Practice Partner v9.5.2 SP 1 Generally Available

[Gavin Walker]

Dear Valued Customer,
McKesson Practice Partner is pleased to announce the release of Patient Records and Appointment Scheduler 9.5.2 SP1.

If you have already installed 9.5.2, please install the 9.5.2 SP1 update as soon as possible as it corrects a number of issues found in the previous releases. For a complete list of the 9.5.2 features, resolved issues and known limitations, please see the documents under the 9.5.2 – Patient Records and Appointment Scheduler section of the Practice Partner Documentation web page.

What’s New with the release of Practice Partner 9.5.2 Service Pack 1?
The new Practice Partner patch deployment method allows you to quickly and easily update your Practice Partner system, add-on products, and interfaces with the latest updates, bug fixes and / or features. With just a few clicks, you can begin the patch download and installation and the rest of the process is automatic. For more information, refer to the Practice Partner Patch Download and Installation Process User’s Guide located on the Practice Partner Documentation webpage.

New Feature included in the Patient Records and Appointment Scheduler 9.5.2 SP1:
Patient Records – Revised Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) – the latest Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN), Form CMS-R-131; the revised ABN replaces the ABN-G, ABN-L, and NEMB forms. For more information, visit https://www.cms.gov/BNI/02_ABN.asp

Patient Records and Appointment Scheduler 9.5.2 SP1: Resolved Issues

• • Clinical Encounters – Clinical Encounter deleted when importing an update through PPConnect
  • Prescriptions – Entering “PRN” in the Duration field
  • PPRNet Extract Utility – Extracting Clinical Elements
  • ePrescribing Module – Error message when transmitting a prescription
  • ePrescribing Module – Summary screen displays medications that are not getting transmitted
  • ePrescribing Module – Medication instructions entered in the Extended Signature area of the Prescription screen are truncated in the output.xml file if Duration is included for a medication
  • ePrescribing Module – The “Directions” column of the Prescription Summary screen fails to included the medication’s duration
  • ePrescribing Module – PCN included in Rx eligibility responses
  • ePrescribing Module – Indication that additional fill history is available for a patient

[Gavin Walker]

Practice Partner 9.5.2 included an automatic update feature designed to push updates to end users. This mechanism was used to distribute Practice Partner 9.5.2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to all customers currently on version 9.5.2, including Medisoft Clinical and Lytec MD customers. It is important to note that this service pack requires a separate license file to work properly. You may request these license files from your Client Care representative by asking for the license files for the following releases:

• • Medisoft Clinical v17 SP2.2
  • Lytec MD 2011 SP1.2
  • Practice Partner 9.5.2 SP1

If you are upgrading from a version prior to 9.5.2, you will need license files for both the 9.5.2 version (and the corresponding Medisoft Clinical and Lytec MD versions) as well as the license file mentioned above in order to complete the installation.