1.289 – Jun 30, 2024
- Improved billing edits for wound dressings
1.289 – May 9, 2024
- Maintenance release – includes minor bug fixes
1.288 – January 12, 2024
- Line Item Report adds detailed search (requires line item posting)
- FIX: Minor bug fix when checking for errors on an invoice
1.287 – December 20, 2023
- UPDATE: Time Clock updated to be compatible with MacOS Sonoma
- FIX: Corrects error when deleting a Memorized invoice
1.286 – October 5, 2023
- UPDATE: Appointment book updated to be compatible with MacOS Sonoma
1.285 – September 27, 2023
- UPDATE: Appointment reminders can be set to send or not send for each Appointment Type
- UPDATE: Archive insurance companies not used in last two years (Go to Preferences > General)
- UPDATE: Appointment scheduling now shows patient photos when entering or modifying an appointment
- UPDATE: Improved sorting of Day Sheet Live Preview when click on column headers
- UPDATE: Improved “Add a New Patient to this Family”
- FIX: Repair of missing scrollbar on Day Sheet Preview (Live) when hiding lines and then showing all again
- FIX: Referring doctor name not printing on HCFA form
- FIX: Custom inventory tracking
1.283 – July 6, 2023
- FIX: Corrected number formatting when printing HCFA forms
1.282 – June 29, 2023
- UPDATE: Inventory List shows totals of columns
- UPDATE: Taxonomy codes added to referral sources
- UPDATE: Custom Inventory list can be searched by patient number or patient name
- UPDATE: Universal version for MacOS – runs native on ARM based chips (ie. M1, M2)
- FIX: Saving of referral numbers
1.281 – April 11, 2023
- FIX: Minor bug fixes
- Note: This is the last version of KIP that will run on MacOS versions prior to 10.14.x (future versions will be updated to support Universal/Apple Silicon computers)
1.280 – December 23, 2022
- UPDATE: Line item report now shows cost of goods
- UPDATE: Inventory List now shows cost of goods
- UPDATE: Daily Totals Report, shows totals of credit cards, cash, checks with running balances (Double-clicking the line opens the Day Sheet for that day) – Practice Owner level only
- UPDATE: Invoice diagnosis codes can be expanded to show descriptions (icon to the left of Diagnosis 1 toggles this feature) – can set initially expanded in Preferences > Invoice
- UPDATE: Added “Returned” items to the Order Tracking List
- UPDATE: Improved DrChrono integration
- UPDATE: Edit recent invoices can be limited to insurance invoices, or just patient invoices
- UPDATE: Improved error checking of invoices
- UPDATE: Improved checking for duplicate patients
- UPDATE: Added amount paid to transaction search
- UPDATE: Electronic Remittances’ file extensions can be .835, .txt, .dat, .edi
- FIX: Error when processing certain Electronic Remittances
1.279 – August 17, 2022
- UPDATE: Improved matching of ERA with deposits entered in Deposits list
- UPDATE: Appointments wanted list added, for patients who want to be offered sooner appointments when one becomes available
- UPDATE: Tighter security for deleting records in lists
- UPDATE: Improved error checking on insurance invoices
- FIX: Lost connection to server when entering a patient note
- FIX: Reduced warnings for mixed patient and insurance invoices
- FIX: Occasional error when posting an electronic remittance
- FIX: Texting messages to patients in Order Tracking list
- FIX: Occasional patient number error when entering a new patient
1.278 – July 6, 2022
- UPDATE: Improved speed in several processes
- UPDATE: Order tracking added – allows for tracking of items ordered for patients and contacting the patient by email or text message to pick them up when the items have arrived
- UPDATE: More detailed error checking on insurance claims
- FIX: Holding the option key down on the invoice window allows you to add a second auto-invoice to the current invoice
- FIX: Error related to saving an inventory item that has a tax rate entered
1.277 – January 23, 2022
- UPDATE: Receivables preview gives a more active look by Insurance Carrier into the Receivables Report
- UPDATE: Invoices do not allow the same diagnosis pointer on the same line.
- UPDATE: Alerts faster when entering the same diagnosis code two times on an invoice.
1.276 – January 15, 2022
- UPDATE: Jump button on the appointment book can jump from the date you have open, making it easier to count days
- FIX: Corrects issue where CPT Codes 11720 and 11721 require a systemic condition to justify billing
- FIX: Select previous text message text corrected
- FIX: Day Sheet Preview (Live) correctly totals American Express charges
- FIX: Corrects problem with two popup windows opening when entering Type of Service code on invoice
1.275 – January 7, 2022
- UPDATE: Active (Live) Day Sheet Preview – allows searching on Day Sheet, Showing Subset (such as only checks or credit cards), and double-clicking to open/edit that transaction
- UPDATE: Time clock shows daily hours worked
- UPDATE: Time cards show every day whether worked or not
- UPDATE: Type of service (TOS) code on invoice will show choices when field is blank
- UPDATE: Checking of codes between KIP and DrChrono performed on invoice window (green checkmark)
- UPDATE: EMR Notes now accessible from the invoice window
- UPDATE: Improved error checking on invoices
- UPDATE: Diagnosis codes on an invoice shift to the left when a diagnosis code is deleted
- UPDATE: Protection added when trying to save an appointment recently modified by another user
- UPDATE: Option to group number of referrals by phone number to consolidate physician referrals in the same practice
- FIX: Bug fix when applying an auto invoice to an invoice that already has payments applied to it
- FIX: Minor bug fix saving patient data when only changing the case of field text (such as lower case to upper case)
1.274 – October 1, 2021
- UPDATE: Duplicate checking when entering referral sources
- UPDATE: Letters to doctors can be selected individually to print
- UPDATE: Archiving of treatment providers added
- UPDATE: Improved integration with DrChrono EHR
- UPDATE: Added credit card payment type for electronic remittance posting
- UPDATE: Improved checking for errors on invoices
- FIX: Crash when closing Patient List window
- FIX: Minor bug fixes
1.273 – July 7, 2021
- UPDATE: Improved error checking when submitting claims electronically
- UPDATE: Graph added showing Billed and Receipts for last 10 years so you can see the trend of your practice (ie. growth or decline)
- UPDATE: New patient import can load older jotform entries for import
- UPDATE: Insured phone number enters patient cell phone if home phone is blank
- UPDATE: Medical history added to New Patient window to allow for COVID vaccine data entry
