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| 1 | IB_2_568_PRCA_PSO_BUNDLE_T1.zip | IB_2_568 PATCH DESCRIPTION.txt | Mon Dec 12 18:02:58 2016 UTC |
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| 2 | IMPORTANT INSTALLATI ON NOTE: | |
| 3 | ---------- ---------- -------- | |
| 4 | This patch is part o f a multi- package bu ild. There are three patches | |
| 5 | associated with the FY16 HAPE Revenue En hancement project - | |
| 6 | IB*2.0*568 ,PRCA*4.5* 315 and PS O*7.0*463. All three patches a re to be | |
| 7 | installed together a s a bundle , IB_2_568 _PRCA_PSO_ BUNDLE_T1. KID | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | ||
| 10 | Descriptio n | |
| 11 | ---------- - | |
| 12 | The Chief Business O ffice (CBO ) is reque sting syst em enhance ments to | |
| 13 | The Vetera ns Health Informatio n Systems and Techno logy Archi tecture | |
| 14 | (VistA) In tegrated B illing (IB ), Account s Receivab le (AR), a nd | |
| 15 | Outpatient Pharmacy (PSO) soft ware modul es. | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | The missio n of the D epartment of Veteran s Affairs (VA), Offi ce of | |
| 18 | Informatio n & Techno logy (OI&T ), is to p rovide ben efits and services | |
| 19 | to veteran s of the U nited Stat es Armed F orces. In meeting th ese | |
| 20 | goals, OIT strives t o provide high quali ty, effect ive, and e fficient | |
| 21 | Informatio n Technolo gy (IT) se rvices to those resp onsible fo r | |
| 22 | providing care to th e veterans at the po int-of-car e, as well as | |
| 23 | throughout all the p oints of t he veteran s’ health care. The VA depends | |
| 24 | on Informa tion Manag ement/Info rmation Te chnology ( IM/IT) sys tems to | |
| 25 | meet missi on goals. | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | The overal l FY16 HAP E Revenue Enhancemen t project has been f urther | |
| 28 | divided in to three s ub-project s: | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | NSR #20150 506 | |
| 31 | The Revenu e Eligibil ity Enhanc ements Pro ject effor t for the Chief | |
| 32 | Business O ffice (CBO ), bundles several N SRs with s imilar bus iness | |
| 33 | needs into a single requiremen ts documen t. Succes sfully add ressing | |
| 34 | the requir ements con tained wit hin this d ocument wi ll enable the | |
| 35 | Department of Vetera ns Affairs (VA) to a ppropriate ly bill ce rtain | |
| 36 | subsets of billable events by correcting , automati ng, or enh ancing | |
| 37 | current Ve terans Hea lth Inform ation Syst ems and Te chnology | |
| 38 | Architectu re (VistA) systems. | |
| 39 | ||
| 40 | NSR #20150 507 | |
| 41 | The Revenu e Operatio ns Enhance ments Proj ect combin es servera l NSRs, | |
| 42 | as well. T his effort enables t he Departm ent of Vet erans Affa irs (VA) | |
| 43 | to improve revenue o peration f unctionali ty related to repaym ent plans, | |
| 44 | late charg e capture, bill susp ension rea sons, the billing of | |
| 45 | deactivate d provider s, and the display o f appeal r ights and | |
| 46 | responsibi lities on the Vetera ns Benefic iary trave l Bill of Collection s | |
| 47 | form. Imp lementatio n of the p roposed en hancements will make a | |
| 48 | significan t positive impact on stakehold ers and ta rget users . | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | NSR #20150 505 | |
| 51 | The Revenu e Reportin g Enhancem ents Proje ct will en able the V A to | |
| 52 | improve tr acking and reporting of revenu e, and wil l support revenue | |
| 53 | reporting business r ules and g uidelines. | |
| 54 | ||
| 55 | ||
| 56 | IB*2.0*568 patch enh ancements, pertinent to the ab ove NSRs, include: | |
| 57 | ||
| 58 | 1.) When g enerating the RNB (R easons Not Billable) report, t he | |
| 59 | Integrated Billing s ystem shal l populate the charg es for all types | |
