSP populate Exam copay from Authorization

      If modification is made to the appointment details it does not reset the selected time slot

      Receipt header can be customized to say any user-defined note such as invoice or statement under Print > Receipt Preview screen

      Orders by Item Type, Order Charges and Payments Report and Order Charges and Payments Summary Report can be run for one or all locations

      Physician list can be custom sorted they want to be able to select a default physician (the one to appear on top of the list). This physician list order isthe same for all screens(quick order ,spectacle and calendar)

      Menu Icon Toolbar can no longer be moved or closed

      Fixed Payment Amount on Credit Card signature receipt

      Last communication with eyefinity is logged into a file for error tracking

      Ability print labels or mail merge list of patients who bought certain type of frames or contact lenses - Under Frames Sold and Contact Lens Sold Report

      Removed Base and Prism from Soft Contact Lens Orders

      Fixed issue with Patient - Family tab retrieval argument message

      Fixed Add Product screen error when adding products in a multi-location environment and add inventory to all locations is checked      

 

5.00 Build May 23, 2007

      Migrate Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine 2000 to Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005 version that is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista operating system and has several other features. Stepping up to SQL Server 2005 yields immediate gains in performance, availability, provides better memory and processor utilization and increased application resiliency for more uptime. More information can be found on Microsoft SQL Server 2005 website at http://www.microsoft.com/sql

      Removed save password option from logon screen. User needs to enter the password each time they log into the program

      In Appointment Calendar the open time slots can be reserved for specific services. These can be setup under File | Setup | Physician | Availability tab

      Service is now a required field in Appointment Calendar

      Calendar reports submenu option has been added

      Frames sold report - added on hand qty, last purchased date

      Orders by Item Type report has been enhanced to show Sub totals by item

      Quick Order - Patient Details button now opens the Add/Modify Patient screen

      Fixed amount discount issue in quick order

      Added Contact Lens Material fields to contact lens order

      Removed number of refills from Contact Lens Prescription

      Ability to setup Patient Type as patient required field

      HCFA for printing modifier is spaced out so it aligns on the form printout

      Added validation to allow maximum of only 6 charges per claim

      Removed VSP vendor id and password from company setup. You no longer need to provide these

      VSP - send provider NPI information to Eyefinity-VSP

      VSP authorization by last 4 numbers of Insured SSN - You have the option to get VSP authorization without entering VSP member ID and policy group ID as long as you provide the last 4 numbers of the insured SSN in patient insurance tab (you can enter the last 4 or complete SSN of insured).

      Added Last Database Backup Time on backup screen

      Settings button is aligned on the  printing labels screen

      Mail merge changes - changed date format to month name day number, year, removed first name from physician

 

4.75 Build April 27, 2007

      Remove century from service dates when printing CMS 1500 forms

      Added New Patient Referral report

      Ability to Update Frame Retail price based on frame markup formula at anytime under File | Setup | Frame Markup

      Ability to save images to Letters - Word Processor. Ability to import Microsoft Word documents.

      Added Documents button to Patient | Files tab that lets the user directly select the Exam template to use.

      Exam draw screen has been enhanced to remember typing font attribute including sizes, color settings from last use

      When using the Discount button and using the Amount option the tax amount will be deducted from the total amount as a percentage tax of discount

      Batch Lab Orders has additional Lab selection criteria

      Added Patient Reference Number in Batch Payments Screen

      Added Patient Reference Number merge field in letters of type Order and Patient

      Updated Backup database option with customizable backup reminder days. My Vision Express offers a default file name that includes the current system date—for example, MVE-022503.bak (format MVE-DATE). You can change this if you like.

      Removed DOB from Patient DYMO File Folder label

      Ability to customize list of Payment Methods under File | Setup | Categories menu option

      Ability to create list of Orders by order status in Letters

      Ability to add 50 patient custom fields to Letters mail-merge

      Fixed issue with updating of Supplier, invoice number and payment terms from Inventory Transactions > Scan inventory option

      Added Frame Status field to Frame Inventory, Frame Order

      Ability to provide marketing discount on Frames based on frame status - active or discontinued

      Enhanced Patient Image saving

      Scrolling of payment section in quick order has been fixed

      Added Marketing code field to capture the coupon number. Marketing code is also displayed in the orders by marketing report

      Frame Order information is retained in the order even when the Frame Source is changed

      Removed Layaway as a search option in Detailed Order Sales report

      Auto-populate Insurance Claim CMS1500 Field 32b, 33b from Provider insurance type setup for Medicare, Medicaid, FECA, BCBS