- FIX: Error saving date deceased for Optometrists and Ophthalmologists corrected
1.272 – May 18, 2021
- UPDATE: Printing of HCFA forms will print up to 12 lines per page
- UPDATE: COVID-19 vaccine information added to Medical screen on Patient information window
- UPDATE: Added birthdate to Find Patients window Quick Click list
- FIX: Printing of mailing labels from Patient List OUTPUT button
- FIX: Drag and drop appointments error fixed
- FIX: Bug when saving invoice with inventory list open
- FIX: Corrected ERA posting to secondary insurance
1.271 – April 23, 2021
- UPDATE: New invoices billed to patient are held from the billing cycle for 20 days
- UPDATE: Appointment window is now color coded to match the appointment type color
- UPDATE: Multiple appointments can be edited at one time (can be set differently on each workstation computer in Preferences)
- UPDATE: Patients over 18 years of age automatically moved from Bill To Parents to Bill To Patient
- UPDATE: Patient List names colored green if the patient has a balance, red if the patient is in collection
- UPDATE: Improved saving of patient insurance information
- UPDATE: Easy Search Utility (Patients > Custom Patient Search) improved to show codes not billed recently for patients with an upcoming appointment
- UPDATE: Easy Search Utility (Patients > Custom Patient Search) improved and now includes a Quick Pick of top insurance carriers
- UPDATE: Fee schedules updated to improve calculations on invoices
- FIX: Employee birthdate error corrected
- FIX: Minor bug fixes corrected
1.270 – December 9, 2020
- UPDATE: Increased compatibility with special characters in billing provider names
1.269 – December 7, 2020
- FIX: Send bills to patients error corrected
1.268 – December 2, 2020
- UPDATE: Improved two-way text messaging
- UPDATE: Printing Bills to Patients now includes the patient’s next appointment date. Appointments within the next two weeks appear in red.
- UPDATE: Last exam date on Patient Information window is orange if greater than one year ago and red if greater than three years ago
- UPDATE: Speed enhancements on searching for patients
- UPDATE: Speed enhancements in Appointment Book when using DrChrono
- FIX: Minor bug fix on the Appointment Book corrected
- FIX: Transaction search by check number error corrected
- FIX: Rare error when sending claims to secondary insurance corrected
- FIX: Overwriting of Alert Note on Patient Information screen when two computers working on the same patient is corrected
1.267 – September 30, 2020
- FIX: Corrects problem when copying and pasting appointments
1.265 – September 26, 2020
- UPDATE: Updated appointment schedule
- UPDATE: Improved posting of electronic remittance advice (ERA)
- UPDATE: Insurance carrier window shows all patients with that carrier (whether Primary or Second Insurance)
- UPDATE: Automatic faxing of DrChrono chart notes with cover sheet to referring and/or primary care physicians by clicking the fax icon on the Edit Invoices window (lower right corner of the window)
- UPDATE: Automatically log into DrChrono at startup (set in Preferences)
- FIX: Marking claims as mailed to insurance error corrected
- FIX: Adding a new billing provider name improved when user is a DrChrono EMR user
- FIX: Texting on Windows 10
- FIX: Dex-O-File search bug is fixed
1.264 – August 11, 2020
- FIX: Appointment book displays cell phone when no home phone is entered
- FIX: Corrects saving of vision prescription information
1.263 – July 1, 2020
- FIX: Corrects display error on invoice supplemental data screen
1.262 – June 24, 2020
- UPDATE: Line item report shows line description entered on invoice when Show Patients is selected
- UPDATE: Ultimate Recalls outputs to text message, emails, or export to text file (requires “Practice Owner” or “Marketing” password level)
- FIX: Corrects error when electronically submitting a claim with hidden line items
- FIX: Corrects Line Item Report not displaying all items
- FIX: Minor improvements when entering vision prescriptions
- FIX: Improved saving of vision prescriptions
1.260 – June 12, 2020
- FIX: Minor bug fix in electronic claim format
1.259 – June 12, 2020
- UPDATE: Create and edit email templates
- UPDATE: Day Sheet now shows the insurance billed on the invoice instead of the primary insurance for the patient
- UPDATE: Explanation of patient charge can be entered when payment is entered
- UPDATE: Patient bills exported has line item bill format option
- UPDATE: Custom patient billing messages can be set to automatically delete after patient is billed
- FIX: Correct for invalid characters in DrChrono EHR data
1.258 – April 27, 2020
- FIX: Crash when opening a patient record fixed
1.257 – April 26, 2020
- FIX: Day Sheet Summary error corrected
1.256 – April 23, 2020
- UPDATE: Changing invoice bill to (Patient, Ins1, Ins2) directly from the Finance screen (Practice Owner or Office Manager level only)
- UPDATE: Treatment providers omitted from the appointment book are omitted from the initial selection of treatment providers on an invoice
- UPDATE: Improved Electronic Claim Submission to second and third insurance carriers
- UPDATE: Improved editing of phone numbers
- UPDATE: Added ability to print Tickler File (open invoices)
- UPDATE: Improved posting of ERAs with incentive payments
- UPDATE: Treatment location can be omitted from appointment confirmations
- UPDATE: Transaction search expanded to find invoices with diagnosis code and/or CPT code
- FIX: Creating and editing banners error has been corrected
- FIX: Improved stability when DrChrono EMR web site goes down
- FIX: Saving of Vision Rx corrected
1.255 – February 27, 2020
- UPDATE: Finance screen allows for manual adjustment of patient balances on invoices billed to insurance (Office Manager or Practice Owner password level required)
- UPDATE: Electronic remittance posting and manual line item posting now accommodates incentive payments from Medicare
- UPDATE: Graphs (Reports menu) updated
- UPDATE: Ability to tag an electronic claim as “Corrected” or “Void” (found on the Supplemental Data tab of the invoice)
- UPDATE: Updated invoice error checking
- UPDATE: Improved electronic claim submission to secondary carrier
- UPDATE: Alert when scheduling an appointment within 61 days for a Routine Foot Care visit (Podiatry only)
- UPDATE: Payer ID added to the address for each insurance carrier on the Patient Information screen
- UPDATE: Preference added for printing invoice line item descriptions. Invoice can show what is entered on the CPT/Inventory code list or what is entered on the invoice. (Please note: this preference is specific to each computer, so if the option is set one way on one computer, it can be set the other way on a different computer.)
