Lytec 2006 Service Pack 5.1 - Now Available For Download!

[MichaelF]

Lytec 2006 Service Pack 5.1 (SP5.1) Is Now Available For Download
Download Posted: September 18, 2006

This service pack includes previous Lytec 2006 service packs, so there's no need to update to SP1 then SP2 then SP3 then SP4 then SP5 first.

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File Size : 290 MB
Download Installable Last Updated: 9/18/2006

Service Pack 5.1 download file is 290 MB, and depending on your high speed internet connection’s bandwidth, downloading will take between 30 minutes to an hour. Please do not attempt to download this file from a dial-up connection, as the connection will time-out before the download completes.

:: Lytec 2006 Service Pack 5.1 Details ::

What was updated in Lytec 2006 Service Pack 5.1?


Lytec 2006 Service Pack 5.1 is an incremental service release, inclusive of all prior service release items, plus the following:

• Transaction Journal - Corrected Prepayment Detail when using filters
• Practice Analysis - Fixes errors when archived records are selected
• Patient Images - Remedies issue causing images to be lost
• Service Aging - Resolves a few limited scenarios resulting in report not balancing
• Electronic Claims (Stratus) - Corrects missing claims from batches

All items below were included in earlier service pack releases.

Advanced Reporting:
• Importing reports process has been modified to function as expected
• Advanced Reports “Cannot find the path specified” error has been resolved
• Advanced Reports “Too many users…” message is now managed by the application
• Advanced Reports refresh and sorting functionality has been enhanced to be consistent throughout the application
• Crystal Reports now conducts version checking at start-up
• User-friendly message added to indicate 30-day Crystal Reports expiration
• Advanced Reports “Invalid column name GUID” error has been fixed
• Crystal Reports viewer giving ActiveX error when running reports in Lytec has been fixed
• Advanced Reports debug information removed
• Help “About” information added to Advanced Reports tool bar
• Lytec 2006 Advanced Reporting starting other applications in certain environments (e.g. ACT) has been fixed
• Insurance Aging Patient Type filters are functional
• Resolved intermittent “cannot login” messages


Billing:
• Patient Payment Wizard now requires Sales Tax code
• Primary key violation when posting payments is resolved
• Finance charges combine at family level
• Provider Insurance ID not populating on claim in certain cases has been fixed
• Custom HCFA Form modified to print Provider Pin in the appropriate box
• Apply Prepayment wizard now reports correct prepay balance
• Payment wizard temporary tables are now cleared after operation is performed
• Better error handling when an existing bill is presented and found to have item detail errors
• Apply Payment wizard performance enhancements associated with patients having numerous billing records
• Authorization modification from custom header grids
• Apply Insurance Payments window now highlights responsible insurance
• Billing header and detail custom fields are now available for claims and statements
• Enhanced archival & unarchive process
• Improved handling of imported transaction flat files
• Corrected Alt-B Hot Key in Charges and Payments
• Resolved Hot Key conflict in custom header grid of Charges and Payments
• Corrected situation causing “No Open Billings” message in the Apply Insurance Payment Wizard
• Billing lookup performance has been optimized
• Resolves error occurrence when printing Superbill that contains provider location information
• Updated Encoder Pro module
• * Eliminated instances causing duplicate billing numbers in Charges and Payments


Claims:
• Claim Diagnosis two no longer shifts to position three on printed forms
• Claim creation has been optimized for increased performance
• Resolved marking secondary as sent when selecting to print “ALL” claims, even though patient may not have secondary.
oTo see if your practice is affected: Run a Generated Claims Report from the install data of service pack 3. This will show the insurances that have been billed. Now open the Charges and Payments window and compare the report to the values in the Charges and Payments Screen, modifying any values as needed. For records in need of update, you will need to change both the header history as well as the detail history to ensure accuracy.
• Claims report now behaves has expected when using patient type/patient code include/exclude filters
• * Printed HCFA secondary claims now print all appropriate line items

Collections
• Updated to correct Work List reassigning process
• Patient names are now displayed when patient responsible for collection item
• Opening a Collection Note record has been optimized for quicker response
• Corrects “Insurance Not Found” message in Work List
• Resolved situation resulting in collection queue letters not being printed as expected


Conversion – (Primarily seen from new CD installations):
• Conversion has been enhanced to handle practice names that end with punctuation
• Lock request timeout during conversion is now managed by the application
• Now manages “Invalid pointer – lock type error” when converting from Lytec 2004 datasets
• Conversion enhanced to manage older versions of Lytec that may not have a SYSTEM user ID on file
• Archive table validation now occurs prior to conversion
• Improved conversion of custom fields with greater than 256 characters


