About this Release

In each release there may be new features and functions that require one or all of the following:

· Purchase of a module to access

· User Training

· Specific process to be used to ensure the correct functioning

Please read the release notes and the corresponding manual pages to ensure that you understand the changes being made, what module they are associated with, and how they impact your business processes.

If you have any questions about anything in a release, please contact support either by phone or through a Redmine ticket.

 Release Notes for CareRight 6.89

Major Features

Overnight and Long Stay IHC Claiming

Careright continues to enhance the IHC claiming capabilities of the system, with a goal of removing the requirement for split claiming between Thelma and CareRight.

A number of improvements have been made, and we are renewing our certifications here.

Healthlink Australia & Secure Messaging Improvements

We are making quality improvements to our secure messaging implementations (Argus, Medical Objects, Healthlink NZ) and adding support for Healthlink Australia.

Online Signing: HC21 forms

CareRight is helping remove the need for any paper claim forms, providing the ability for a patient to sign electronically a HC21 form. Following a successful pilot, this will be expanded to other paper forms (DB4 assignment of benefits, etc)

Online Ref: HC21 Form

Statutory Reporting Updates 2023-2024

VAED 2023

New data elements

• Gender - reporting optional in 2023-24, mandatory in 2024-25
• NDIS Participant Identifier

Amendments to existing data elements

• Amend NDIS Participant Flag reporting guide to report on admission, and move data element from Extra Episode Record to Episode Record,
• Amend code set for Admitting and Discharging Unit/Specialty, removing codes HIV, DAY, HIGH, NEOI, OUTS, PEIC, WOCH, and adding HITH
• Amend reporting guide for Duration of Mechanical Ventilation in ICU to round to nearest hour
• Amend reporting guide for Duration of Stay in ICU to round to nearest hour
• Amend Sex to Sex at birth, remove codes 3 Indeterminate, 4 Other, and add 5 Another term
• Move the Unplanned return to theatre data element from E5 Episode Record to sit on the X5 Diagnosis Record
• Proceduralist ID reporting becomes mandatory in 2023-24

New validations

• 740 Pall leave days not equal to Leave Day Total
• 741 Proceduralist ID invalid
• 742 Gender invalid
• 743 NDIS Participant Flag / Identifier mismatch

QHAPDC

Ensure mapping continues with revised labelling for Sex.  

Note: this does not change the data reported for QHAPDC, simply the frontend labels, versions below 6.89 can still capture and report data accurately.

HCP

Labelling improvements for prosthesis.

Note: this does not change the data reported for HCP, simply the frontend labels, versions below 6.89 can still capture and report data accurately.

Enhancements

Patients > NDIS Identifiers

The core field of Patient records has been enhanced to include the NDIS Identifier.

This drives VAED reporting and ultimately, other NDIS billing and claiming that will be introduced into the CareRight product.

3M™ Grouper Plus Content Services (GPCS) - Upgrade to version 2023.1.3

Australia Refined (AR) grouper update: Version 11.0
Activity Based Funding (ABF) update: Updated calculation for 2023/24 (GPCS+ customers only*)
Added support to allow AR-DRG v10.0 and lower separation mode values to be entered for AR-DRG v11.0
Fixed
Mapping Errors:
- Forward mapping issue impacting AR-DRG v11.0
- Backward mapping issue impacting AR-DRG v9.0 and earlier

Revenue Report > Provider now listed

Online Ref: Revenue report

Defects & minor enhancements

• Ubuntu 22.04
  • Lookup table import failures
  • Revised temporary directory behaviours
• Invoice & Claims
  • Fix issue with Out of Pocket display
• SEC-0090 Return values of system calls
• Correspondence
  • Fix replacement variable behaviour for LMO to include referrals
  • Fix replacement variable behaviour for Signature and Medical Provider
  • Fix issue with new patient email and patient name display
• Fix performance regression with Location Summary for certain versions of SQL Server
• Fix issue with HC21 PDF output for accommodation component with bundled items.
• Online Booking
  • View a Profile of a Provider
  • Fix issue: undefined method `booking_fee_assessment?' for nil:NilClass
• Admission Categories
  • Fix issue importing / exporting admission categories with required fields
• My Health Record & Health Identifiers
  • Implement behaviour to scale back attempts to resolve IHIs when ADHA's services are down.
• Datasets
  • Fix crash on export of legacy dataset reports