Release Notes

New

• MARS: Added a signature field for patients in the MARS module, allowing patients to provide a signature when receiving medication. Both the provider's and patient's signatures will now be recorded. 

Fixed

• Scheduler: Addressed an issue in Virginia Family Wellness where creating appointments resulted in a 30-minute discrepancy between the selected and displayed times. The system now accurately reflects the intended time when scheduling appointments.
• Patient Alerts: Improved the UI to address scaling issues where the "Add" button for Patient Alerts was obscured when the browser was zoomed above 150%. The button is now fully visible at all zoom levels.
• Scheduler: Fixed a bug in Hilber Psychological Services where editing an event status and closing the Edit Event window via the ESC key caused the event to duplicate with conflicting statuses. 
• Billing: Resolved an issue in TCC where duplicate claims marked as "undefined" in the billing tab could not be marked as unbillable. 
• Performance: Resolved a recurring issue in Gavia where the EHR system went down for multiple nurse practitioners between 2 PM and 4 PM EST. The downtime has been investigated and mitigated.
• Syncing: Optimized synchronous backend calls to enhance system performance and prevent thread starvation, ensuring smoother and more efficient processing of requests.

New

• Demographics: Updated the label of the "Legal Sex" field to "Gender at Birth" in the Demographics tab for better clarity.

Fixed

• Patient Calendar: Resolved an issue where document links associated with appointments in the event tooltip did not open.
• Treatment Plans: Improved the usability of the Interventions field by addressing text cropping when hovering over options and increasing the field's width for better readability.
• Billing: Resolved an issue where future appointment cancellation notes appeared in the To-Do list, despite the appointments not being canceled.
• Billing: Fixed an issue where encounters were automatically being voided.
• Documents: Corrected the behavior where lengthy document names in the patient's timeline were truncated when highlighted.
• Documents: Resolved an issue where documentation entries for incomplete To-Do List items were missing from the document archive, impacting reporting and filtering.
• Scheduler: Fixed an issue where admins and providers were unable to update appointment statuses under certain conditions, such as before billing or after the appointment time.
• Documents: Addressed an issue with the Expiration Date field in ROI documents that displayed an "Invalid date" validation message when editing other fields.
• Patient Portal: Fixed a bug where treatment plans sent via the portal showed incomplete "next review date" information.
• Billing: Resolved multiple issues with charges being sent with incorrect case types or payment structures, such as $0 charges, incorrect fee schedules, or defaulting to self-pay.

New

• Billing: Do Not Re-Sync Encounters with Disallowed Line Item Statuses, encounters with line item statuses other than NEW, HOLD, VOID, or BILL_TO_PT will no longer be re-synced to PracticeSuite, preventing changes to unallowed statuses.
• Integration: LSQ Payload Structure Added, enhanced API endpoints with required payload structures for LSQ integration, improving compatibility.

Fixed

• Patient: Correct Display of Insurance Type on Patient/Episode of Care Creation.
• Documents: Forms Not Displayed for Services in Encounter Details Modal. Resolved an issue where forms associated with added services were not displayed in the Encounter Details modal or the event tooltip. Forms now display correctly whether services are added from the event editing modal or the Schedule/Patient Calendar.
• Appointment Requests: Relationship Field Validation. Validated the Relationship fields in the Insurance modal, ensuring consistency with the Patient Portal.
• Billing: Improved Sync Timing Between Opus and PracticeSuite
• Scheduler: Telehealth vs. In-Person Display Discrepancy. Fixed an issue where appointments were incorrectly displayed as telehealth in the Upcoming Appointments section despite being scheduled as in-person.
• Documents: Blank and Medication Tab Issues. Addressed issues where Doctor Orders appeared blank, medications from the Medication Tab > Scheduled Medication were not reflected in MARS, and scheduled medication date/time fields were non-editable.
• Scheduler: Provider Assignment Issues. Fixed a bug that removed providers from groups unexpectedly and prevented adding providers to specific groups.
• Scheduler: Tooltip Updates for Event Duration. Fixed an issue where the Date, Time, and Duration fields in the event tooltip were not updated after modifying the event duration using drag-and-drop or edits from the modal.
• Billing: Encounter Synchronization Between Opus and PracticeSuite. Resolved a synchronization issue where encounters edited in PracticeSuite (e.g., modifying modifiers) did not reflect changes in Opus, and the encounter status was shown as Not Billable.
• Billing: Incorrect Encounter Status in Opus After PracticeSuite Line Item Updates. Fixed an issue where encounters in Opus were incorrectly marked as Not Billable after line item statuses were updated to BILL_TO_PR in PracticeSuite.
• Scheduler: Waitlist Events: 1440-Minute (All-Day) Duration Bug. Prevented the creation of all-day Waitlist Events with a duration of 1440 minutes.
• Billing: Voiding and $0 Encounter Issues. Resolved an issue where encounters marked as "Not Billable" (e.g., internal family meeting sessions) were contributing to voiding or $0 charge issues.

Discover the latest Opus 3.5 update launching December 1: featuring a new To Do List for efficient documentation and enhanced scheduling that automatically updates tasks upon appointment scheduling.

New:

To Do List: One of our favorite new features in Opus is a sleek, real-time organizational tool designed to keep your staff on top of documentation, ensuring billing gets out on time. The To Do List will be the first screen you see, replacing the My Pending Documents screen.

Enhanced Scheduling: Automatically creates a Task in the To Do List when an appointment is scheduled.

How This Update Benefits You: 

Experience a boost in productivity with our intuitive To Do List, ensuring vital actions are surfaced just when needed.

Clients will now receive more reliable text message reminders and notifications about their portal and appointments; email support@opusehr.com for assistance configuring this feature

Opus will be snappier and load times have been drastically reduced.

Fixed:

We have addressed small issues with text messages (SMS), making it more reliable for all users using this feature for appointment reminders, access to the patient portal, documentation requests, and more.