Database:
• Improved handling of unfound SQL Server instance name when disconnected from network
• SQL Admin Studio now installs on the Server during Client Server installations
• SQL Agent startup validation is now enabled
• Modified SQL Server recovery mode from “Simple” to “Full”
• Improved F2 save performance in Charges and Payments
• Improved system performance when saving a new patient
• SQL Admin Studio no longer asks user to download “trial version”
• Improved record locking protocols when deleting a patient or deleting a billing
• Enhanced performance around table rebuild times
• Collection Work List creation performance increased
• Optimized data rebuild process
• Keep alive thread optimized to avoid user timeout errors
• Improved backup/restore process
• Includes option to “shrink” database
• Fixed reported situation resulting in “Object already exists” error messages
• Resolved scenarios resulting in registration of negative client server user licenses
• Corrected certain installation situations resulting in client server configuration: Error: Line 1: Incorrect syntax near '@dbname'
• Modified application to handle situation automatically that previously resulted in “Lytec User cannot log-on” message
• SQL Admin Studio updated to prevent license overwrite
• * Default backup model has been changed to “simple”


ERA:
• The following ERA items have been enhanced:
- Certain remittance formats posting payment to first line item is resolved
- MA07 codes now results in a single Medicare/Medicaid write-off
- MA18 no longer causes Medicare/Medicaid write-off
- Medicare/Medicaid write offs are now reported as separate line items
• ERA now ignores erroneous carriage returns sometimes found in remittance files
• Improved handling of certain instances where file was only posting to first line item
• Expanded dropdown window for setup of Medicare/Medicaid write-off code
• When posting Lytec will now default selection to the file selected during the pre-report process
• Deductible no longer posts as partial payment, but rather rolls up to Insurance payment line
• Reference number, insurance name, applied to deductible, and amount applied are captured as deductible payment notes

Patients:
• The patient and insurance balances are now consistent with information shown in the Charges and Payments portion of the application
• Display of balance information is optimized for improved performance
• Resolved Image Tab “floating” in view under certain system configurations
• Optimized response performance of Quick Add patient window throughout various sections of the application
• Optimized performance when adding patients with system generated chart numbers. This fix is a cumulative performance increase, as Lytec
attempts to fill gaps in chart numbers. Performance increase and optimization will compound as each new patient is added.
• Improved handling of syntax errors associated with special characters in the chart number
• Enhanced application performance retrieving patient data from look up windows
• Improved screen representation of patient balance fields
• Improved system response/handling when duplicate SSN number encountered
• Resolved “lock request” message that were intermittently occurring with first patient accessed
• Consistent presentation of future/past patient appointments in the patient appointment grid
• Patient label printing performance has been optimized
• Patient appointment grid not sorting correctly under certain circumstances has been resolved
• Improved scanned image preview window sizing
• Resolved certain situation resulting in scanner error when scanning multiple images
• New Feature – Double-click image file name to open scanned image in new window


Reporting – Legacy:
• Deposit sheet modified to ensure accurate reporting of prepayment money
• Certain reporting column widths were modified to fit extended data
• Zero-dollar prepayment line has been removed from deposit sheet
• Improved table lock handling when multiple reports are calling same table
• Laboratory report no longer gives “can’t find sub report cover page” error
• Modified Transaction Analysis report to display % of allowed amount correctly
• Transaction Code Analysis report runs without error messages
• Monthly Summary now allows filtering for month of December
• Insurance Category filters now function as expected when running claims
• Crystal Report warning no longer occurs if you elect to “not print header page”
• Birthday filter now ignores year when running patient labels
• In very specific scenarios, the 6th transaction line diagnosis not printing is resolved
• Resolved invalid field error loop in custom reporting
• Resolved error occurrences in certain situations where user may indicate “No” the print job did not print correctly
• Day Sheet has been optimized for increased performance
• Corrected certain instances where a negative prepayment is reported on the Day Sheet
• Transaction Journal has been optimized for increased performance
• Increased performance when printing secondary claims
• Increased performance of the print dialog display associated with printing statements
• Removed error in situations where a custom report had a specific printer designated as part of the report preferences
• Hold Code List report “To” filter now behaves as expected
• Corrected intermittent system errors when printing tracers
• Resolved intermittent system errors when reprinting claims
• Transaction Journal now reports Medical Connect Transactions and subtotals by provider as expected
• Improved error handling in the Transaction Journal when managed care headers are found to be without provider assignment
• Prepayment information can now be added to any custom report
• Patient Balance report no longer reports incorrect zero-dollar balances
• Resolved divide by zero errors in certain situation on the Practice Analysis report
• All custom fields should now be available for reports
• Referring Provider report now accounts for unapplied prepayments
• Insurance company name now shows on statements
• Can now print diagnosis codes on custom statements
• Statement filter logic improved when using Patient Type include and Hold Code exclude filters together
• Print Date Insurance Company Billed on Statement is now functional
• Not Covered by Insurance text now shows on statements if selected
• Transaction Code report filters now function as expected
• Patient Ledger report now prints subtotal
• Patient List sort by social security number is now functional
• Print Secondary Claims Insurance Category exclude filter is now functional
• Better handling when printing statements for family members
• Resolved Small Balance Write-off report displaying incorrect account balances in certain instances
• Fixed the retrieval of employer information on claim/custom reports
• Report font size/color attributes on apply to Crystal-based reports
• Reports with large numeric values (previously shown as ######) can now be modified to accommodate these larger values
• Better page break handling of certain situations associated with the Insurance Aging report
• Corrected Procedure Report “can’t find sub-report” when run without ranges
• Modified Day Sheet for more accurate reporting of pre-payment funds; both offset and days when no billings were created
• Transaction Journal same as Day Sheet noted above
• Improved date sorting of Monthly/Yearly Summary report
• Fixed custom report fields ‘Provider Location’ – As written this is one field but it says fields. Should it be “Provider” and
“Location”
• Resolved Insurance Aging not matching after installation of service pack 3
• Insurance Aging performance optimized specific to client service installations
• Resolved mismatched dollar amounts when printing Authorization Reports
• Resolved Insurance Company include filter on the Reimbursement Analysis Report
• Improved performance when running Patient Statements w/Prepayments
• Fixed reports that were rounding up Units
• Resolved Patient by Hold Code sub-report error
• * AR Totals report performance as been optimized
• * Reports that reference Archived records now function as expected
• * Patient Ledger report performance has been optimized
• * Label report now sorts as expected
• * Statements with prepayments have been optimized for better performance
• * Appointment report now access records prior to 2001
• * Full Statement has been optimized for better performance
• * Monthly/Yearly summary report


