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Release Notes - 2021

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This article contains a full history of Gentu's release notes for 2021. Clicking on each month heading will expand to display a list of all features and fixes released.

December

Billing & Fee Schedules

  • 1/12/2021: December 2021 BUPA No Gap & Known Gap fees are published.
  • 2/12/2021: December 2021 WAGMSS fees are published.
  • 21/12/2021: November 2021 WorkSafe VIC fees are published.
  • 21/12/2021: November 2021 GU Health fees are published.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • 9/12/2021: A Statement of Claim & Benefit will now print for assessed Medicare patient claims. If a patient claim has not yet been assessed by Medicare, a Lodgement Advice will print instead.

November

Billing & Fee Schedules

  • 2/11/2021: November 1st 2021 Medicare fees are published.
  • 5/11/2021: November 2021 Medibank and AHM fees are published.
  • 19/11/2021: November 2021 AHSA fees are published.
  • 22/11/2021: November 2021 NIB fees are published.
  • 22/11/2021: November 2021 St Lukes fees are published.
  • 22/11/2021: November 2021 DVA fees are published.
  • 23/11/2021: November 2021 HCF No & Known Gap fees are published.
  • 24/11/2021: Revised November 8th 2021 Medicare fees are published.
  • 29/11/2021: November 2021 HBF fees are published.
  • 29/11/2021: November 2021 Mildura fees are published.
  • 30/11/2021: Updated BUPA Health Fund and Fee schedule options to reflect new No Gap/Know Gap billing types.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • 2/11/2021: Improvement to incoming documents filtering: when filtering incoming results/letters for a selected practitioner, the filter will now include any documents the selected practitioner was CC'd on.
  • 18/11/2021: Fixed bug where provider's default billing type for health funds (No Gap, Known Gap or Private) was not populating in the invoice window.

October

Billing & Fee Schedules

  • 5/10/2021: 1 July 2021 revised TAC fees are published.

Clinical

  • 19/10/2021: ICPC October 2021 codes are published.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • 6/10/2021: Genie Sales email address added to tooltip in HPI-O field in Practice Preferences to assist users with setting up My Health Record in Gentu.
  • 7/10/2021: Updated Billing Items & Fees page user interface to be separated into two new sections: Billing Items and Fee Schedules.
  • 19/10/2021: Fixed bug that was leading to potential discrepancies between the Banking Report and the resulting exported report.
  • 19/10/2021: Updated Manage Roles page user interface.

September

Billing & Fee Schedules

  • 23/09/2021: 15 September 2021 Medicare fees are published.

Practice Management

  • 28/09/2021: Procedure notes are now visible in the appointment diary for procedure appointments.
  • 29/09/2021: My Health Record is now available in Gentu for all customers. This gives practitioners the ability to view and upload letters to a patient's My Health Record. Note: Additional set up is required.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • 7/09/2021: Organisational remittance can now be filtered by service dates in the last 30, 60 and 90 days to improve the loading speed of organisations with a large number of service items.

August

Billing & Fee Schedules

  • 23/08/2021: August 2021 AHM fees are published.
  • 23/08/2021: August 2021 Medibank fees are published.
  • 27/08/2021: August 2021 revised NIB fees are published.

Clinical

  • 11/08/2021: Updated PBS data in Gentu.

Practice Management

  • 9/08/2021: Procedure notes field added to the Procedure tab when creating or editing a procedure appointment.
  • 13/08/2021: Users can now delete (and restore) appointment types from Settings > Appointment Types.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • 6/08/2021: New pagination options (25, 50, 75) added to results and letters so that you can view more records at once.
  • 24/08/2021: Full screen loading page with Gentu logo now present when switching between screens after login to allow time for the user interface to load.

July

Billing & Fee Schedules

  • 9/07/2021: July 2021 Medicare fees are published.
  • 9/07/2021: July 2021 Worksafe VIC fees are published.
  • 9/07/2021: July 2021 St Lukes fees are published.
  • 9/07/2021: July 2021 NIB fees are published.
  • 9/07/2021: July 2021 AHSA fees are published.
  • 9/07/2021: July 2021 TAC fees are published.
  • 23/07/2021: July 2021 ReturntoWorkSA fees are published.
  • 23/07/2021: July 2021 AHM fees are published.
  • 23/07/2021: July 2021 Medibank fees are published.
  • 23/07/2021: July 2021 revised Medicare fees are published.
  • 23/07/2021: July 2021 ADF fees are published.
  • 23/07/2021: July 2021 BUPA fees are published.
  • 23/07/2021: July 2021 Mildura fees are published.
  • 23/07/2021: July 2021 RMFS fees are published.
  • 23/07/2021: July 2021 HBF fees are published.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • 28/07/2021: Patient phone number now printed on radiology requests.
  • 30/07/2021: Behaviour in appointment diary has changed so that no appointments show if all providers are unticked in the provider list on the left.
  • 30/07/2021: Rebate amount will now show on printed lodgement advices for patient claims.

