• New Look for eNewsletter
• MDI Achieve Acquires QuickCARE
• Review Your Rates for 2008
• Tips & Techniques: Room & Board Income Test Report
• McKesson Billing File Change

Questions?
Call 1-800-666-3883

Happy New Year!

New Look for eNewsletter
To go along with our new name and new logo, MDI Achieve is pleased to unveil a new look for our ULTRACare eNewsletter for the new year. While the graphics have changed, you can rest assured that the content will continue to be filled with the valuable information about our company, products and the eldercare industry that you've come to rely on. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome!

Back to Top

MDI Achieve Acquires QuickCARE
MDI Achieve is pleased to announce that we have recently acquired the business activities and assets of QuickCare Software Services, based in Dallas, Texas. This transaction better positions MDI Achieve for continued growth in the evolving elder care market and strengthens MDI Achieve as the leading provider of software solutions and services to the industry.

To read the full text of MDI Achieve's Letter to Clients regarding this acquisition, click here http://www.mditech.com/about/news/QuickCareLetter.pdf.

Back to Top

Review Your Rates for 2008
Now is a good time to review your rates setup for billing in your ULTRACare software. Medicaid coinsurance rates typically increase January 1st and many facilities also increase their room rates and ancillary rates at the beginning of the calendar year. You should make any rate changes effective January 1st before generating charges for January dates of service.

Keep in mind that room rates and coinsurance rates are maintained on resident type codes as well as on override rate records. Ancillary charge rates are maintained on Procedure Codes and may also be maintained in Recurring Ancillaries and Recurring Monthly Ancillaries. Menu options for Mass Rate Increases for Resident Types, Procedure Codes, and Override Rates are available in our Admissions module, under Setup, Utilities.

If you have any questions about how to update your rates, please call us at 800-666-3883.

Back to Top

Tips & Techniques: Room & Board Income Test Report
This option located in the Accounts Receivable module under Month End allows you to print a detailed report that projects room & board income based on the resident's status. The process will take into consideration resident type rate changes, resident override rates and whether the rate is prorated for the month. Use this option to perform your days times rate income test.

The report prints the resident's number and name, resident type, period dates, number of days, room and board income rate and the total income amount. There is a summary report at the end that prints by resident type the total number of days, total income amount and the income general ledger account number that was affected. You can also export this report to excel.

Compare this report to your actual room and board revenue for a month to make sure you have accounted for the revenue for the month.

For more information on reconciling your Accounts Receivable, refer to the Month End and Collections procedures guide located under Help, ULTRACare Documentation then select Procedure Guide.

Back to Top

McKesson Billing File Change
McKesson has released a change to their Version 6 Flat File import to allow sending up to 3 modifiers with each detail line per claim. The January 18 release of ULTRACare (Version 15.8.0) will include the change to write the 3rd modifier to the electronic format file for McKesson.

Back to Top

Want your own copy?
If this newsletter was forwarded to you and you'd like to receive future issues directly to your Inbox, you can subscribe online at http://www.mditech.com/about/ UCenews-subscribe.htm.

Make sure your copy of the ULTRACare eNewsletter doesn't get mistakenly blocked by antispam software! Be sure to add julie@mditech.com to your list of allowed senders and contacts.