- UPDATE: Improved insurance eligibility checking (found on the Print Appointments window)
- UPDATE: Print patient demographics and insurance cards using “Print Prior Authorization Form” from the More menu when viewing the Patient Information screen
- UPDATE: Tickler File color system has been updated and improved
- UPDATE: Improved electronic processing of DME Claims to secondary payer
- FIX: Manually entering Line Level Payments error has been corrected
- FIX: Emailing of receipts to patient error is corrected
- FIX: Global period of an invoice is updated if an invoice is modified
1.254 – November 20, 2019
- UPDATE: Improved posting of electronic remittance (EOB)
- UPDATE: Referral sources include associated patients in a list which can be opened by double-clicking the name in the list
- UPDATE: Plain paper invoices print with description as it appears on the invoice
- FIX: Ultimate Recalls error when marking patients as recalled
1.253 – September 13, 2019
- UPDATE: Improved posting of electronic remittance (EOB)
- UPDATE: Insurance Checklist on Print Appointments screen makes checking insurance eligibility easier (since most EHR eligibility checks are not as accurate as the insurance web sites)
- UPDATE: HCFA form now prints all dates in 4-digit year
- UPDATE: Improved color coding of Tickler File
- FIX: Improved calculation of age of patient on Personal Information screen
- FIX: Sending electronic claim to second payer directly from the invoice screen (hold option-key down then click OK & SEND)
1.252 – July 25, 2019
- UPDATE: Notes and Credits applied to invoices shown when invoice is open. Lines can be double-clicked to open the item.
- UPDATE: Notes and Credits applied to invoices shown when invoice is selected in the Ledger. Lines can be double-clicked to open the item.
- UPDATE: Improved error checking of electronic claims
- UPDATE: Speed improvement for viewing recent invoices
- UPDATE: Speed improvement when opening a patient window
- UPDATE: HCFA form printing update (Box 32 should not print when treatment location is office)
- UPDATE: Chart labels print the patient’s preferred phone number
- UPDATE: Prompting of printing of bills to patients after posting an electronic remittance (ERA)
- FIX: Corrected sending of ordering provider in DME claims
- FIX: Corrected bug on link to open insurance carrier when viewing patient insurance information
- FIX: Minor bug fixes
1.251 – May 11, 2019
- UPDATE: Marketing New Patient Report (Quick View) adds percent of new patients by month
- UPDATE: Posting payments updated to accept deposits for insurance carriers not being sent electronically.
- UPDATE: Entering copays on each invoice line can now accept negative copay amounts (for discounts)
- UPDATE: Line Item Report can search by Invoice date or Line Item date
- UPDATE: Line item diagnosis pointer defaults to “A” for optometrists
- UPDATE: Birthdate changed on patient changes birthdate on insurances with relation ‘Self’
- Fix: Time Clock times can be edited for Sundays
- FIX: Line Item Report fixed to show line items with different date than the invoice
- FIX: Error where deposits entered as “Paper Check” do not show up in the Payment screen deposit list
- FIX: Hidden line items are correctly omitted from electronic claim submissions
1.250 – April 5, 2019
- UPDATE: Fee Lookup Tool (Reports menu) shows approved amounts for CPT codes by code and insurance carrier (based on previous payments)
- UPDATE: Fee schedules button on invoices shows approved amount for selected insurance (based on previous payments)
- UPDATE: Fee schedules button on invoices now shows proper reduced fees when billing multiple procedures
- UPDATE: Improved processing of Electronic Claims to secondary insurance on DME claims
- UPDATE: Day Sheet now shows the insurance carrier for the carrier billed and the carrier payment
- FIX: Corrected a minor display issue with the appointment book
- FIX: Deposits not showing up correctly in the list on the Payment screen
1.248 –February 20, 2019
- FIX: Crash when viewing line item dates
- FIX: Saving of line item dates
1.247 –February 15, 2019
- FIX: Sending electronic claims
1.246 –February 12, 2019
- FIX: Appointment book error
1.245 –February 12, 2019
- UPDATE: Fee Schedules button on Invoices pulls all fee schedules with totals (and 20%) so you know exactly how much to ask for the deductible (or the 20%)
- UPDATE: DrChrono EMR Notes can now be read and printed from within KIP
- UPDATE: Exporting of data to disk from Patient List and Ultimate Recalls™ – allows use of email marketing services such as MailChimp (Practice Owner password level only)
- UPDATE: Improved processing of Electronic Remittances
- UPDATE: Improved error checking of invoices
- UPDATE: Improved processing of Electronic Claims to secondary insurance on DME claims
- FIX: Displaying of employee Time Cards
1.243 –December 21, 2018
1.241 –December 19, 2018
- UPDATE: Patient insurance highlighted if recently changed
- UPDATE: New patients shown in Find Patient list improved
- UPDATE: Appts dragged in KIP are updated in DrChrono
- FIX: Bug fixes in Patient Information screen
- FIX: Crash when trying to display HCFA form when invoice billed to patient
- FIX: Update of Diagnosis code on HCFA form is saved automatically
1.240 –December 1, 2018
- FIX: Appearance of appointment book in MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra)
- FIX: Date entry for date fields
1.239 –November 28, 2018
- UPDATE: Improved Electronic Remittance (ERA) posting
- UPDATE: Added number of ignored bills when sending bills to patients
- UPDATE: Text messaging updated to send greater than 160 characters per message
- UPDATE: Append a custom message to text message appointment reminders (enter message in Preferences > Email)
- UPDATE: Improved saving of recent text messages
- UPDATE: Dates can be edited like normal text. You can also enter dates without the slashes or with a two digit year (or no year for the current year, ie. enter “1201” and hit TAB to enter 12/01/2018. Enter the letter “t” as a shortcut for today, “+” to increase the date one day, “-” to decrease the date one day.