| 60 | of service s provided . Charges will not b e screened by any bi llable | |
| 61 | criteria b ut willind icate the full amoun t as if th e care was to be | |
| 62 | billed. | |
| 63 | ||
| 64 | 2.) The su b-option C laims Trac king Param eter Edit [IBT EDIT TRACKING | |
| 65 | PARAMETERS ], that cu rrently ha s no key, will be lo cked with a new | |
| 66 | Security K ey called IB PARAMET ER EDIT. | |
| 67 | ||
| 68 | 3.) The op tion MCCR Site Param eter Displ ay/Edit [I BJ MCCR SI TE | |
| 69 | PARAMETERS ], which i s currentl y locked w ith the IB SUPERVISO R Security | |
| 70 | Key, will be instead locked wi th the new key. | |
| 71 | ||
| 72 | 4.) The In tegrated B illing sys tem shall create cla ims tracki ng entries | |
| 73 | for previo usly unbil led Prosth etics/DME items when new billa ble | |
| 74 | insurance is entered into the patient’s insurance file. | |
| 75 | ||
| 76 | 5.) A new coverage l imitation field shal l be creat ed in the insurance | |
| 77 | file for P rosthetics . Like th e other ex isting cov erage limi tation | |
| 78 | fields in the insura nce file ( Inpatient, Outpatien t, Pharmac y etc.), | |
| 79 | this field will have the follo wing optio ns: | |
| 80 | 0= NOT COVERE D | |
| 81 | 1= COVERED | |
| 82 | 2= CONDITIONA LCOVERAGE | |
| 83 | Once selec ted, they will show in the pat ient insur ance file as Yes, | |
| 84 | No, or Con ditional. | |
| 85 | ||
| 86 | 6.) The sy stem shall automatic ally assig n an RNB [ NO PROSTHE TIC | |
| 87 | COVERAGE ( CV22)] for Prostheti cs/DME ite ms if the patient ha s no | |
| 88 | coverage f or Prosthe tics in hi s/her insu rance file . | |
| 89 | ||
| 90 | 7.) The sy stem shall have a ne w option t o add Pros thetics it ems to | |
| 91 | Manual and Nightly C laims Trac king. | |
| 92 | ||
| 93 | 8.) Users will be ab le to sele ct Suspend ed Type fr om the men u to | |
| 94 | display in the First Party Fol low- Up [I BJD FOLLOW -UP FIRST PARTY] | |
| 95 | report. | |
| 96 | ||
| 97 | 9.) First Party Foll ow- Up [IB JD FOLLOW- UP FIRST P ARTY] repo rt shall | |
| 98 | be modifie d to incor porate rea son for su spension. | |
| 99 | ||
| 100 | 10.) A new warning m essage wil l print to the scree n in the E nter/Edit | |
| 101 | Billing In formation option if an ATTENDI NG, REFERR ING or REN DERING | |
| 102 | Provider h as a PERSO N CLASS - NEW PERSON file (#20 0) - that was | |
| 103 | expirated at the tim e of the D ate of Ser vice. | |
| 104 | ||
| 105 | 11.) On th e Third Pa rty Joint Inquiry sc reen, one (1) charac ter space | |
| 106 | shall be a dded to th e “Type” f ield so th at it will accommoda te five | |
| 107 | characters (a one-ch aracter cl assificati on indicat or, a forw ard slash | |
| 108 | (/), a one -character component indicator , a forwar d slash (/ ), and a | |
| 109 | one-charac ter care t ype) (“X/X /X”). If a bill con tains pres criptions, | |
| 110 | then an "R " shall be concatena ted to the fifth cha racter sub -type | |
| 111 | position o f the "Typ e" field. If a bill contains p rosthetics , then a | |
| 112 | “P” shall be concate nated to f ifth chara cter sub-t ype positi on of the | |
| 113 | “Type” fie ld.The “Ty pe” field shall cont ain five ( 5) charact ers as | |
| 114 | follows: | |
| 115 | 1. “I” for Inpatient or “O” fo r Outpatie nt, | |
| 116 | 2. “/” for ward slash character | |
| 117 | 3. “P” for Professio nal or “I” for Insti tutional | |
| 118 | 4. “/” for ward slash character | |
| 119 | 5. “P” for Prostheti cs or “R” for Prescr iptions | |
| 120 | ||
| 121 | 12.) Three new Third Party Ins urance Rat e Types sh all be cre ated in | |
| 122 | the VistA IB Suite f or the bil lers to ch oose from when billi ng for | |
| 123 | encounters . They are as follow s: | |
| 124 | HU MANITARIAN REIMB. IN S. | |
| 125 | DE NTAL REIMB . INS. | |
| 126 | IN ELIGIBLE R EIMB. INS. | |
| 127 | ||
| 128 | 13.) Each of the new rate type s above wi ll have th e ‘Insurer ’ as the | |
