May 2025 Release Notes

14.32.1.0 - May 29, 2025

New

• Billing: Users can now set a default condition code on their outpatient ancillary billable evaluations for institutional transmissions. For more information, check out this article.

Fixed

• Billing: Fixed an issue that sometimes caused non-insurance inpatient/attendance-based billable items to neither grab a billing code nor display a red error telling the user that a billing code is missing, which resulted in the transmission being rejected for those items.
• Billing: Fixed an issue that sometimes caused a pending auth status on a pre-admission outpatient/ancillary billable item.
• Billing: Fixed an issue with the billable export that prevented the insurance name from displaying for outpatient/ancillary items.

14.32.0.1

Fixed

• Doctor Orders: Fixed an issue where dosage form displayed as part of the medication name.

14.32.0.0 - May 27, 2025

New

• Billing: Files will now include the patient’s MR# in PID.4 when integrated billing customers manually download HL7 files or automatically upload them using SFTP when transmitting.
• Billing: Spaces are now removed between first and last name for customers in Arizona to meet the Box 19 requirement. 
• Doctor’s Orders: When searching for medications by brand name, generic medication options will also be displayed to provide a complete list of available alternatives. 

Fixed

• Labs: Fixed the issue where there was an inconsistency between the provider's signature timestamp for lab orders in the EMR and the timestamp transmitted to the lab.
• MAT Pumps: Fixed an issue where the pump failed to recognize a bottle as open after transferring medication between different lots.

14.31.0.0 - May 22, 2025

New

• Billing: Level of care authorizations and service authorizations now support two additional statuses: Not Required and Appeal. These statuses appear in the status column of the Billing tabs, and on patient facesheets in the Authorization/Utilization Reviews section. The list of statuses can also be found under Settings > Billing > Dictionaries.
  

Fixed

• Chart ✓: Fixed an issue causing duplicate rows to show when filtering by Care Team.

14.30.1.0 - May 21, 2025

New

• Billing: Added default sorting capabilities to the Customize Billable Report feature. Users can now view items in ascending or descending order and can also change the default, secondary, and other sorting capabilities. For more information, check out this article.
• Billing: Updated the billable report to display the patient’s name as last name, first name, middle name.

Fixed

• Group Sessions: Fixed an issue where updated times did not reflect on the Group Session Sign-In Sheet.
• Labs: Improved the process of signing a larger number of lab orders to prevent a time-out (502) error.

14.30.0.0 - May 15, 2025

New

• Billing: Enhanced the Customize Billable Layout feature to allow users to show previously hidden fields like Type of Bill. For more information, check out this article.
• Billing: Added the ability to set a user as the Clinical Provider for Per Diem Services. This enhancement will fulfill the Box 19 requirement for clients in Arizona. For more information, check out this article.
• Chart Tracker: Added a new setting called ‘Include diagnosis when Transferring via Chart Tracker?’. When this setting is disabled, diagnoses will not transfer over to new charts created using Chart Tracker. This setting can be found under Settings > Instance.

Fixed

• Group Sessions: Fixed an issue where group sessions in the Ready for Review status were editable by users without the Review Group Sessions feature.

14.29.0.0 - May 13, 2025

New

• Billing: Added a new payer rule that allows users to specify which outpatient/ancillary services require a service authorization. For more information, check out this article.
• MAT Pre-Pour: Pharmacists assigned to pre-pour sessions can now sign using a PIN when the feature is enabled in their profile. For more detailed information, click here. 

Fixed

• Doctor’s Orders: Fixed an issue where doctor’s orders were closing out without saving when adding multiple quick orders to a patient’s chart.
• External Apps: Fixed an issue that sometimes caused certain external apps to be hidden from selection in the patient's facesheet.

14.28.0.0 - May 8, 2025

Fixed

• Attendance: Fixed an issue that allowed navigation to future dates from Schedules > Attendance.

14.27.0.0 - May 6, 2025

New

• Billing: All customers can now customize the layout of the billable report in both the Billing section of Reports and on the patient’s tab. For more information, check out this article.
• Billing: Alphabetized the billing provider drop-down when configuring MAT Dosing and Per Diem Services. For more information, check out this article.
  
• Medications: We have introduced Controlled Substances labeling throughout several areas in Kipu, such as Doctor’s Orders, Med Log, Dashboard, Reports, and Inventory.
  • C-I: These drugs have a high potential for abuse. No medical uses for treatment.
  • C-II: High potential for abuse. Has accepted medical use for treatment.
  • C-III: Less abuse potential than C-II drugs. Accepted medical use.
  • C-IV: Less abuse potential than C-III drugs. Accepted medical use.
  • C-V: Less abuse potential than C-IV drugs. Accepted medical use.

Fixed

• Billing: Fixed an issue for HL7 Download customers where a Missing Konnector red dot error incorrectly appeared on their billable report.
• Billing: Fixed an issue that caused the billing provider’s credentials to be included in the billable item transmission.
• Billing: Fixed an issue that caused the MAT Dosing billing code to apply to POC Lab Requisition billable items.
• Billing: Fixed an issue for admit-to-discharge payer bundling when using it with RD=OFF that sometimes caused it to regenerate after billing.
• Billing: Fixed an issue where unbilled items that don’t require documentation were not destroyed when the discharge date was backdated and the authorization had an end date.

14.25.0.1/14.26.0.1 - May 5, 2025

Fixed

• Fullscreen: Fixed a rare edge case in the unlock function that blocked some users from authenticating and successfully returning to the regular view from the fullscreen view.

14.26.0.0 - May 1, 2025

New

• Billing: Added group number to Billed Item History for items selected for group transmission. For more information on billing reports, click here.
  • When you click on the Hx button, the grouping information will appear in the Billable Item History window.
    

Fixed

• Billing: Fixed an issue that displayed the wrong billing provider when using the Replace Konnector payer rule in combination with a level of care set to Same Signer for billing provider.