- FIX: Processing of late fees when sending out patient bills
- FIX: Auto-quit of the application after idle for a set period of time
- FIX: Printing of Patient Record Header dates and phone numbers
1.238 –August 29, 2018
- UPDATE: Improved Electronic Remittance (ERA) posting
- UPDATE: Improved data transfer to DrChrono EMR
- UPDATE: Export of EMR Notes as individual PDF files to Desktop for import in External EMR (such as DrChrono)
- UPDATE: Transaction Search (Patients menu) – allows searching of transactions (invoices, payments, and adjustments) by multiple criteria. Items can be opened when double-clicked.
- UPDATE: Selecting an invoice in EDIT RECENT INVOICES (Patients menu) automatically copies the patient name (last name first) to the clipboard for pasting into another program
- UPDATE: Date can be entered manually below the search list in the EDIT RECENT INVOICES window (Patients menu) should the date range not include the desired date
1.237 –July 1, 2018
- UPDATE: 64-bit version of KIP MediWeb compatible with MacOS version 10.9 or higher
- UPDATE: Integration with DrChrono EMR. Registered users of DrChrono EMR can perform the following actions:
- Patients entered into KIP MediWeb can be automatically transferred to DrChrono
- Appointments entered into KIP MediWeb can be automatically transferred to DrChrono
- UPDATE: Improved Electronic Remittance (ERA) posting
- UPDATE: Payments entered via Electronic Remittance (ERA) can be edited on the Line Level screen including “Next Bill To”
1.236 –July 1, 2018
IMPORTANT: KIP Mediweb Update 1.236 is the last update available in Mac OS 32-bit version which is compatible with Mac OS 10.6.8 and higher.
If your computer is using Mac OS 10.9 or higher, you will automatically begin receiving the 64-bit version of KIP Mediweb which is compatible with Mac OS 10.9 (Mavericks) and higher.
1.235 –May 15, 2018
- UPDATE: Performance Report now includes new patients and totals for previous year
- UPDATE: Performance Report also shows graphs of income for each provider
- UPDATE: Significant speed enhancements of graphs by CPT codes and inventory
- UPDATE: Day Sheet Reconcile report subtotals by check number only
- UPDATE: ERA processing compatible with more file types (ie. files ending in .835 and .dat)
- UPDATE: Improved electronic processing of claims to secondary and tertiary payers
1.234 –April 3, 2018
- UPDATE: Tickler File notes now open in window when double-clicked
- UPDATE:Referral numbers not printed in Box 23 of the HCFA form if number of visits is zero
- FIX: Payer ID change on insurance carrier changes all carriers with the same payer ID
1.233 –March 31, 2018
- UPDATE: Tickler File now includes link to insurance company web site (must be entered in the Insurance Companies list)
- UPDATE: Find button on Tickler file allows searching for a patient in the list
- UPDATE: Improved ERA posting
- UPDATE: Improved error trapping when sending electronic claims
- FIX: Pop-up list when tabbing out of patient insurance carrier when nothing has changed is now suppressed
1.232 –March 16, 2018
- UPDATE: Tickler File now includes policy# and birthdate to facilitate online search of claims (clicking once on either area copies it to the clipboard to easily paste into search fields of insurance web sites)
- FIX: Saving of Expiration Date of Referral on new invoice corrected
1.231 –March 11, 2018
- UPDATE: Improved speed using Easy Search Utility
- UPDATE: Referral numbers not printed in Box 23 of the HCFA form if expired
- UPDATE: Links to edit Billing Provider, Treatment Provider, and Treatment Location directly from invoice
- UPDATE: Improved error checking of electronic claims prior to submission
- FIX: Minor adjustments made to ERA posting in regards to crossover claims to secondary insurance
1.230 –February 28, 2018
- UPDATE: Improved error checking when sending electronic claims
- FIX: Electronic posting of EOB from Ins3 or higher corrected
- FIX: Insurance card images not saved
1.229 –February 9, 2018
- UPDATE: Compatibility update for migration to new hardware. This will be a mandatory update once we upgrade our server.
- UPDATE: Sex of patient no longer has a default value to reduce claim errors
- UPDATE: Receivables report no longer shows patients in collection
- UPDATE: Improved Electronic Remittance posting
- UPDATE: Sending electronic claim directly from invoice streamlined
- UPDATE: Manual editing of line level payments after electronic EOB posted enabled for Practice Owner and Office Manager password levels
- FIX: Improved GUI when showing insurance card images
- FIX: Compose message recipient formatting error
- FIX: Insurance card images properly associated with correct plan after plan billing order changed
1.228 –January 26, 2018
- UPDATE: Payer Report shows total income by insurance carrier for any date range (Practice Owner password level only)
- UPDATE: Tickler File (Open Invoices) now has filters to make it easier to track overlooked claims
- UPDATE: Action Log added to Reports menu. The action log shows you the Notes file for a specified date range (Practice Owner password level only)
- UPDATE: Custom Patient Search by balances allows negative numbers.
