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Is there a place to change 30min break rule? I've notice that if you change break to lunch it would add more time to working hours.
This happens when someone clocks out for break instead of lunch. We don't pay for breaks over 15min.

steveng

Hi.

Just noticed that breaks are calculated as lunch and vice versa starting from version 7.4.
My staff already got used to take lunch that is not paid and breaks. Why did the rules changed with new release?

steveng

It really gets complex http://regexlib.com/Search.aspx?k=phone%20number. To try to keep it simple and use one common format you need to make sure "phone number" utility in OD runs to cleanup the mess left behind by front desk.
I believe it will only help in the long term.

steveng

Actually, that would have to be 3 fields. Home, work and wireless numbers. Another field could be used for phone comment/notes and may as well be used for ext # if necessary. Format masking would really work nice. Everyone will have their favorite way of viewing phone numbers plus it will satisfy in...

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Question? How hard it would be to store phone numbers in the database in their raw format Ex: 9712391150. Then, telephone number format utility would not be needed anymore. All formatting would be done for the front end separately. You can even create a format masking parameter for international ver...

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Thought this may help in getting this implemented in application for ease of use.

C# classes that allow building applications that interact with an Asterisk PBX
http://asterisk-dotnet.sourceforge.net

steveng

Try iReports (download from sourceforge). I have written a *lot* of reports with iReports and it only gets better. I would be happy to help if needed. iReport is pretty good as stand-alone application but it is more for advanced users and is also java. Considering that most reports run by your staf...

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Just wanted to share some instruction on medical form 1500

http://www.nucc.org/images/stories/PDF/ ... 0_7-10.pdf

steveng

Dr DRH, Try this: You can change date ranges as needed and @procCode#. I included 3 variables for codes. If you're only interested in 1 code then keep it as it is. Keep in mind that if you add more procedure codes you may be interested in sorting it to you liking as it will pull many records for one...

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I have a query that we use in our office to track Ortho visits: SET @fromDate = ' 2009-01-01', /* starting date */ @toDate = 'current_date', /* leave as is or replace with date as above */ @pos=0; SELECT patient.lname, patient.fname, patient.address, patient.address2, patient.city, patient.state, pa...

steveng

This is new.
Then, I have a question: "Can you swtch patient in OpenDental from another application through this new plugin interface?"

steveng

Is there a common module for creating bridges with OpenDental ? Then it would be easier to switch patient from pop-up screen, I think.

steveng

Don't remember how it was before version 6.6.... It was just brought to my attention. Insurance payments are showing on the date payment was received while write-offs shown on the procedure date when choosing "Show Insurance write-offs - Using procedure date". Shouldn't the payment show up on the pr...

steveng

Great. I didn't know I could do that.
It seems to be working.
Thanks a lot.

steveng

I do have a situation where Parents in one clinic are in-network and child is out of network in the other clinic. Whenever I try to change child's insurance to PPO percentage it also changes it for parents. I did assign each family member their respective clinics. I need this for proper co-pay calcu...

steveng

Congratulations!

Speaking of Google. It will help to gain speed in ranking by simply "cross link" both sites. But, I'm sure you already know that.

steveng

That's great news. I see you point.

steveng

Did you had a chance to look at it?

steveng

There is a minor assumption that is not performing right.... The query assumes calendar year while some patients have fiscal year coverage and thus their figures are showing zeros for annual maximum and everything else is not falling in the right places thereafter. Please comment out line for calend...

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I didn't want to duplicate a topic for another audit trail question. Is there an audit trail in place for procedure fee changes? I can't find who changed some of our UCR fees. Is this related? http://70.90.133.65/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1678 . It does looks like what happened. I'm running version ...

steveng

I have a puzzle. One of our patient has an insurance benefits that are not percentage base but like this:
first $200- paid at 100%
next $400 - at 80%
and the rest are at 50%

How do you even enter him in the system to utilize automated co-payment calculations?

steveng

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough... I know that I can send claims from any computer as long as the clearing house software is installed on it. My question was more whether it's doable to share those report folders. Where does the program pulling it from? My current setup is one computer with Emdeon ins...

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Before I break things up.

Can it be done? I need to have multiple computers to be able to send claims and store everything on file server.

I thought the paths could be mapped to a server like z:/

http://www.open-dent.com/manual/eclaimswebmd.html

steveng

1. So what you're lamenting is the loss of the "standard fee" or "UCR fee" column. Yes, that's gone in 5.6. It was related to the PPO overhaul. We thought that the only reason for that column was for PPO plans. We didn't realize that people were using it for other purposes. With the addition of ano...