June

Billing & Fee Schedules

  • 25/06/2021: HBF June 2021 fees are published.

Clinical

  • 25/06/2021: Updated PBS data in Gentu.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • 25/06/2021: Updated the postnatal icon in Gentu.

May

Practice Management

  • 14/05/2021: Procedure details now updated in real-time in the appointment book.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • 28/05/2021: Fixed bug where sites reported they were unable to download RTF files from Gentu through a Chrome browser.

April

Billing & Fee Schedules

  • 6/04/2021: NIB 22 March 2021 fees are published.
  • 8/04/2021: GU Health March 2021 fees are published.
  • 8/04/2021: WorkSafe VIC March 2021 fees are published.
  • 8/04/2021: AHM March 2021 fees are published.
  • 8/04/2021: Medibank Private March 2021 fees are published.
  • 8/04/2021: RMFS-DVA March 2021 fees are published.
  • 16/04/2021: HBF and HBF Anaesthetics March 2021 fees are published.
  • 16/04/2021: TAC March 2021 fees are published.

Clinical

  • 1/04/2021: "Collected" date changed to "Received" date for diagnostic results and incoming correspondence
  • 1/04/2021: Checkbox added to clinical file to mark if patient has No Adverse Reactions.
  • 15/04/2021: Default account type can be set on a per patient basis in the Patient Details tab.
  • 22/04/2021: New Patient Notes free text box added to clinical file above Last Measures box. This new text area can be added to letters using the Clinical > Patient Notes reference.

March

Billing & Fee Schedules

  • 8/03/2021: Mildura Health Fund March 2021 fees are published.
  • 9/03/2021: BUPA March 2021 fees are published.
  • 16/03/2021: AHSA March 2021 fees are published.
  • 17/03/2021: HCF March 2021 fees are published.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • 11/03/2021: Fixed bug where the last consult note on diagnostic reports/incoming correspondence did not show its file name.
  • 19/03/2021: Fixed bug where the last consult note below diagnostic reports/incoming correspondence was not showing the last one prior to the report/letter being received.

February

Billing & Fee Schedules

  • 10/02/2021: RMFS-DVA February 2021 fees are published.

Clinical

  • 1/02/2021: Prescriptions in Gentu are now fully compliant with Active Ingredient Prescribing (AIP) legislation.
  • 3/02/2021: Medications prescribed prior to AIP legislation can no longer be quick-added from a patient medication list, but rather will need to be prescribed from a new search to align with new legislation.
  • 12/02/2021: Anaesthetists will now be available in a searchable list instead of a drop-down when in a procedure record.
  • 23/02/2021: Recalls can now be easily edited from the My Day panel or a patient's clinical file.

Practice Management

  • 5/02/2021: Wrap-up notes and billing items for an appointment will now be visible in the appointment book without having to refresh the screen.
  • 9/02/2021: SMS appointment reminders can now include the "day" of the appointment.
  • 9/02/2021: Patient appointments in the appointment book now update in real time, including appointment status, notes, time and type.
  • 9/02/2021: New status types "With Dr" and "Invoiced" now available as appointment statuses.

January

Billing & Fee Schedules

  • 12/01/2021: ADF Health Services November 2020 fees are published.
  • 12/01/2021: Medicare January 2021 fees are published.
  • 28/01/2021: HBF December 2020 fees are published.

Clinical

  • 15/01/2021: Custom medications will now print with a "(free text)" suffix in line with February 2021 Active Ingredient Prescribing legislation.
  • 22/01/2021: Brand name can be selected for printed prescriptions in line with February 2021 Active Ingredient Prescribing legislation.

Practice Management

  • 22/01/2021: Inactive or deceased patients will no longer display in the waitlist.
  • 22/01/2021: Patients on the waitlist will be greyed out if it's after their booked appointment.
  • 22/01/2021: Notification will appear when a patient is added to/removed from the waitlist.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • 22/01/2021: The waitlist will no longer break when merging a patient with a patient in the waitlist.