- UPDATE: Improved error checking to reduce data entry errors
- UPDATE: Security update
- UPDATE: Improved Electronic Remittance posting for secondary insurance carriers
- FIX: Day Sheet showing line items restored
1.227 –December 1, 2017
- UPDATE: Patient record header uses date of next appointment when printed in advance
- UPDATE: Additional checks to manage missing fields when entering data
- UPDATE: Updated electronic claims processing to current specifications
- UPDATE: Notes for each claim appear on the Print Claims and Send Claims Electronically window
- UPDATE: Improved compatibility for claims reporting of MIPS/PQRS data when posting Electronic Remittance (ERA)
- FIX: Line item processing when posting Electronic Remittance (ERA)
- FIX: Minor bug fix when viewing Messages
1.226 –October 13, 2017
- UPDATE: Messages can be archived and/or printed
- UPDATE: Printing of inventory now includes Quantity of item in stock
- FIX: Printing of plain paper invoice printed an incorrect diagnosis code when the diagnosis code was blank
1.225 –October 11, 2017
- UPDATE: Insurance cards can be scanned and stored for each patient (no more photocopies) [Read more]
- UPDATE: Double-click on insurance list on an invoice to open that insurance company’s information
- UPDATE: Invoice now has a quick link for referring doctor to open or edit the referral information
- UPDATE: Speed enhancements on printing insurance claims
- UPDATE: Speed enhancements on Edit Recent Invoices
- UPDATE: Font adjustment on Plain Paper Invoices when printed allowing for greater detail on line item descriptions
- UPDATE: Print button on Appt Book gives the option to print appts directly from the window (2 columns max) or in a list view (4 columns max)
- FIX: Manual entering of Global Period on CPT Codes
1.224 –August 5, 2016
- UPDATE: SEND FAX icon added to Referring Doctor on Patient Information screen to quickly print a FAX COVER SHEET to that doctor
- UPDATE: Send a single claim electronically directly from the Invoice window by holding the Option (alt) key and clicking the OK & SEND button. Great for resubmitting a corrected invoice quickly.
- UPDATE: Automatically electronically process claims to secondary carriers after processing ERA from primary carrier
- UPDATE: Processing ERA removes invoice from tickler file for 30 days to allow time for processing to next insurance
- UPDATE: Find Patient window includes new patients entered today in Quick Click list
- UPDATE: Speed improvements when saving invoices
- FIX: Treatment Providers can generate totals for their own performance
- FIX: Setting of Appointment Book Preferences corrected
- FIX: Saving of changed of Line Item dates
- FIX: Displaying of ICD-10 code descriptions on Plain Paper invoice
- FIX: Appearance of multiple patient list windows
1.223 –June 26, 2017
- UPDATE: Improved processing of Electronic Remittances
- UPDATE: Intra-office messaging (see Messages under the View menu). Send private messages to other KIP users in your offices. Users get an alert when they log in.
- UPDATE: Speed improvements in the appointment book
- UPDATE: Improved invoice error checking
- FIX: Minor bug fixes corrected on invoices
- FIX: Sending of HCFA Box19 electronically corrected
1.222 –May 15, 2017
- UPDATE: Improved invoice error checking
- UPDATE: Memorized Invoices can be renamed by Right-Clicking on the invoice in the list
- UPDATE: Improved electronic claim error checking on Routine Foot Care invoices
- UPDATE: Improved processing of Electronic Remittances
- UPDATE: Improved updating of Next Appointment Date on Patient Information Screen
- UPDATE: Global periods have been added to all CPT Codes. You will see an alert if you enter a charge within the global period without the proper modifier.
- FIX: Minor bug fixes on Day Sheet
1.221 –April 10, 2017
- FIX: Corrects duplicate invoices being saved when clicking OK & Print
1.220 –April 6, 2017
- FIX: Corrects payments not showing when printing a plain paper invoice
1.219 –April 5, 2017
- UPDATE: Full Ledger with Running Balances added to Finance screen of Patient Information
- UPDATE: View and edit recent invoices with new option EDIT RECENT INVOICES under the Patients Menu (no need to open a patient’s ledger to edit/review invoices for the day)
- UPDATE: Print Invoices added to More menu (visible while Patient Information window is open) allows for easy printing of many invoices for a patient
- UPDATE: Improved ERA posting – allows for electronic posting of payments from any carrier the patient may have (ie. Ins1, Ins2, Ins3, …)
- FIX: Time cards display incorrect time periods (AM/PM)
- FIX: Corrects a problem where line items are not created when memorizing an invoice with a payment applied to it
- FIX: Corrects a crash when Ins1 is deleted without saving the patient record after
- FIX: Corrects error with numbering deposits (Lists menu)
1.218 –March 10, 2017
- UPDATE: Graphs for Income, Billings, and Income vs Billings added
- UPDATE: Graphs can be shown in different styles such as bar graph and line graph
- FIX: Corrects an error related to patient name format
1.217 –March 8, 2017
- UPDATE: Defaults fax cover Billing Office to the default billing provider set in the Preferences
- FIX: Corrects an error related to sending electronic claims
1.216 –March 2, 2017
- UPDATE: Graphs added to Reports menu for added insight into data (Practice Owner password level only)
- UPDATE: Taxonomy Codes added to HCFA 1500 form and electronic claims (set this option for each insurance carrier)
- UPDATE: Improved error checking on claims
- UPDATE: Option to omit date on Patient Record Header (Set in Preferences:Printer)
- UPDATE: Option to set Bill Provider claim type for either Medical Claims or DMERC Claims
- FIX: Corrects fee schedule update on Fee2, Fee3, Fee4, Fee5 on inventory codes
- FIX: Error on on-screen HCFA form when insurance billed is Ins3 or greater
- FIX: Illegal character in Dex-O-File name caused error
1.215 –February 14, 2016
- FIX: Corrects errors relating to deleting patient insurance policies
- FIX: Printing Auto Letter from the Personal screen adjusted to retain modified text after printing to allow further corrections
1.214 –February 2, 2017
- UPDATE: Electronic claims upgraded from 8 to 12 diagnosis codes on each claim
- UPDATE: Speed enhancements on TRACE OPEN and TRACE ALL on patient Finance screen
- UPDATE: Speed improvement displaying the on screen HCFA form, especially when showing multiple forms in the PRINT INSURANCE CLAIMS or SEND CLAIMS ELECTRONICALLY screens.
