Revision History Date Description (Patch # if applicable) Project Manager Technical Writer 01/07/2016 SQA review confirming DG*5.3*915 and DG*5.3*865 updates TW review Louise Rodebush SQA P&A Competency TW 12/17/2015 TW review: DG_53_P891 Louise Rodebush P&A Competency TW 12/17/2015 Applied a template with numbered headings Made corrections with direction from JG and UM for 865 Louise Rodebush P&A Competency TW 12/17/2015 DG*5.3*891 host file, including DG*5.3*871, DG*5.3*901, DG*5.3*906, Louise Rodebush Jeanne Golden 12/17/2015 Updated with DG*5.3*865 enhancements for entering/editing an Email Address Louise Rodebush Jeanne Golden 12/8/2015 DG*5.3*915 - Enhancement to Register a Patient [DG REGISTER PATIENT] option to utilize the new Enterprise Registration processes improving the Veterans' experience at VA facilities by allowing new local patients to be looked up directly in the Master Veteran Index (MVI). • Data from the new patient's MVI record is automatically imported into the site as well as an attempt to obtain ESR data when possible. • New process also allows for lookup and import of Department of Defense (DoD) data if the patient is a new patient to the VA system. Master Veteran Project Team Master Veteran Index Project Team 3/5/2014 DG*5.3*858 – ESR 3.10 Veterans Financial Assessment – Discontinue Annual Means Test Renewal Update to Overview Means Test User Menu options: Add a New Means Test Dan Soraoka Darlene Morris
Complete a Required Test Edit an Existing Means Test Hardships Update to options: Adjudicate a Test Complete a Required Means Test Edit an Existing Means Test Hardships Report – All Patients Flagged with a Bad Address Supplement for Bad Address Indicator: Screen 1, Data Group 4 10/10/2013 DG*5*3*867 - Caregiver Newborn Claims Processing new Registration Supplement for Newborn. Ro Weaver Joshua Pappas 7/25/2012 DG*5.3*851 – ESR 3.8 Permanent Address Modifications Update to options for permanent address functionality: LOAD/EDIT PATIENT DATA REGISTER A PATIENT PREREGISTER A PATIENT Update to Registration Supplement for temporary and confidential Addresses: Screen 1, Data Group 5 Screen 1.1, Data 1 Glenda Miller Tom Hamilton 5/29/2012 DG*5.3*842 – ESR 3.6 VBA Pension Data Sharing Minor updates to ELIGIBILITY STATUS DATA, SCREEN <7> Glenda Miller Tom Hamilton 3/26/2012 DG*5.3*842 – ESR 3.6 VBA Pension Data Sharing Updated screen shots: MILITARY SERVICE DATA, SCREEN <6> ELIGIBILITY STATUS DATA, SCREEN <7> Glenda Miller Jill Headen/Tom Hamilton
in the ANNUAL MEANS TEST file (#408.31). This message is returned when the calculated status does not equal the TEST-DETERMINED STATUS. Income Test screens. Press <Enter>. Re-complete the test. Invalid Copay Test Status for Test-Determined Status The TEST-DETERMINED STATUS (#2.03) in the ANNUAL MEANS TEST file (#408.31) does not contain one of the following values: EXEMPT (E) NON-EXEMPT (M) From the Copay Exemption Test Menu, use the Edit an Existing Copay Exemption Test option to view the data on each of the Income Test screens. Press <Enter>. Re-complete the test. Income does not exceed child exclusion expense not allowed The dependent is not the spouse, and the EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES field has an amount, and The CHILD INCOME EXCLUSION for the Income Year is not less than the TOTAL INCOME FROM EMPLOYMENT This message displays only when the Means Test process fails to delete the EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES from the INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL INCOME record for the child. The normal processing of the Education Expenses for a between the ages of 18 and 23 are: If the INCOME FROM EMPLOYMENT is above the CHILD INCOME EXCLUSION threshold found in the MAS PARAMETERS file (#43), the expenses can be entered. When the income amount is modified to be below this threshold, the EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES are deleted from the INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL INCOME record for the child. From the Means Test User Menu, use the Edit an Existing Means Test option to view the data on each of the Means Test screens. Press <Enter>. Re-complete the test. GMT Thresholds Lookup by Zip Code Secondary
Discharge Date: Discharge Type: <RET> to CONTINUE, ^N for screen N, or '^' to QUIT: This screen displays the patient's four most recent admissions in reverse order. For each admission, the following data is shown: Admission Date Admission Diagnosis Discharge Date Discharge Type Admission Ward If the applicant has no admission data – the veteran was admitted or previous admissions occurred prior to use of the VistA software - the following message displays: NO ADMISSION DATA ON FILE FOR THIS PATIENT! APPLICATION INFORMATION SCREEN <13> PATIENT NAME; SSN TYPE ================================================================== <1> Registered: Applied for: Dispositioned: Type of Disp.: <RET> to CONTINUE, ^N for Screen N, or '^' to QUIT: This screen displays the applicant's four most recent applications for care in reverse order. For each application, the following data is shown: date/time of registration; employee who registered the applicant; employee's DUZ number (unique number that identifies a user to the system) type of benefit applied for date/time of disposition; employee who dispositioned the applicant and their DUZ number type of disposition If the applicant has no application data – the veteran applied for care or previous applications occurred prior to use of the VistA software - the following message displays: NO APPLICATION DATA ON FILE FOR THIS PATIENT! APPOINTMENT INFORMATION SCREEN <14> PATIENT NAME; SSN TYPE ================================================================== <1> Enrollment Clinics: <2> Pending Appts: