Check out the release notes for DrChrono for 02/29/2024!
What's new?
Billing and Payments
| Summary | Description |
| Additional HCPCS codes added | HCPCS codes G0136, M1237, M1211, and M1212 have been added to the DrChrono system and can be added to your fee schedule and included on patient claims. |
| A & L series HCPCS codes | The A & L series of HCPCS codes have been added to the DrChrono system. They are able to be added to your fee schedule and included on patient claims. |
| A series HCPCS codes | New A series HCPCS codes have been added to the DrChrono system. They can now be added to your fee schedule and added to patient claims. |
| Deleted message removed from a few CPT codes | There are a few CPT codes, that although have been deleted by AMA, are still being used and accepted by a few payers. We have removed the deleted language so the claims are not stopped by claim scrubbing. |
| Day Sheet Enhancements | We've added a column so CPT codes will appear and export along with any notes that were added. |
Clinical
| Summary | Description | Help Center Article |
| EHI Export Update | An EHI data export file will display the exported time format as hour, minute and seconds, instead of hour, minute, second, milliseconds | Creating a New Request: EHI Export |
| EHI Exports | CSV files that show up blank for a single patient or practice EHI Export are blank because there is no data for the patient/practice for that specific CSV file, only the header will appear. | EHI Export FAQ |
| Form Tags | Users will have the ability to view and unarchive Archived tags. | How to create a form tag |
| Design Updates - Form Builder beta |
Wide Field - field will span the full row. Required - *sets field as mandatory for providers and staff to preview the complete note. *sets field as mandatory for patients to continue to next part of check-in. Smart Field -sets this field as a parent field, controlling the visibility of all child fields. Generated text = “Yes” - generated text. Affirmative no generated text = “No” - generated text. |
API
| Summary | Description | Resources |
API order_by=updated_at supported in *_list resources |
We have added the ability to sort by updated_at when calling appointments_list, patients_list, clinical_notes_list, and line_items_list using the parameter order_by=updated_at. |
drchrono.com/api-docs/ |
API - LineItems adding service_date_range filter |
We have added the service_date_range filter for the line item APIs: api/line_items and api/line_items_list. |
https://app.drchrono.com/api-docs/#tag/Billing/operation/line_items_list |
Resolutions
| Product Area | Summary | Description |
| Billing and Payments |
Patient statements for inactive patients
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Patient statements will now generate for all owed balances, regardless if the patient is marked as inactive. |
| Billing and Payments |
Text to pay receipts |
If the status is marked as "paid", the resend button will be grayed out. If the payment status is anything other than "paid", you will be able to resend the link to the patient's phone number. |
| Billing and Payments |
Multiple units billed for Custom CPT Code |
When calculating the total price for a Custom CPT Code, the system will multiply the base cost as listed in the account's fee schedule and multiply it by the quantity/minutes (QTY/MIN) as listed in the patient's appointment.
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| Billing and Payments | Text & email receipt buttons |
The text and email receipt buttons have been tweaked to allow for better alignment. |
| Billing and Payments | Prices for Custom procedures on the clinical note |
We fixed a problem that prevented prices for custom procedure codes from appearing on the billing form in the clinical note. |
| Practice Management | Unable to click the duplicate patient warning message |
We have resolved an issue that was impacting the ability to interact with the duplicate patient warning. |
| Practice Management | Error when trying to add a message to a new task |
We have resolved an issue where message results were not populating when creating a new task. |
| Clinical and Regulatory | Clinical Note Fix |
A fix has been implemented to ensure items selected to be hidden (ex: vitals) do not appear on the clinical note. |
| Clinical and Regulatory | Clinical Note Fix |
A fix has been put in place to ensure items selected to be hidden (ex: vitals) do not appear on the clinical note. |