6.0.79 Billing Release Notes

NOTICE:  Release will take place from 7AM- 7:15AM, the application will not be accessible during the update.

It is recommended after each release; users clear their browser cache.  This can be done by using the F12 key on your keyboard, right-clicking on the browser refresh button and selecting "Empty Cache and Hard Reload".

This document explains functionality updates to the AIM Online V6 Billing application. For additional information, please contact Customer Support at 1-800-726-4362 or support@aim-system.com.

Report Updates

1. Miscellaneous report, Picked Up/Taken To added as a Queue.
2. Payment Date added to the Financial Basic, Daily Financial Report.

General Updates

1. Date/time stamps for Billing Narrative/Other tab and Accounts Narrative tab updated to include the day of the week and AM/PM.
2. Validation and Error messages that require acknowledgement now display on the screen instead of the as a quick message popup at the bottom.

Setup Updates

1. General Setup, Notifications updated to include Current Agency and All Agencies options for the Agency field.
2. Additional options added to Billing Setup, Statements & Aging, Warning Letter section. These options will allow for statements to be run before Warning letters and for bills to be placed on hold and routed to a user automatically.

Billing Module Updates

1. Router tab shows more entries without the need to scroll.
2. Auto complete for Payer field, Eligibility checks updated to sort by “starts with”.
3. Commercial Electronic ID field has been added to the More Payer Info button for Commercial Payers.
4. Download Recon has been removed from both Connect to Retrieve Reports and AIM Transmission screens. The system is designed to download and split files automatically, and this button is no longer applicable.

Improvements

1. General Setup, Commercial Payers, updated to have the cursor default to the Filter field.
2. When adding a payer from the Eligibility, Add Payer option, the MBI/Policy number for the results will be used for the payer details screen.
3. If the Transport type equals Residence for imported bills, the patient information will be used to populate the address.
4. ANSI 5010 Original Reference Number field corrected to allow up to 50 characters with no validation errors.
5. Payers found in the Eligibility search using the Available Payers list corrected to use the MBI/Policy Number found in the results with the Add Payer feature.
6. Selecting Medicare electronic payers from the Eligibility, Add Payer option corrected to make the policy Medicare electronic also.
7. Charges tab, Cost field for Mileage and Other Charges corrected to round decimals correctly when the thousands are a value of 5.
8. State Medicaid payer forms updated to display options and defaults based off field configuration settings.
9. Billing, Electronic Transmission Setup updated to remind users when changing a Payer Type, user must save first or changes will be lost. Save issues corrected.
10. Transport tab Quick Pick sort order for Address corrected.
11. Accounts and Billing Batch Transactions corrected to allow the ‘Post Transaction” option for Rebills after other transactions are posted.
12. Bills in Collection (Detailed) Queue optimized for better performance.
13. Payer Notifications corrected to display when adding the payer from the Eligibility screen.
14. Rejected Payers corrected to allow the ability to delete.
15. General Setup, Picked Up/Taken To Locations, corrected to sort Address and Apt/Other columns as expected.
16. Connect to Retrieve Reports corrected to show check mark for downloaded files even if the name is highlighted.
17. Statement Report have been optimized for better performance.
18. Files imported from a 3rd party PCR vendor will show an error when the file contains two records with the same value for the Bill number.
19. Force Incomplete Status option on the Payers tab has been updated to disable when a bill status is printed or transmitted.