| 129 | responsibl e party. | |
| 130 | ||
| 131 | 14.) Bille rs (revenu e staff) s hould be a ble to ide ntify any remaining | |
| 132 | charges to the patie nt after t he Third P arty payme nts are re ceived for | |
| 133 | Emergency Humanitari an, Inelig ible and D ental serv ices so th ey can | |
| 134 | accomplish balance b illing. | |
| 135 | ||
| 136 | ||
| 137 | ||
| 138 | Concurrent Developme nt / Depen dencies: | |
| 139 | ---------- ---------- ---------- -------- | |
| 140 | N/A | |
| 141 | ||
| 142 | ||
| 143 | Patch Comp onents: | |
| 144 | ---------- ------- | |
| 145 | ||
| 146 | Files & Fi elds Assoc iated: | |
| 147 | ||
| 148 | File Name (Number) Field Na me (Number ) New/ Modified/D eleted | |
| 149 | ---------- -------- -------- ---------- - ---- ---------- ------ | |
| 150 | N/A | |
| 151 | ||
| 152 | Options As sociated: | |
| 153 | ||
| 154 | Option Nam e Type New/ Modified/D eleted | |
| 155 | ---------- - ---- ---- ---------- ------ | |
| 156 | IBT SUP MA NUALLY QUE PRSTHTCS ROUTINE NEW | |
| 157 | ||
| 158 | Protocols Associated : | |
| 159 | ||
| 160 | Protocol N ame New /Modified/ Deleted | |
| 161 | ---------- --- --- ---------- ------- | |
| 162 | N/A | |
| 163 | ||
| 164 | Templates Associated : | |
| 165 | ||
| 166 | Template N ame T ype File Name (Num ber) New/Mod/De l | |
| 167 | ---------- --- - --- ---- ---------- ---- ---------- - | |
| 168 | IBJT ACTIV E LIST L IST NEW | |
| 169 | IBJT INACT IVE LIST L IST NEW | |
| 170 | ||
| 171 | New Servic e Requests (NSRs): | |
| 172 | ---------- ---------- -------- | |
| 173 | 20150505 - Revenue R eporting E nhancement s | |
| 174 | 20150506 - Revenue E ligibility Enhanceme nts | |
| 175 | 20150507 - Revenue O perations Enhancemen ts | |
| 176 | ||
| 177 | ||
| 178 | Patient Sa fety Issue s (PSIs): | |
| 179 | ---------- ---------- ---------- | |
| 180 | N/A | |
| 181 | ||
| 182 | ||
| 183 | Remedy Tic ket(s) & O verviews: | |
| 184 | ---------- ---------- --------- | |
| 185 | N/A | |
| 186 | ||
| 187 | Test Sites : | |
| 188 | ---------- | |
| 189 | Durham VAM C | |
| 190 | ||
| 191 | ||
| 192 | Software a nd Documen tation Ret rieval Ins tructions: | |
| 193 | ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -- | |
| 194 | Patches fo r this ins tallation are combin ed in host file | |
| 195 | IB_2_568_P RCA_PSO_BU NDLE_T1.KI D. | |
| 196 | ||
| 197 | Installati on of this host file should be coordinat ed among t he package s | |
| 198 | affected s ince only one instal lation is necessary. | |
| 199 | ||
| 200 | The patche s are: | |
| 201 | ||
| 202 | IB*2. 0*568 | |
| 203 | PRCA* 4.5*315 | |
| 204 | PSO*7 .0*463 | |
| 205 | ||
| 206 | ||
| 207 | Sites may retrieve t he KID bui ld in one of the fol lowing way s: | |
| 208 | ||
| 209 | (1) The pr eferred me thod is to FTP the f iles from | |
| 210 | DNS . DNS . DNS which will transmit the files from the f irst | |
| 211 | available FTP server . | |
| 212 | ||
| 213 | (2) Sites may also e lect to re trieve the patch dir ectly from a specifi c | |
| 214 | server as follows: | |
| 215 | ||
| 216 | OIFO FTP ADDRE SS DIRECTORY | |
| 217 | -------- ------ --------- ---------- ----- ---------- -------- | |
| 218 | Albany DNS . URL anonymous. software | |
| 219 | Hines DNS . DNS . URL anonymous. software | |
| 220 | Salt Lake City DNS . URL anonymous. software | |
| 221 | ||
| 222 | ||
| 223 | Sites may retrieve d ocumentati on directl y using Se cure File Transfer | |
| 224 | Protocol ( SFTP) from the ANONY MOUS.SOFTW ARE direct ory at the following | |
| 225 | OI Field O ffices: | |
| 226 | ||
| 227 | Albany: DNS.URL | |
| 228 | Hines: DNS .U RL | |
| 229 | Salt Lake City: DNS . URL | |
| 230 | ||
| 231 | Documentat ion can al so be foun d on the V A Software Documenta tion | |
| 232 | Library at : | |
| 233 | http:// URL / | |
| 234 | ||