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1) I still have my laptop on version 5.5.11 where it still showing both Fee and Pat columns even when insurance and discount check marks are clear. Also when you print TP it prints columns that are shown. So new 5.6.36 (my current version) is printing only Fee column and not showing any adjustments ...

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TP in version 5.6.36 is acting different from previous version in cases when patient doesn't have insurance. Pat column is closing every time after adjustment to fees are made. Also, suggestion for appointment edit screen. Currently it always defaults to UCR fees instead it should really show fee sc...

steveng

The calculations are correct. The one confusing item is the -InsEst where one would expect to see the $189 instead of $366. Then, write off amount has to go somewhere next to totals.

Maybe like this?

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Anyone?

steveng

We use insurance fee schedules and our estimated figure is correct only OD uses submitted figure instead to calculate balances. why? Version 5.6.36 http://www.sanzpro.com/images/opendent_acct.jpg The top bar, where the balances are, shows our fees billed to insurance as estimated amount instead of t...

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How to properly enter family deductible for a plan that has maximum $$$ per individual . It says here http://www.open-dent.com/manual/benefitinfo.html to use either individual OR family box but not both . How do you handle situations when all family plans are covered per individual maximum but have ...

steveng

Check this post

http://70.90.133.65/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=943#p4167

steveng

We're highly utilizing TP for presenting patients their options. Couple of suggestions that I believe all will benefit: 1. Upon acceptance of TP it will save a ton of time to make one of the accepted TP to become active TP. In other words: replace default TP with the one that was accepted, automatic...

steveng

One more suggestion.
Most of our patients are fee for service and we offer them certain discount on entire TP if they pay upfront.
It would be really useful to be able to make such an adjustment directly from TP module and show this figures on accepted TP statement. Future release?

steveng

Some good ideas may come out of this for the web version.

http://code.google.com/apis/health/deve ... otnet.html

steveng

Not sure if this is part of it Ã¢â‚¬Â¦ Due to the fault of our own, weÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve spoiled our high-tech patients. :D They now like to receive their statements on their Blackberries, Crackberries and other mobile devices. There is currently no option, or maybe I didnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t see it yet, to choose ema...

steveng

Hi.

Is there a manual on how to use the new Auto Notes feature?

steveng

There is an AGE error in birthday report calculation for future months. It is 1 year less.
It does show correct figure if running current month.
Also, I can't verify if it's a problem only at the month of December when we transitioning into the next year.

steveng

When adding new patient is up and you decide to cancel from that screen an unhandled exception is produced.

steveng

I seem to be lost on this. I can't find where to lunch it from. Manuals referring to the old screens.

steveng

Once entered, only ******* and the last 3 or 4 digits can be seen for verification.

How do you get the information to call Insurance for eligibility?

This has to be controlled somehow.

steveng

It is really a personal preference. Not every office is comfortable to share the actual $ amounts with their employees as not all get the idea that there is also an overhead. I understand that there are priorities. And this request is not a rush. However, keep it in mind if you come across the right...

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It came to the point where we need to block some of our users from accessing certain reports such as production and income. This information shouldnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t be available to them in the first place. However, we still need to allow them to use list reports (b-days, appointments and etc.). I see one f...

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This is great. I'll check them out.

steveng

We're getting ready for a periodontist to join our team and he asked us if we process medical claims. I know that OD is able to process medical forms. What about processing them electronically? We're currently process our dental e-claims through Emdeon . This clearinghouse is also able to process me...

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It worked!!! I commented out sql_mode parameter in MY.INI file and everything worked like a charm. Yes, I did install everything from trial version.... I guess as I was going through the wizard questioner of what type of use for My Sql would be it created those new parameters that caused all my trou...

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OK. Here is where I'm at: Reinstalled MySql on developer's machine to the latest 5.0.41 and back to distributed version 5.0.22 -- not working. Extracted SQL from Data Convert class and ran it through Navicat -- same result -- not working. I thought I messed up my machine completely.... Installed fre...

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Thanks. I'll try to reinstall MySQL on my developer's mashine with same version as on my production server without tweakening it. I think I was playing with it, but it was such a long time ago...
I'll update you on the outcome.

steveng

just uploaded my DB to mediamax.

Thanks,
Steve

steveng

Dr.Sparks, First, congratulations on a new forum. Just wanted to elaborate on my findings as I was going through SQL commands from ClassConvertDatabase. Initial error was during conversion, for benefit table. Reason: some entries in the benefit table for ADACode(OldCode) column are blanks/spaces (is...

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