- UPDATE: ERA posting updated
1.213 –December 28, 2016
- UPDATE: Group Number added to Custom Search Builder – allows easy lookup of plan payments for similar patients
- UPDATE: New Invoice tells appointment book to associate the next appointment for that patient (no need to click MAKE APPT button on Patient Information window)
- UPDATE: Late Fees can be associated with a specific (ie. separate) treatment provider to avoid being counted as encounters in reports (Billing Preferences)
- FIX: Appointment window pop-up dialog suppressed when clicking on window to activate it
- FIX: Position of Appointment Book Window when opened with other windows open
- FIX: Opening of a second appointment book window, instead of showing the original window
- FIX: Automatic posting of ERA lines related to pink alert on line
- FIX: Repair of Performance Report when showing date range greater than 3 months
1.212 –December 6, 2016
- FIX: Next appointment on Patient Information screen
1.211 –November 23, 2016
- FIX: Next appointment on Patient Information screen
1.210 –November 22, 2016
- UPDATE: Easy Search Utility (added to the Patients menu) shows patients overdue for treatments or dispensed items (use OUTPUT button on Patient List to then Print Labels or Send Letters to your list)
- UPDATE: Added flashing alert to Personal Info message box which you can turn on to make sure important information about this patient is noticed
- UPDATE: Totals added to Performance Report
- UPDATE: Improvements in Automated Letters and saving letters as an EMR Note
- UPDATE: Updates to improve stability and speed
1.208 –November 1, 2016
- FIX: Deleted patient appointment crash where no previous appts were found
1.207 –October 31, 2016
- FIX: Deleted non-patient appointment crash
1.206 –October 28, 2016
- UPDATE: Automated Letters can now be sent to patients in the Ultimate Recall™ list and Patient List
- UPDATE: Standard name and address label added to Ultimate Recalls™
- FIX: Delete expired referral numbers when entering an Automatic Invoice
- FIX: Co-management dates adjusted to automatically set to 90 days
1.205 –October 16, 2015
- UPDATE: Letters to New Patients added (totally custom using an Automated Letter)
- UPDATE: Letters to Doctors (with EMR Notes attached) now added (totally custom using an Automated Letter)
- FIX: Add a New Patient to this Family has been restored and is now compatible with the new insurance screen
- FIX: Electronic Claims using a treatment provider with a “Bill As” provider corrected when Line Items have a different provider
1.204 –September 28, 2016
- UPDATE: Speed improvements on patient insurance screen
- FIX: Minor bug with insurance carrier name
1.203 –September 19, 2016
- FIX: Deleting of patient insurance carriers fixed
1.202 –September 16, 2016
- UPDATE: Each workstation can have its own appointment book view
- FIX: Drag of insurance carriers error now fixed
1.201 –September 8, 2016
- UPDATE: Sorting of patient record headers can be set by appt, provider, location, or patient name
- FIX: Storage of insurance information
- FIX: Format of cell phone number on patient record header
1.200 –September 8, 2016
- FIX: Home Phone entered into insured birthdate while entering a new patient
1.199 –September 7, 2016
- UPDATE: Patients can have an unlimited number of insurance policies (read more)
- UPDATE: New Appt Preference: Show appt times on both sides of schedule (easier to read for multiple providers)
- UPDATE: New Invoices enter provider from Appt Book automatically
- UPDATE: Expired referral numbers do not carry over to invoice
- UPDATE: Better tracking of un-billed claims
- UPDATE: Double-click invoice notes in Patient Info – Alert area opens the full note
- UPDATE: TOTAL button on Deposits list totals open deposits (Practice Owner password level only)
- FIX: New Invoice button in Appt Window repaired
- FIX: Corrected sort order of Patient – Notes by date when header clicked
- FIX: Minor bug fix when saving an item in Lists
1.198 –July 10, 2016
- UPDATE: Changing of Deposit Type changes all payments applied to it
- UPDATE: Claims Processing can now be limited to a specific Provider and/or Location
- UPDATE: Claims Processing window can be resized
- UPDATE: Invoice list when sending claims or printing claims opens invoice when double-clicked
- UPDATE: Appt Preferences (greyed out appointments) can now be modified
1.197 –May 25, 2016
- UPDATE: Improved ERA Posting – with Line Skip, Write-Offs, Balances to Patient and/or Insurance
- UPDATE: Transaction numbers added to printed ledger
- FIX: Entering new employer corrected
- FIX: ERA posting now posts correct deposit type
1.196 –April 25, 2016
- UPDATE: Security Code area added to credit card information in bills to patients
1.195 –April 18, 2016
- UPDATE: ECS Compatibility with Apex Clearinghouse added
1.194 –April 1, 2016
- UPDATE: Print Patient Record Headers for all appointments in a given date range
- UPDATE: ERA Posting Update
- UPDATE: Program Automatically Quits if unused for 30 minutes (per HIPAA guidelines).
- FIX: Error corrected when posting payment to multiple invoices at the same time.
- FIX: Minor bug fixes related to saving insurance information
1.193 –February 29, 2016
- UPDATE: Custom Patient Search added – easily search on multiple criteria
- UPDATE: Output of Patient List to Mailing Labels and/or Printed List (Practice Owner password level only)
- UPDATE: Patient List shows number of patients in the list
1.192 –February 17, 2016
- UPDATE: Performance Report shows visits, charges, payments, and adjustments by provider – easily compare production stats of your staff
- UPDATE: Items in Trace All and Trace Open window open when double-clicked
- UPDATE: Ability to enter custom comments on Adjustments
- UPDATE: Improved Line Item Report with Insurance Carriers listed. Searching by insurance carrier updated.
