| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
This patch is part of the Patient Financial Services System (PFSS)
replacement system. The project consists of the implementation of the
billing replacement system, business process improvements, and
enhancements to VistA to support integration with the COTS billing
replacement system. Significant changes to VistA legacy systems and
ancillary packages are necessary.
Some of the PFSS software components are not operational until the PFSS
On/Off Switch, distributed with patch IB*2*260, is set to "ON". The
ability for the local site to set the switch to "ON" will be provided at
the appropriate time with the release of a subsequent Integrated Billing
project. PFSS patches are being released on various schedules. Some patch
patch.
For more information about the PFSS project, review the documentation
accompanying this patch and refer to the following website:
http://vista.domain.ext/billreplace/
Features of patch SR*3*144 are listed below:
1. The VistA Surgery software will be enhanced to request an account
number for every Surgery Request Consult. This activity will support
functionality will not be active until a new PFSS switch is activated
the Revenue Office's need to pre-certify with insurance companies the
requested Surgery. A national guideline will be issued defining the
minimum format for creating a Surgery Request Consult within the VistA
Consults package that will collect the data required by PFSS. The
Surgery Request Consult will not create a Surgery case. This guideline
does not require that sites use the Consults package for creating
Surgery requests. Sites using VistA Surgery Request options can
continue to use that approach.
VistA Surgery will be enhanced to also request a PFSS ACCOUNT
during final implementation. PFSS will initially be implemented at select
REFERENCE, and it will be stored in the PFSS ACCOUNT REFERENCE field
(#500) of the SURGERY file (#130). The association to a PFSS ACCOUNT
REFERENCE is obtained when the Surgery case is created and is sent to
the PATIENT CARE ENCOUNTER (PCE) application upon completion of coding.
2. This patch changes the List Completed Cases Missing CPT Codes [SRSCPT]
option to list only those completed cases that do not have a final CPT
code entered in the PRINCIPAL PROCEDURE CODE field (#.02) of the
SURGERY PROCEDURE/DIAGNOSIS CODES file (#136).
pilot sites ONLY.
The purpose of the PFSS project is to prepare the Veterans Health
Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) environment for
the implementation of a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) billing
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