| 235 | Title File Name FTP Mod e | |
| 236 | ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- - | |
| 237 | Integrated Billing U ser Guide ib_2_0_um .doc Binar y | |
| 238 | Integrated Billing T echnical M anual/Secu rity Guide ib_2_0_tm .doc Binar y | |
| 239 | Integrated Billing D eployment, Installat ion, | |
| 240 | Back- Out, and R ollback Gu ide | |
| 241 | FY16Re venueIBVIP _Deploymen t_Installa tion_Guide .doc Binar y | |
| 242 | ||
| 243 | ||
| 244 | ||
| 245 | Patch Inst allation: | |
| 246 | ||
| 247 | Pre/Post I nstallatio n Overview : | |
| 248 | ---------- ---------- ---------- - | |
| 249 | The post i nstallatio n routine, IBY568PO, is not au tomaticall y deleted | |
| 250 | as part of the insta llation pr ocess. You may delet e it after | |
| 251 | installati on if you desire. | |
| 252 | ||
| 253 | Pre-Instal lation Ins tructions: | |
| 254 | ---------- ---------- ---------- | |
| 255 | N/A | |
| 256 | ||
| 257 | Installati on Instruc tions: | |
| 258 | ---------- ---------- ------ | |
| 259 | This proce ss will in stall new and update d routines and other | |
| 260 | components listed ab ove. There is a post -install r outine tha t will add | |
| 261 | entries to a number of files. | |
| 262 | ||
| 263 | The patch will be re leased in conjunctio n with an Accounts R eceivable | |
| 264 | patch, PRC A*4.5*315 and an Out patient Ph armacy pat ch, PSO*7. 0*463. | |
| 265 | ||
| 266 | ******** ********** ****** NOT E ******** ********** ****** | |
| 267 | IF A USE R IS ON TH E SYSTEM A ND USING T HESE PROGR AMS | |
| 268 | AN EDITE D ERROR WI LL OCCUR. | |
| 269 | The patc h should b e installe d when NO Outpatient | |
| 270 | Pharmacy users are on the sy stem. | |
| 271 | ******** ********** ********** ********** ********** ****** | |
| 272 | ||
| 273 | Installat ion will t ake less t han 1 minu te. | |
| 274 | ||
| 275 | Suggested time to i nstall: no n-peak req uirement h ours. | |
| 276 | ||
| 277 | ||
| 278 | 1. Obtai n the file IB_2_568_ PRCA_PSO_B UNDLE_T1.K ID. | |
| 279 | ||
| 280 | 2. From the Kernel Installat ion & Dist ribution S ystem menu , select | |
| 281 | the I nstallatio n menu. | |
| 282 | ||
| 283 | 3. Use L oad a Dist ribution u sing IB_2_ 568_PRCA_P SO_BUNDLE_ T1.KID whe n | |
| 284 | promp ted to Ent er a Host File name. You may need to ap pend a | |
| 285 | direc tory name. | |
| 286 | ||
| 287 | 4. From this menu, you may s elect to u se the fol lowing opt ions | |
| 288 | (when prompted for INSTAL L NAME, en ter IB*2.0 *568): | |
| 289 | a . Verify Checksums in Transpo rt Global - This opt ion will | |
| 290 | allow y ou to ensu re the int egrity of the routin es that | |
| 291 | are in the transp ort global . | |
| 292 | b . Print T ransport G lobal - Th is option will allow you to | |
| 293 | view th e componen ts of the KID build. | |
| 294 | c . Compare Transport Global to Current S ystem - Th is option | |
| 295 | will al low you to view all changes th at will be made when | |
| 296 | this pa tch is ins talled. I t compares all compo nents of | |
| 297 | this pa tch (routi nes, DD's, templates , etc.). | |
| 298 | d . Backup a Transpor t Global - This opti on will cr eate a | |
| 299 | backup message of any routi nes export ed with th is patch. | |
| 300 | It will not backu p any othe r changes such as DD 's or | |
| 301 | templat es. | |
| 302 | ||
| 303 | 5. When prompted " Want KID t o INHIBIT LOGONs dur ing the in stall? | |
| 304 | NO//" respond NO. | |
| 305 | ||
| 306 | 6. When prompted " Want to DI SABLE Sche duled Opti ons, Menu Options, | |
| 307 | and P rotocols? NO//" resp ond NO. | |
| 308 | ||
| 309 | ||
| 310 | ||
| 311 | Post-Insta llation In structions : | |
| 312 | ---------- ---------- ---------- - | |
| 313 | There are no special tasks to perform af ter this p atch insta llation. |
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