Guarantor Balances and Payment Integration 26.04

The features below are available with this release.

Highlights

  • Guarantor account balance information that is sent and processed through Oracle Health Patient Administration or Oracle Health Patient Portal is now visible to billers who are also using Cerner Patient Accounting or Oracle Health Patient Accounting to view this information.
  • Payment information that is sent and processed through Oracle Health Patient Administration is now visible to billers who are also using Cerner Patient Accounting or Oracle Health Patient Accounting to view this information; additionally, payment information that is sent and processed through Oracle Health Patient Portal is now visible to billers who are also using Cerner Patient Accounting.

Solution Change Details

Solution Change Description, and UI Impact Reference Materials Validation Guidelines Implementation and Maintenance Impact
Guarantor Account Balance Information for Consuming Products
Guarantor account balance information is now sent from integrated billing systems to the following areas:
  • Oracle Health Patient Administration
  • Oracle Health Patient Portal
Account information is now updated automatically in Cerner Patient Accounting and Oracle Health Patient Accounting when related activity occurs in Oracle Health Patient Administration or Oracle Health Patient Portal. As needed, messages are displayed to indicate that payments are posted successfully or to indicate that posting has failed. Activity records are now updated with posting information.

UI Impact: None

See Guarantor Balances and Payment Integration Configuration Guide for more information

Verify that you can successfully complete the workflows in the Reference Materials.

Implementation Impact: None

Maintenance Impact: None

Payment Information for Consuming Products

Payment information that is sent and processed through Oracle Health Patient Administration is now visible to billers who are also using Cerner Patient Accounting or Oracle Health Patient Accounting to view this information.

Payment information that is sent and processed through Oracle Health Patient Portal is now visible to billers who are also using Cerner Patient Accounting.

Patient and guarantor accounts are now updated automatically based on information from the product that owns the balance. As needed, messages are displayed to indicate that payments are posted successfully or to indicate that posting has failed. Activity records are now updated with posting information.

UI Impact: Workflow (Implemented) When the correct transaction aliases (for Cerner Patient Accounting customers) or master financial transactions (MFTs) (for Oracle Health Patient Accounting customers) are set up at your site, payment information is now automatically updated in Cerner Patient Accounting and Oracle Health Patient Accounting when related activity occurs in Oracle Health Patient Administration or Oracle Health Patient Portal.

See Guarantor Balances and Payment Integration Configuration Guide for more information

Verify that you can successfully complete the workflows in the Reference Materials.

Implementation Impact: Low

For Cerner Patient Accounting customers, configure the appropriate transaction aliases to ensure that this feature functions correctly. For Oracle Health Patient Accounting customers, use the current Model Experience configuration for MFTs to ensure that this feature functions correctly.

Maintenance Impact: None