      Patient interactions security has been enhanced - only the current patient interaction note can be changed

      Fixed issue with Batch Payment search criteria

      Added ability to look up Diagnosis code by partial code or description

      Patient HIPAA tab has been removed and HIPAA Consent field and consent date have been moved to Profile tab

      Ability to e-mail Patient picture from Picture Viewer so patient's can send pictures with them trying glasses

      Added Patient picture to appointment calendar patient screen

      Updated Search screen so it defaults to Search button when search criteria is changed

      Generate Custom Letters, Mail-merge documents and Labels from Appointment Calendar Data

      Time-Clock time is auto-updated

      Appointment print out has been updated to included appointment day name and remove duration

      Removed automatic opening of Search Order screen when Quick Order screen or regular order screen is invoked

      Logon screen shows the server name you are connecting to and the the time

      Search Patient has been improved to search by any phone number, provider, insurance company. Search results now include provider

      Removed DYMO label from frame inventory barcode label

      Added Letter of type Order and Calendar to be added to Patient Letter History

      Added Bevel option to lab copy

      Added READING text to lab notes when reading

      Default frame source to patient own frame when doing Remakes

      Insurance fee schedule Order items covered options automatically calculates insurance due

      Rename inventory screens to listing screens

      Batch payment screen no longer includes orders with status of Quote or Canceled

      Insurance ANSI POS is not defaulted to 11

      Sorted menu options in alphabetical order under Setup

      Fixed transpose issue - if there is no cylinder it will no longer transpose

      Marketing discount tax is automatically calculated

      Labels in inventory listing screen opens the barcode screen

      Inventory barcode labels have been moved under File | Inventory menu option

 

4.75 Build March 8, 2007

      Added Calendar Appointments Demographics report that gives you ratio of appointment types booked

      Ability to modify and delete X-charge processed credit card payments by Administrator

      Reprint Credit card receipt only reprints credit card receipt. It no longer prints the charges receipt.

      Updated Spectacle Lens lab copy to add more frame fields - lens color, user defined, user defined 2

      Family tab - added ability to open Patient Details screen, modify patient screen and refresh family orders

      Ability  to search and create patient list by the prescribed Medication. Patient list on certain drugs can be used to notify them of drug recalls, newer medication therapy etc.

      Time Clock - Added ADD button that lets you add Employee and Date for missed days

      Added occupation to mail-merge

      Added Patient type display to patient search results

      Insurance Supplier tab has been renamed to Provider

      Insurance Accounting tab has been renamed to Charges

      Fixed issue with Reading button where Sphere value is Plano (PL)

      VSP covered options calculations fixed

      Insurance Print Image Electronic format has been fixed

      Insurance ANSI format for Group has been modified to include rendering provider # instead of group #

      Fixed ability to setup custom lens treatments and other products under category setup

      Fixed ability to add provider insurance numbers in length greater than 10

      Fixed issue with sending e-mails

      Display full employee name in commissions report

      Returned items with discount calculates return discount properly

      Add Patient Alert Message when a patient is selected

      Add primary Recall reason and secondary recall reason fields to patient fields

      Clicking cancel on appointment does not refresh calendar

      Fixed formatting of Transpose Rx

      Added warning if switching patient on an existing order

      Added new option under company setup to specify the default place of service for Medicare services. If not specified the place of service defaults to 11

      Added Insurance claim created date filed that defaults to the date the claim was created. Creation date can be used to create claims batch.

 

4.75 January 31, 2007 Download Update 4.75

      To upgrade to this version, you must first upgrade to version 4.50

      Windows 98/ME/NT are no longer supported

      New Look - upgraded menu options

      Ability to swipe Credit Card in Payment Details screen

      Insurance Ansi837 - resolved issue with city having two names and amount being zero

      Medinotes interface - ability to automatically export patient information into HL7 file when patient record is added or modified. Setting can be setup under Tool | Settings menu option

      Letters module has a new word-processor with more features. This may require manual adjusting of existing mail-merge letters including margins

      Insurance Fee Schedule - if the fee schedule is not setup for a spectacle lens, services, lens treatment and other product it will default the price to be the retail price

      Added ability to create patient list by gender

      FramesData Import remove duplicates option no longer removes the records from frames import and frame inventory

      Two new reports added to the system - Frames Sold by Store and Frame Inventory by Store that will give totals for each store by frame manufacturer

      clicking the Reading button no longer affects PDs

      Added ability to assign Physician’s as referral in patient demographics

      Added referral mail-merge fields to letters for custom letters: referral name, address, city, state, zip, phone

