Items Page Updates

[Ver 3.9 Contents] [New features] [General data entry] [Items page updates] [Payment changes] [Misc updates]

SURGICAL ASSISTANCE

Added functions to allow the automatic calculation of fees for surgical assistance items. To create an account for surgical assistance, first add the relevant surgical items to the account. Then add one of the surgical assistance items (51300 - 51318). This will set the fee for the normal surgical items to zero. This way, the surgical items are shown on the account, but only the fee for the assistance item is given. Derived fees are calculated automatically by taking 20% of the total fee for all items previously existing on the account.

After adding the assistance item, additional items may be added to the account without having their fees set to zero.

Users should tick the 'This provider is a surgical assistant' checkbox in the Options form to avoid having missing fee messages pop up when entering surgical items.

Note: Some health funds (NIB, TAC, VicWC, QldWC) calculate surgical assistance derived fees as 20% of their own fund fee (most funds calculate this as a % of the MBS calculated derived fee). These cannot be calculated since most of the fund fees for the surgical items are not contained in the Access Anaesthetics health funds database. This is only an issue for these few funds, and only for the derived fee items (fixed fee assistant items are OK).

EPIDURAL DERIVED FEES

Adjusted the Epidural Derived Fee options to include 3 display methods - 1. Both items with individual fees (default), 2. Base item with zero fee, derived fee item with aggregate fee, 3. Derived fee item only with aggregate fee, no base item. The options can be selected when either item 18219 or 18227 is added to the account. When Eclipse functions are used, option 2 will be the preferred option.

DERIVED FEES FOR HYPERBARIC THERAPY

Derived fees for hyperbaric therapy items (13025, 13030) are calculated automatically when the item is entered.

OTHER ITEM CHANGES

Adjusted the procedure time calculation to use 10 minutes per unit after 2 hours (previously after 4 hours).

Adjusted the 255 character limit warning on the Procedure field to not appear when control keys (Del,Home etc) pressed.

If an item doesn't exist in the chosen health fund table, the user is now given the option to enter a fee. Previously a zero fee was inserted with no other option.

Adjusted the Convert MBS to RVG function to include all multiple (duplicated) items, and to delete pre-existing RVG items.

Added new account messages for DVA_RVG and DVA_ICU fee schedules.

A new button (Edit item) on the button bar opens a previously hidden item editing window. This is mainly so the Not Duplicate Service flag can be entered if required (for upcoming Eclipse functions).

Rearranged the buttons to make it more difficult to click 'Delete' by accident. Also moved the MBS/RVG/Extras books down to below list of buttons to make more room.