1.190 –January 27, 2016
- UPDATE: ERA Posting Update
- UPDATE: Electronic claims transmissions update
- UPDATE: Improvement in retaining connection to server
- FIX: Moving Insurance Balance to Patient using an Adjustment corrected
- FIX: Sending of text messages from Patient Information screen recorded in patient notes
- FIX: Line Item dates can be modified
1.188 –December 31, 2015
- UPDATE: Treatment Provider user role added gives Treatment Providers the ability to check their production without access to other provider data
- FIX: Sending of text messages from Patient Information screen
1.187 –December 18, 2015
- UPDATE: Double-clicking invoice number on on-screen HCFA form opens invoice for editing
- UPDATE: AUTO-FILL button will allow copy of last invoice even if no invoices have been memorized
- UPDATE: Electronic Remittance Posting recognizes duplicate claim errors and skips posting for that claim
- FIX: Corrects display of on-screen HCFA form on Windows computers
1.186 –Released Dec 9, 2015
- UPDATE: Electronic Remittance Posting – for more information, click here
- UPDATE: Ledger can be organized by Open Invoices and their associated Payments/Credits- for more information, click here
- UPDATE: Print Ledger can be limited to a date range
- UPDATE: Shortcuts added to many date fields – Plus (+) key to increase date by one, Minus (-) key to decrease date by one, and (t) to go to Today’s date.
- UPDATE: Added Hospital Admit and Discharge Date to Invoice Supplemental Data
- UPDATE: DMERC claims can now be submitted as the secondary carrier. Hide Other Ins is no longer needed when sending a DMERC claim.
- FIX: Corrects an error in the appointment book that was generated when clicking the mouse on the scroll bar
- FIX: Corrects an error when creating a new Automated Letter
1.185 –Released Nov 14, 2015
- FIX: Corrects issue when entering an appointment using the last appointment time on the schedule
1.184 –Released Nov 7, 2015
- UPDATE: Co-management Claims – Date Relinquished Care defaults to 90 days following Date Assumed Care
- FIX: Corrects issue when converting a saved ICD-9 invoice to ICD-10
1.183 –Released Nov 6, 2015
- UPDATE: Claims viewable in on screen HCFA form with dynamic diagnosis code entry, by:
- Clicking HCFA button on the invoice screen
- Clicking the SHOW HCFA button when batch printing of claims
- Clicking the SHOW HCFA button when sending claims electronically
- UPDATE: Addition of phone number to return address in Invoice Only bill format
- UPDATE: Speed enhancements in some areas
- FIX: Time clock manual time entry – times between 1:00 AM and 9:59 AM not accepted
- FIX: Negative dollar amounts not showing up as negative on printed invoice
1.182 –Released Oct 31, 2015
- UPDATE: Restores drag of appointments in the updated appointment book
- UPDATE: Creates archive of claim files sent electronically
- UPDATE: Automatic printing of HCFA forms to Ins2, Ins3, or Ins4 after a payment has been entered
- FIX: Fixes format of electronic claims to secondary insurance for iPlexus clearinghouse
1.181 – Released Oct 28, 2015
- UPDATE: Adds appointment text area to appointment book for appointments longer than 15 minutes
- FIX: Fixes drawing of appointments and (temporarily) disables drag of appointments
1.179 – Released Oct 27, 2015
- UPDATE: Appointment Book can enter appointments of varying lengths – click here to read more
- FIX: Calculation of patient balances when open invoices billed to Ins3 or Ins4
1.178 – Released Oct 19, 2015
- FIX: Mailing label adjustment applied to all printed pages of labels
1.177 – Released Oct 18, 2015
- UPDATE: Settings added to adjust position of mailing labels when printed (SETTINGS button lower left corner of print label window)
- UPDATE: Settings added to adjust position of Patient Record Header when printed (Preferences > Printer)
1.176 – Released Oct 14, 2015
- UPDATE: TRACE ALL button is now activated on Patient Info Finance Screen (traces payments to all invoices)
- FIX: Corrected error where previous diagnosis codes were not appearing on new invoices
1.175 – Released Oct 13, 2015
- NEW: Plain Paper Invoices can have Billing Provider NPI or Treatment Provider NPI printed (set in Preferences > Invoices on each computer)
- FIX: Assigned check box on Plain Paper Invoice is checked/unchecked based on the Assigned checkbox on the invoice
1.174 – Released Oct 12, 2015
- NEW: Appointment book can be colored boxes or colored text (Set in KIP > Preferences > Appts on each computer)
- UPDATE: Previous Diagnosis Codes on new invoice only show ICD-10 codes
- NEW: Top 30 diagnosis codes shown for all new invoices (click Freq Used Codes on the top right of new invoice window)
- UPDATE: New Invoice window can be expanded to show more text when viewing Previous and Frequent Diagnosis Codes
- FIX: Corrected dates in certain reports where the date was formatted incorrectly
1.173 – Released Oct 9, 2015
- UPDATE: Reconcile Day Sheet now includes checks with a negative payment amount
- UPDATE: Set the HCFA form to omit date if SIGNATURE ON FILE is printed
- UPDATE: Set HCFA form to print CELL PHONE if patient phone number is blank
- UPDATE: Set patient information SIGNATURE ON FILE to default to unchecked (or checked) in Preferences (KIP > Preferences > General)
- FIX: Printed time card times between 12:00 pm and 12:59 pm now print am/pm correctly
1.166 – Released August 30, 2015
- UPDATE: Improved Invoice Printing – Custom Line Item Text will not appear on patient receipt
- FIX: Slight tweaking of position of text when printing mailing labels
- FIX: Adjustment of Claim Information when sending secondary claims electronically
1.165 – Released August 25, 2015
- NEW: Reconcile Day Sheet – shows Day Sheet sorted by check number with totals
- FIX: Correction of Printing Receipt with Inventory Items
1.162 – Released August 20, 2015
- UPDATE: Improved Invoice Printing – Bill As codes printed on HCFA forms and Patient Receipts