      Added log of patient interactions to appointment calendar

      Added patient interactions tab to appointment calendar. Interactions record is automatically logged when patient record is accessed

      New Correspondence History feature has been added that will log any print material sent to the patient from Letters module. Letter log history is available under Patient | Interactions tab

      Added Patient Type, Cell Phone, Zip Code as additional Patient Search Criteria

      Added Patient Type as additional Patient List Creation Search Criteria
 

4.50 January 10, 2007 Download Update 4.50

      Added ability to Print receipt on Ithaca 610 Receipt printer

      Ability to assign default provider to a physician

      VSP Contact Lens calculations have been updated

      Added NPI number to Provider Setup

      Added Qualified Type to Provider Insurance Type under Categories and available for setup under Provider

      HCFA 1500  renamed field 17a changed physician to provider

      HCFA 1500 added system defined Physician ID types

      Provider setup allows to assign system defined different ID numbers

      HCFA 1500 field 33. Billing provider info automatically fills based on the default provider assigned to the order's physician. Default provider for a physician can be assigned in File > Setup > Physician menu option

      Recall Dates are highlighted in Yellow background if the recall date is expired or not specified

      When filling insurance claim from order, box 29 amount paid is filled with insurance payments posted in the order
Insurance Claim field 17a, 32b and 33b can not longer be typed in. They can be selected from the list of ID's setup under provider and physician

      HCFA form has been updated to the new format approved by NUCC 08/05. Includes fields for capturing NPI number. OLD HCFA FORM 8/88 IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED. ANY OLDS CLAIMS WILL NEED TO FILL THE MISSING DATA FIELDS IN THE NEW FORM IN ORDER TO RESUBMIT. INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT NEW CLAIM FORM ARE AVAILABLE AT http://www.nucc.org/images/stories/PDF/claim_form_manual_v1-3_7-06.pdf
ADDED:

      17a referring ID type
17a. referring ID number
17b. referring NPI
32a. NPI
32b ID
33a NPI
33b ID
33 Added seperate field to capture billing provider Phone
24I. ID type
24J. rendering ID
24J. Rendering NPI

      REMOVED:
24C. type of service is removed
24J. COB is removed
24K. reserved for local use is removed

      Insurance Electronic claim submission Print Image and ANSI formats have been updated to include NPI numbers. THIS WILL REQUIRE YOUR CLEARINGHOUSE TO REMAP THE FIELDS AND MAY AFFECT CLAIM PROCESSING UNTIL THE NEW FIELDS ARE MAPPED.

      Added ability to search patients by Zip/Postal Code

      Added Time-clock warning. If time entry already exists then user is prompted with warning.

      Auto-updating Recall Date, Last Exam Date, Recall Reason > Added option to specify Recall Reason when setting up Services. When Recall reason is set and this service is charged to the patient it will automatically update the Last Exam date (to today), recall reason, recall months and recall date in the patient record.

      Updated EHR Drawing capability to allow smoother drawings

      Physician Exceptions in Appointment Calendar Day view have been updated

      Added ability to copy Fee Schedule

      Ability to allocate online Credit & Debit card payments among multiple orders

      Added merge-fields to Letters of type Order

      insurance_due

      charges

      patient_due

      patient_balance

      insurance_balance

      payments

      insurance_payments

      patient_payments

 

4.21 December 15, 2006

      Integrates with DYMO:

      Added ability to print DYMO File Folder 30327 Labels. Fields printed on File Folder label are Name, DOB and Patient Number. Label is accessible under Patient module | Profile Tab and clicking the Labels button.

      Added ability to print DYMO Address 30252 Labels. Fields printed on Address label are Name, Address, City State Zip. Label is accessible under Patient module | Profile Tab and clicking the Labels button and under the Letters module

      Insurance CMS 1500 form print paper format has been changed. Dates are now formatted as mm dd yyyy

      Insurance ANSI 837 charges format has been updated to 0.00, loop 2310D

      Payment allocation copies the approval code to all payment allocations when processing credit-cards thru X-Charge Credit card processing merchant

      Added Uncut Lens option to Spectacle Lens Lab Copy

      File | Reports | Order | Patient Labels option has been removed since it is accessible under File | Letters menu option

      Order - Payments - Labels button is removed

      Insurance module removed auto-calculation of days based on service dates

      Fixed printing of Batch Lab Copies from File | Reports | Order | Lab Orders

      Added Covered Option Service Fee to Insurance Fee Schedule that is used if the procedure is covered

      Ability to delete VSP Lens List under Tools | Refresh VSP List and cl