Welcome to this week’s update from NikoHealth! We’re excited to bring you the latest features, enhancements, and improvements designed to make your experience even better. Whether it’s a new tool, an upgrade to an existing feature, or a behind-the-scenes tweak, we’ve got you covered. Read on to find out what’s new and how it can benefit you!
Whats New?
HCPCS Automated Replacement Rule
We are excited to introduce the HCPCS Automated Replacement Rule, which enables you to create payer- and plan-specific rules to automatically replace the HCPCS code on claims when the payer requires a different HCPCS than what is associated with the product.
Key Features:
- Automated HCPCS Replacement: You can now define HCPCS substitution rules for specific payers and plans, ensuring that the required HCPCS code is automatically applied when a claim is generated for that payer.
- CMS 1500 and Electronic Claims: Whether submitting paper claims or submitting electronically, the HCPCS reflected on the claim will be the replacement code as per the substitution rule. The invoice will still display the original HCPCS, while the generated claim will reflect the replacement HCPCS code.
- Situational Use Case: This functionality is especially useful for payers such as Medicaid, which may require a different HCPCS than what is billed to commercial payers. You can now easily configure the appropriate replacement rule to meet these requirements.
Vendor Status Enhancement
We’ve enhanced the Vendor Management feature by introducing a new Vendor Status option, allowing you to easily set a vendor to Inactive.
Key Features:
- Vendor Inactivation: You can now mark a vendor as Inactive, helping you better manage and track vendors who are no longer active or relevant to your business.
- Improved Vendor Management: The ability to set a vendor’s status to Inactive streamlines vendor tracking and helps prevent the use of outdated or unavailable vendors in your purchase order processes.
- Flexibility: This enhancement provides flexibility in managing your vendor base, allowing you to keep records for future reference while preventing inactive vendors from being used in purchase order transactions.
Provider Adjustment Permission
We’ve introduced a new permission, Billing Invoice Provider Adjustment Edit, to provide greater control over who can perform write-off and adjustment transactions on invoices.
Key Features:
- New Permission – Billing Invoice Provider Adjustment Edit: This permission allows you to control which users have the ability to conduct write-offs and adjustments on provider invoices.
- Granular User Access Control: You can now control user access to invoice adjustments and write-offs, ensuring that only authorized personnel are able to make changes to invoice records.
- Improved Financial Oversight: This feature enhances your ability to manage financial transactions by ensuring adjustments are made only by users with the appropriate permissions, improving accuracy and accountability.
Inventory Stock Adjustments
We’re excited to introduce the Inventory Stock Adjustments feature, which makes it easier than ever to view, reconcile, and adjust your inventory levels.
Key Features:
- Customizable Adjustment Reasons: You can now define and customize inventory adjustment reasons to better track and categorize inventory changes. This ensures clear documentation of the reasons behind any stock adjustments.
- Easily Adjust Stock Levels: With this new functionality, you can easily increase or decrease stock levels as needed, providing a straightforward process for conducting stock counts and making adjustments.
- Improved Inventory Reconciliation: This feature streamlines the inventory reconciliation process, helping you maintain accurate stock records and perform adjustments efficiently.
Electronic Medical Attachments
We’re excited to expand our Electronic Medical Attachments functionality to now include support for a growing list of commercial payers. This enhancement builds on our existing capabilities for electronic submission of medical attachments for Workers’ Compensation claims.
Key Features:
- Expanded Support for Commercial Payers: In addition to Workers’ Compensation, you can now electronically submit medical attachments for a ange of commercial payers, streamlining your claims process and reducing manual work.
- Enrollment Required: While the process for submitting electronic medical attachments remains unchanged, enrollment is required before you can access this functionality. To find out if electronic commercial attachments are beneficial for your organization or to get an updated list of supported payers, please contact your account manager.
Scheduling Enhancements
We’ve made several scheduling improvements to streamline the management of user and service location schedules. These enhancements are designed to provide greater flexibility and control over scheduling, making it easier to manage appointments and avoid conflicts.
Key Features:
- Copy Team Member Schedules for Future Dates: You can now copy a team member’s schedule to future dates, regardless of time blocks. This saves time and makes managing the scheduling availability easier.
- Create Appointments for Patient Home Delivery: You can now create an appointment for a “patient home” delivery and assign it to a team member, even if they are assigned to a service location at the same time. The system will automatically flag any scheduling conflicts related to existing appointments, ensuring you are aware of potential issues before finalizing the schedule.
Shipment Label Creation Enhancement
We’ve enhanced the Shipment Label Creation process by adding the ability to mark an address as “residential”, which may be required by certain carrier service levels when creating shipping labels.
Key Feature:
- Mark Address as Residential: You can now easily designate a shipment address as residential. This is important for carriers that have specific requirements for residential deliveries, ensuring the shipping label is accurately created according to carrier guidelines.
Hospital Discharge on Orders
We’ve introduced the ability to manually enter the hospital name and address directly on orders, even if the hospital is not listed in the available directory.
Key Features:
- Flexible Hospital Entry: You can now manually enter the hospital name and address in the order delivery information, even if the hospital is not available in the predefined directory.
- Improved Order Flexibility: This enhancement ensures that orders can be processed smoothly without needing to rely on a hospital being listed in the directory, making it easier to handle hospital discharge orders.
Customizable Footer Text for Shared Documents
We’ve added a new feature to enhance document sharing via fax or email: Footer Text on the Cover Page.
- Customizable Footer: When sharing documents, you can now add custom footer text to the cover page.
- Default Disclaimer: A default disclaimer will appear in the footer, but you have the option to modify it during the document sharing process.
Mobile App Update – New Features & Enhancements
We’re excited to announce a new update for both iOS and Android devices! This release introduces several new features and improvements aimed at enhancing your experience with the mobile app:
What’s New:
- Appointment Scheduling: You can now schedule appointments directly from the app for added convenience.
- Patient Record Details: View detailed patient records and documents, making it easier to access essential information on the go.
- Updated Order Design: A redesigned order layout that improves functionality and user experience.
- Order-Related Information: Easily access order details associated with appointments, including prescription information and documents attached to an order.
We’re committed to making your app experience even better with these new updates. Make sure to download the latest version and enjoy these new features!
Ongoing System Performance Improvements, Bug Fixes, and Optimizations
We’ve made continuous improvements to the system’s performance, including bug fixes and optimizations to enhance the overall user experience.