SimDay® Updates

Release Date 27/10/2008 - Version 2.07.04

Below are listed the latest update changes in this release:

1. New Payer ID in field in Admission Field
2. New Inter-Hospital Contracted Patient field in Admission Screen
3. Private Room displayed on Invoice
4. Select a Health Fund when doing Data Extraction Resubmission
5. F10 hot key in Billing screen
6. Other Services - GST inclusive
7. Other Services - Removal of NIB fees
8. Print Receipts automatically when processing Payments
9. Episode Detail List based on Bookings now available
10. Cancelled Status in Billings Status Report
11. Report to check possible duplicates of Admission Number

1. New Payer ID in field in Admission Field

   The Admission Screen has an extra field called 'Payer ID'. This field is a field reported to PHDB.
   This field alerts PHBD about whom is taking care of the account, e.g. DVA, Self Insured, Workers Comp.
   When admitting patients please be aware of this field and ensure it is correct, however SimDay will try to guess the best match.

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2. New Inter-Hospital Contracted Patient field in Admission Screen

   The Admission Screen now has an extra field called 'Inter-Hospital Contracted Patient'. This field is a field reported to HCP an PHDB.
   The field determines whether this episode is a contracted service.
   When admitting patients please be aware of this field and change when necessary.

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3. Private Room displayed on Invoice

   When billing and you select 'Room Type' as 'Private', it will now display "(Private)" at the end of the accommodation line on the invoice.

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4. Select a Health Fund when doing Data Extraction Resubmission

   When resubmitting HCP data, you will now have the option to select a Health Fund to resubmit, not just one patient at a time.

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5. F10 hot key in Billing screen

   Throughout the majority of screens within SimDay, if you see a button in Bold Font, you can hit F10 and it will perform that function.
   The F10 hot key has been introduced into both billing screens.

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6. Other Services - GST inclusive

   ACSS has now added a GST tick box to all Other Services. The reason for this is that when billing for 'Other Services' that incurred GST, the user would have to tick 'plus GST' each time.
   Now you can preset which items have GST attached, so when billing the GST component comes up automatically.
   Remember when revising your 'Other Services' fees, that the fee is inclusive of GST.

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7. Other Services - Removal of NIB fees

   Since NIB is part of Alliance Health Funds, there is no need to have a NIB fee setup for Other Services, hence it has been removed.

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8. Print Receipts automatically when processing Payments

   When processing payments from the Payment Screen, you will now be able to select whether you want SimDay to print a receipt out for everyone you processed a payment for.
   The payments screen will still offer you a report of outstanding balances.

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9. Episode Detail List based on Bookings now available

   The existing Episode Detail Report can now be run to list up and coming bookings, not just based on admissions and discharges.

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10. Cancelled Status in Billings Status Report

    An extra column has been added to the Billing Status report so that when looking as say, 'Episodes not billed' you will now be able to tell if the episode has been cancelled.

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11. Report to check possible duplicates of Admission Number

    This report is useful when the facility manually enters there own admission numbers, as it can highlights any errors, that being duplicate admission numbers.
    This report is found in the 'Possible Double Patients' feature.

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