Lytec 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) :: Details & Download

[MichaelF]

Lytec 2007
Service Pack 1 (SP1)

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Installation Documentation: Click here to view a PDF file on step-by-step important installation instructions.

Note: When installing this update & asked if it is a Server or Client, pick Client even on your server computer.

Issues Resolved in Lytec 2007 SP1:
This document highlights Lytec 2007 release items that have been enhanced or modified. This service pack includes any previously released updates to the Lytec 2007 product.

This update may be applied to any previous release of Lytec 2007. An asterisk (*) denotes items included from prior hot fix service releases.

Communication Manager (HL7 EMR)
·*Resolves scenarios that were resulting in billing transactions not being received from MediNotes EMR
·Communication Manager compatibility with SpringCharts EMR
·Addresses the Configuration window intermittently not closing when clicking the “X” button of the window
·Resolves out of sync situations when EMR server is unavailable during a normally scheduled update
·Enhanced to handle processing of apostrophes (‘) and/or quotes (“) in the chart number
·Improved handling and error logging of missing data references (e.g. guarantor, attending/referring provider)

Billing
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·Changed the Providers, Group National Provider ID field to Group NPI
·Resolves certain conditions that were resulting in orphan billing headers
·Fixes “Nothing to Print” message that was occurring when printing more than one claim form from the Charges and Payment window
·Addresses the scenarios that cause secondary insurance authorizations not to decrement
·Modifies handling of the Date To field to allow user to remove/blank-out date
·Corrects screen refresh issue involving the removal of the billing check marking after printing claim
·Resolves cut and paste problems with cents in the Payment Wizard

Claims
·*Updated CMS-1500 form
·*Corrects Referring Provider not pulling UPIN from Insurance Code 1 field
·*Resolves missing Group NPI from custom fields
·Properly places the Group NPI in box 33b of CMS-1500 form
·Correctly formats Lab Charges in box 20
·Memory management improvements to all electronic claims modules
·Resolves intermittent “I/O” and “Table Closed” error conditions

Claims Manager
·Corrects situations that would cause Scheduled Tasks not to run if there were pending Claim Log or ERA files in need of processing
·Resolves instances where Insured Date of Birth and Sex, if not the patient, were not being generated in the claims file
·Fixes errors associated with Windows 2000 operating systems when closing Claims Manager
·Addresses Loop 2310A Referring Provider not pulling the correct Billing provider qualifier
·Logic added for determining when to pull group vs. individual NPI information
·Removed duplicate ERA file downloading situations
·ERA files names now maintain their native Claims Manager naming convention
·Added visual queues while Claim Manager operations are being conducted
·Resolves certain conditions resulting in file name truncation


Database
·Addresses permission error associated with Scheduled Backup
·Now remembers previously selected backup directory
·Fee Schedule Import – Modified to accommodate CMS file format change
·Improved Scheduled Task management from various computer locations

ERA Posting (Electronic Remittance)
·Resolves error situation that was occurring when a Control Number was greater than 16 characters
·Improved ERA performance to avoid record locking issues while posting
·Removed error related to segment element N4

Patients
·Resolves Patient Custom Field values not presenting
·Patient Notes – Addresses situations resulting in only partially saved notes
·Allows user to specify default chart label (Advanced Reporting required)

Reporting
·*Corrects the Family Balance amount field calculation
·*Resolves situations that were resulting in an “An invalid argument was encountered” error message while printing custom forms, reports, statements, etc.
·*Addresses printing challenges with reports where the Notes field contained more than 40 characters
·Service Aging - Corrects “Nothing to Print” message when using Include/Location as the filter
·Resolves Saved Ranges not functioning after converting from Lytec 2006 to 2007
·List/Patient report has been modified to allow entry of a past date in the Next Recall Dates filter
·Monthly and Yearly Summary report – Insurance Category filters will now search for the specified filter input across all insurance placement designations (i.e. Primary, Secondary, Tertiary)
·Resolves missing Prepayment Offset line in the Summary section of the Practice Analysis report
·Patient Ledger – Corrected provider totals calculation
·Practice Analysis - Corrects “Nothing to Print” message when using SavedRanges
·Practice Analysis – Now defaults to included inactive codes
·Audit Trail – Resolves situations resulting in report failure when using keyword search
·Family/Responsible Party – Fixed Sort by Name functionality

Scheduler
·Recall Letter - Addresses situations where the reminder date was not incrementing, which resulted in an unexpected number of letters being produced for a given patient (typically patients with repeating appointments)
·Custom Appointment Report – Resolves scenario resulting in ‘dbo’ error when using Next Recall Date filter
·Custom Appointment Report – Filtering options now function as expected
·Custom Appointment Report – Recall letter no longer repeats patient name in patient address block
·Corrects the display of phone numbers on the scheduler
·Superbill - Resolves situations resulting in database errors when printing
·Walkout Statement – Fixed exclude location filter

Other items
·Resolves buffer overrun situations that were resulting in application errors
·Corrects situations previously resulting in a “COM Error”

Installation
·Addresses challenges with “MDAC Error” occurring during Lytec Multi-User installation
·Added installation message not to allow installation on Windows 2000 sp3 or lower operating system
·Moved .Net installation to occur prior to SQL Server installation

[Joey]

I heard that Lytec 2007 SP2 is due soon. Is this true?

[MichaelF]

Joey,
The rumor that you may have heard is true.
Although I don't have an exact release date yet for you, Lytec 2007 SP2 is in the BETA (testing) stages now.

I downloaded Lytec 2007 SP2 BETA 3 today to see what's been addressed.

We'll post it in the forum approx. 2 weeks after it becomes available in compliance with our 2 week release wait policy (which means that we basically wait 2 weeks from the time an update is available until we start recommending clients to download) so that our Software Engineers can better serve you without any unexpected changes after an update.

When we post it, it'll be posted in our Lytec Product Updates forum & if you haven't already subscribed to this forum for e-mailed updates upon new topics (or updates) posted, subscribe to our Lytec Product Updates Forum Now!!