Prime Clinical Systems Announces

the release of

Intellect Version 9.12.14

Pasadena, CA - March, 2011

Version 9.12.14 contains a myriad of new software additions designed to save you time and money. 

A brief overview follows of some of the new features:

Overview of New Features

The following summary of new and modified features in the most recent version of Intellect is available to quickly see what features we've added to the program which may benefit your office.  If you are interested in updating your version, you should read the complete, detailed release notes available on our website: Click here.

The detailed release notes contain important information you need to know before updating.   

Fixes for reported problems are not included in the Overview of
New Features; please refer to the detailed release notes. 

Registration

Regular/Patient Insurance Screen:

• Catch retired and no-longer-used insurance codes before they're linked to a patient; a pop-up message displays insurance codes to use in place of the retired code. 

Charges

Charge:

• Don't submit claims with missing information -- Intellect's new Add CLAIM REQUIREMENT screen pops-up during charge posting to allow entry of missing information before billing claims. For example: Hospitalization date, Authorization number, First Symptom or Date of Accident/Illness, etc. 

• Be warned if the place of service of the Facility does not match the  place of service requirement entered for the Procedure/Panel code.  

• When entering a Diagnosis Code or panel/Procedure Code that has been retired, have the program pop-up with the set alternate codes. 

• Receive a Global Period Warning message when a procedure is posted within the specified Global Period Date.  This is used for global follow-up care after a surgical procedure, or for procedures allowed only after a specified length of time; i.e., mammography allowed once every 2 years.  

• Tired of claims rejections: Choose between Ingenix (formerly ENS) and Silver Bill-It to handle your Claim Scrubbing.

Payment

Open Item:

• A 40-character Remark field has been added to the 'J'ump and 'T'ag payment posting feature.

• Print patient statements on demand from the Payment - Open Item screen.

Apply Receipt:

• A separate remark for Receipt Co-Payments has been added when applying the receipts to the patients account via Apply Receipt. 

Ledger

Accounting & Open Item:

• Five new buttons have been added at the bottom of the screens to mimic the actions entered in the 'C' (Command) column.

Billing

Insurance:

• Select which insurances should be billed for zero balances and which should not when they are the patient's secondary or tertiary insurances. This feature applies to paper billing only. 

            Insurance and Submit Claims:

• By using a new set up option in the Category screen, you can select whether or not to automatically have the Who column set to G when charges have a zero balance, which will stop the billing of zero balance claims to the secondary and tertiary insurance.  

Management

Financial:

• Be advised regarding past due payment with a new line item of 'Balance in Collection' that displays on the Financial Report (per required conditions).

Analysis/Utilization:

• Select to print payments and adjustments based on the source of payment/adjustment; i.e., primary insurance (P1, P2, etc.), secondary insurance (S1, S2, etc.) or patient (G) by using an option that has been added to the Utilization reports 

• Apply the filter that has been added to the Utilization report whether or not to include deleted charges. This allows you to easily get the total of deleted charges based on the date  of service.  

Detail:

• Utilize the additional information shown in three new columns on the 'Detail Aging by Provider' and 'Detail Aging by Clinic' reports.

Utility

Procedure/Fee Schedule:

• Narrow the results of your Fee Schedule list by Insurance and CPT codes.

Since we began in 1983, Prime Clinical Systems has never looked back as a company. Thriving with the most energetic and knowledgeable employees, Prime Clinical continues to help practices achieve their goals of eliminating their paper charts, and accomplishing quality and accuracy in patient care. We take great pride in the excellence that we stand for as a company and celebrate our achievements every day.

'Complete EHR' Certification:

Prime Clinical has kept our commitment to our clients by using the latest technology and being among the best in the industry. We are pleased to announce that our integrated Ambulatory Electronic Health Records (EHR) system, Patient Chart Manager V.5.5 has been awarded an ONC-ATCB "Complete EHR Certification" by infoGARD, December 2010. Our certification number is: IG-2402-10-0011. This Complete EHR is 2011/2012 compliant and has been certified in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This certification does not represent an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or guarantee the receipt of incentive payments.

Features Include:

• EHR

• Practice Management

• Electronic Billing

• Eligibility Verification

• Claim Scrubbing

• Patient Portal

• E-Prescribe

• HL7

• DICOM

• Compatible with Voice Recognition Software

• CALLSTAFF (Built-In Appointment Notification Feature)

• Text Message and Email Appointment Reminders

• Automated Patient Recall System

Prime Clinical is Certified
for PQRS!

Meaningful Use is here and Prime Clinical Systems is ready! With Patient Chart Manager, your practice will not only be on the way to qualifying for the maximum Medicare and Medicaid Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), but will also benefit from comprehensive patient care with increased information at your fingertips.

Patient Chart Manager is guaranteed to meet ARRA requirements. Patient Chart Manager provides the required measures for your practice regardless the size or specialty.

Why change your existing workflow to adapt to a system? Let Prime Clinical Systems' Patient Chart Manager adapt to your existing workflow.

PQRS overview: Physician Quality Report System (PQRS) was designed to gather data from different healthcare professionals in order to improve the consistency of patient care, outcomes, and prevention. All of this will be accomplished with reward for all of the healthcare professionals who participate in the data collection.

Healthcare professionals will get 1% incentive on total Medicare Part B revenue. Healthcare professionals are to use Meaningful Use Certified (PQRS Certified) EHR in order to get qualified for the incentive. Prime Clinical's Patient Chart Manager was one of the first 28 EHRs out of 140 to get Meaningful Use certification.