[path] prior authorizations

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epuppet wrote on Friday, May 10, 2013:

Is this usable for the 4.1 version or already included? In Mental Health professions tracking this is mandatory. I currently have 3 practices that cannot use this software because of this feature missing. All three practices want a switch to OSS software. (I apologize for rekindling an old post, but there is a need here, just nobody is really addressing it)

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mdsupport wrote on Friday, May 10, 2013:

Frank, we do not see the code/feature. It was probably dropped during QA review. However, if authorization tracking is the only missing feature for the practices, without any code changes enter the payer & authorization references as an ‘issue’.

You can get fancy and if the practices are not going to use a specific built-in issue type (e.g. ‘Dental Issues’), use built-in translator to rename it to ‘Authorizations’.

With this approach, you can -

  • track auth effective period (start and end) dates.
  • associate the authorization to one or more encounters
  • associate specific conditions / codes with the authorization.

Try it out at the demo site and then find other extra information needed by the practices. If there is budget, you can extend the functionality even further for the community.