- UPDATE: Automatic address changes for all insurances when patient address has changed
- UPDATE: Automatic Update of Recall Date – with note added to Patient Notes – When Recalls Sent
- UPDATE: HCFA Form printing changes
1.161 – Released August 11, 2015
- NEW: Line Item Descriptions can be Modified (Set in Preferences > Invoices)
- UPDATE: Corrects HCFA form printing – payments and adjustments added when submitting to secondary insurance
1.160 – Released August 11, 2015
- FIX: Changing Quantity on a Saved Invoices changes Line Charges
- UPDATE: HCFA 1500 form leaves Box 30 blank when carrier is Medicare
1.159 – Released August 9, 2015
- UPDATE: Ledger retains sorted column after an invoice or payment is modified
- UPDATE: Improvements to HCFA 1500 form when printed
1.157 – Released August 6, 2015
- FIX: Correction of BILL TO when modifying an invoice
- UPDATE: Improvements to HCFA 1500 form when printed
- UPDATE: Tweak sending secondary insurance electronically
1.156 – Released August 5, 2015
- UPDATE: Full editing of Memorized Invoices
- UPDATE: Bulk Printing of HCFA forms
- NEW: Print Preview added to HCFA form printing
- UPDATE: Hide Other Insurance enabled for printing of HCFA forms
- FIX: Inventory gets put back into stock when an invoice is deleted
- UPDATE: Tweak sending secondary insurance electronically
1.154 – Released July 28, 2015
- NEW: Text Messaging from the Patient Info window
- NEW: Batch Printing of HCFA forms
- UPDATE: Limit Receptionist password level privileges
- FIX: Fix saving of referral number and authorization numbers on invoices
- FIX: Fix error entering hours on Time Card for Saturdays
1.153 – Released July 15, 2015
- NEW: Marketing Reports – added Daily New Patient Report to the Marketing Reports
- UPDATE: Added Dialog Box to Preview button when printing HCFA 1500 which will allow preview of HCFA 1500 before printing
- UPDATE: Added Year-to-Date to Monthly Totals so you can compare Billing and Receipts quickly for the year-to-date
- FIX: Fix error when changing password for the Admin user
- FIX: Fix error when editing a Memorized Invoice
- FIX: Fix error when performing FIND on in the Dex-O-File
- FIX: Fix calculating of patient balances when saving an invoice after a payment has been applied to the invoice
- UPDATE: Tweak sending secondary insurance electronically
1.151 – Released June 23, 2015
- UPDATE: Automatic Checking of Hide and Tax check boxes on an invoice
- FIX: Correction of User Privileges
- UPDATE: Improved Calculation of Co-pays
1.150 – Released June 16, 2015
- NEW: Line Item Dates and Providers can be modified
- NEW: Automatic Diagnosis Code Descriptions
- UPDATE: Improvements in sending Medicare secondary claims electronically
- UPDATE: Improvements in automatic ICD9 to ICD10 conversion
1.148 – Released May 21, 2015
- NEW: Line item copays to help automate copay calculations (turn on Line Item Copays in Preferences > Invoices)
- UPDATE: Appointment Reminder Text Messages can show either Treatment Provider or Billing Provider (ie. Practice Name)
- UPDATE: Find Patient by Phone Number now searches Home Phone and Cell Phone
1.147 – Released May 20, 2015
- UPDATE: Increased compatibility with electronic claims clearinghouses
- UPDATE: Improvements in sending Medicare secondary claims
- UPDATE: Improvements in automatic ICD9 to ICD10 conversion
1.146 – Released April 16, 2015
- Automatic Patient Record Header Printing
If you print an EMR Note and select to print the note at Position #1 (the top of the page), KIP will ask you if you want a Patient Record Header also printed on the top of the page. This will save you from putting the paper through the printer twice, once for the Patient Record Header and once for the EMR Note.
1.145 – Released April 14, 2015
- NEW: Statement of Patient Payments
- NEW: Drag Appointments to change appointment times
- NEW: Drag and Drop to quickly add text as an EMR note
- NEW: A new bill format showing open invoices and associated payments
- UPDATE: TRACE OPEN button on finance screen helps you see open invoices and their payments
1.141 – Released March 30, 2015
- Emailing of Receipts to Patients
1.138 – Released March 16, 2015
- NEW: Supercharged Patient Search
- NEW: Line Item Bills
- NEW: Automated Marking of Bills Sent to Insurance
- UPDATE: Work phone number now accepts 5 digit extensions
- UPDATE: Billing and Payment tweaks
1.134 – Released March 10, 2015
- NEW: Combining Auto-Fill Invoices – Right-click (or control-click) on Auto-Inv button to add more line items from another auto invoice
- NEW: Keyboard Shortcut to add a new line to an invoice (control-tab (MacOS) or alt-Tab (Windows) while editing a line item on an invoice)
- UPDATE: Inventory tweaks
1.133 – Released March 9, 2015
- FIX: Corrects the Day Sheet by Line Items so that the totals match the Day Sheet by Patient
1.130 – Released March 3, 2015
- NEW: Diagnosis code Alpha Search from the invoice (enter word instead of ICD code in any diagnosis field)
- NEW: CPT/Inventory Code Alpha search from invoice (enter word instead of CPT code in any CPT field)
- NEW: Previous Diagnosis Codes for quick entry from invoice
- UPDATE: Appointment book tweaks
1.126 – Released February 24, 2015
- NEW: Diagnosis code search from the invoice
- UPDATE: Appointment book safeguards
- UPDATE: Tweaks and enhancements to the interface
1.125 – Released February 19, 2015
- UPDATE: Electronic Claims Processing
- UPDATE: Tickler File
- UPDATE: Uncollectable File
- UPDATE: Printing of Bills to patients
1.123 – Released January 29, 2015
- FIX: Check numbers now save properly.
- UPDATE: To delete a note, user logged in must have Practice Owner privileges.
- UPDATE: Minus sign on notes screen is disabled with not logged in with Practice Owner privileges.
- UPDATE: Notes are able to be modified and saved.
1.122 – Released January 21, 2015
- UPDATE: Ultimate Recalls™ updated – click here to read more