Scheduler:
• Improved application stability in high volume environment
• Custom fields are now viewable in Lytec Scheduler
• Resolved intermittent record locking and slow response time when accessing patients records and/or switching between Scheduler Views
• Resolved isolated reports of “hidden” appointments in situations where the first record of a double-booked time slot was deleted. Screen
refresh no longer required to resolve.
• Resolved isolated instances where user might encounter “invalid argument” error when scheduling a regular appointment in conjunction with a
repeat appointment that falls outside of the designated available time window for a given resource
• Patient appointment history sorting has been improved
• Optimized performance when switching between views and patients
• Patient balances will no longer calculate if the “do not calculate” box is checked
• The appointment provider, rather than patient’s default provider, will print on superbill
• Better management of simultaneous multiple same timeslot bookings
• Corrected situation in which certain templates caused infinite loops if scheduled after midnight
• Next and Previous appointments now consistently display as expected
• Corrected “invalid argument” error that would sporadically occur printing multiple resources
• Resolved “lock request” message that were intermittently occurring with first patient attempted to schedule
• Recall List performance has been optimized
• Resolved certain situations that resulted in “Invalid Argument” error when printing multiple resources


Other items:
• Improved stability of the demonstration copy of the application
• Tutorial prepayment data is now calculating consistently
• F7 key now functions as expected
• Tutorial data updated to include sample eligibility data
• Practice names no longer disappear from Practice List under certain conditions (visual only)
• Resized Quick Add Provider Id window
• Better message handling via Medical Connect when trying to select a provider during set up
• New NDC Electronic Claims Processing DLL
• Billing Services can now hide different practices so a user of one practice cannot see another practice in the Practice List
• Improved Help pointers in various locations through out the application
• Inactive check box in Patient Images will now hide file from initial view
• Collection assignment filtering improved
• Tutorials are an option now when installing
• Removed various utilities from CD install that are no longer applicable to Lytec
• Chart numbers with special characters can now be entered
• Enhanced help and user guidance for backup/restore process
• Added View button to backup/restore window
• Added Eligibility support for payers requiring enrollment
• Improved performance in Charges and Payments when managing Authorizations
• Automated updates to Real-Time Eligibility payer look up tables
• Patient filters with archive/unarchiving now function as expected
• Improved file name management when importing/exporting data
• RVU conversion factor changed to $36.1770
• 2006 Encoder Pro update included for instances of Lytec Professional & Client Server
• Improved for more consistent tax behavior associated with inventory items
• Better dll handling for add-on products (e.g. Medical Connect)
• Resolved Real-Time Eligibility dll version mismatch
• Corrected unexpected type ahead search results in certain look-up windows
• Archiving of inactive patient with archived appointments has been fixed
• Resolved losing record focus after save performed
• Improved character based search look-ups throughout application
• Improved re-build index operations
• Added extensive documentation to help file on Lytec Prepayment accounting methods and reporting
• Improved back up and log truncation processes
• * Scrollbar presentation in various look-up windows
• * Overall application performance as been generally improved


Installation – (Primarily seen from new CD installations):
• Crystal Reports installation has been modified to avoid system reboots
• Code Import now installs directly from CD
• Crystal Reports installation is more compatible with older versions of Crystal
• Lytec 2006 is now the default installation folder
• Users are asked for serial prefix during installation process
• Installation sequence ensures Crystal Reports and SQL Admin are fully installed before proceeding
• SQL Server service manager reviews its initiated state following installation
• Installation process now checks for any previously pending system reboots before installing SQL Server
• Improved handling of file overwrites