New York ASC Reporting (SPARCS)

 

New York ASC Reporting (SPARCS)

The NextGen TCS SPARCS ASC Report is a Windows® application that will generate an 837 data file for Outpatient Surgeries as defined in the New York State Dept. of Health Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System Outpatient Addendum specifications.

To download and install the latest version of the installer click the Download link below.

License key can be obtained through the NextGen Healthcare Success Community or by calling NextGen Healthcare Corporate Headquarters at (215) 657-7010.

Download Latest Version:  6.0.1
VERSION:
6.0.1
UPDATED:
April 26, 2023
CATEGORY:
Team Greene
COMPATIBILITY:
6.0.1
April 26, 2023
  • County Codes will also use a zip(5) for looking up county codes if the zip(9) doesn't work.
6.0
March 31, 2023
  • Added configuration for Injury DX Codes.
  • Option to replace Injury DX codes with another DX code on the charge.
  • Marriage Code that are outside expected values are converted to "K", for Unknown
  • N3 segment for trailing delimiter error (never an issue for 10+ years) fixed.
  • Updated to CL 8.4
  • Updated User Guide.
5.18.1
March 4, 2022
  • Fixed issue with removing special characters in previous version.
5.18
February 7, 2022
  • Remove special characters from 837 using client data
  • Remove extra : when modifiers for CPT codes are not present
5.17
August 26, 2021
  • Re-added DTP segment for Admit Date/Time - now required for OP (again)
5.16.1
April 30, 2021
  • CPT only allows first 5 characters (SPARCS rejects modifiers added to CPT codes)
  • Users receive warnings if last name is not 2 characters long or if not alpha.
5.16
October 30, 2020
  • New Option to ignore "Admit/Discharge Time" on Option tab. Check this to not report and not display errors.
5.15
July 2, 2019
  • Patient Address (street, city, state, zip) warning for missing values
  • Updated all CL references to 7.21
5.14
November 20, 2018
  • Fix for issue with Providers and different practices
  • Added address to the error log to help identify which rendering provider is on the encounter.
5.13.1
August 20, 2018
  • Charge Modifiers of length 1 are not allowed, they are no longer reported.
5.13
June 14, 2018
  • Added validation checks for Clinical Admit/Discharge time to be in HHmm format and between 0000 an 2359.
5.12
May 29, 2018
  • Limit the # of avilable gurantor relationship codes. The default if not is 'G8'
5.11
May 25, 2018
  • If subscriber is not patient, no longer reporting the relationship code or policy # on NM1 segment on 2010 loop
  • When SELF-PAY, changed name and added values for Policy # to "NO INSURANCE" and Payer Id to 'UNKNOWN'
5.10
May 14, 2018
  • Removed UPIN segment for providers in 2310 loop
5.9
May 11, 2018
  • Added XX qualifier to 2310 loop, NM1-8 for the NPI (NM1-9)
5.8
May 10, 2018
  • Operating Provider (not just Attending) NPI added to NM1 segment.
5.7
May 4, 2018
  • County Codes to use State+County FIPS code, no longer using codes from Appendix F
5.6
April 26, 2018
  • Reworked the extract for the Clinical fields for Admit/Dischage so they no longer throw SQL errors.
5.5
April 25, 2018
  • Fixed issue with Admit/Discharge Time
5.4
April 20, 2018
  • Marital Status now included.
  • Provider NPI included
5.2
April 17, 2018
  • Removed the 2310C loop for the "73" - Other Provider
  • Removed (actual) the 2310C loop for the "73" - Other Provider
5.3
April 17, 2018
5.1
April 12, 2018
  • Added the PAT segment when patient is NOT the subscriber
  • SBR always shows 'SELF' code of 18.
5.0
April 9, 2018
  • Revamp of the code to support Optum 837-R requirements
4.6
February 12, 2018
  • New specs for Optum (instead of state) reporting
  • Updated code for uniform 5010R reporting
4.5
August 17, 2016
  • Added option to exclude $0 charges
4.4
November 24, 2015
  • Fixed issue when Provider Lic # not saving.
4.3
November 23, 2015
  • Replaced missing UPIN codes.
4.2
October 29, 2015
  • Ignore values longer than 4 (substring/truncate) the clinical data used for surgery time
4.1
October 21, 2015
  • Fixed issue with race order in NG 5.8.2
  • Updated to CL 7.20
  • Added better error when Output Directory is not valid.
4.0
August 28, 2015
  • Added ICD 10 support
  • Provider mapping changed to be practice specific. As a state lic # is required, in NG this requires the provider (which may be a referring) be a rendering for the practice. This is no longer the case.
3.12
December 11, 2014
  • Internal: CL 7.17
3.11
October 2, 2014
  • Check the UD clinical fields to verify they pass INUMERIC in ncs_sparcs_run_report.
3.10
August 19, 2014
  • If the duration is set, just use it.
3.9
July 11, 2014
  • Fixed 5.8 multi-race
3.8
August 14, 2013
  • Fixed DMG segment to be :RET: (instead of :RET).
  • Added new CDC codes for race & ethnicity.
  • Race codes are now VARCHAR(50) instead of VARCHAR(2)
3.7
July 31, 2013
  • Changed missing race/ethnicity codes to use the AppConstants. (Note: Missing codes use the NTE segment, not DMG)
  • NTE Race/Ethnicity no longer used (blanked out), DMG segment must now be used (as of 07/01/2013)
  • Added a E9 (unknown ethnicity)
  • Added a option to default 'other' race (R9) for missing race
3.6
January 31, 2013
  • Fixed NCSControl to make sure DB objects exists.
  • Intenal: CL 7.12
3.5
January 22, 2013
  • Internal: Reverted back to CL 7.9. License is broken in 7.10
3.4
January 21, 2013
  • If guar == employer, treat patient as guarantor
  • Internal: CL 7.10
3.3
December 20, 2012
  • ICD9's are now written one per line (one for primary DX, one for Reason for visit (they used to be on same line)
3.2
December 5, 2012
  • Switched to SPARCS 5010 format
  • Internal: CL 7.9
3.1
July 11, 2012
  • Added a CPT Filter
3.0
May 31, 2012
  • Fixed race/ethnicity mapping
  • New ASC Report Look and Feel
  • Internal: CL 7.5
  • Fixed missing (not in map) race & ethnicity (removed add hidden ones button).
2.13
February 23, 2012
  • Rendering (Encounter) now fixed to pull the ID.
  • SPARCS override for the state lic number is now 'global' and not per practice.
2.12
February 14, 2012
  • Fixed duration and checkout time when not using clinical fields.
2.11
January 4, 2012
  • Fixed issue with uniq pat id not removing spaces
2.8
January 3, 2012
  • StateLicNbr is now padded to 8 characters, leading zero's
2.9
January 3, 2012
  • Fixed issue with uniq pat id not removing ' and .
2.10
January 3, 2012
  • Provider ovverride were not saving.
2.7
November 11, 2011
  • Added SP added in 2.6 to the NcsSqlVersion.xml
  • Admit/Discharge time more flexible on how clients enter data.
2.6
November 10, 2011
  • Added Provider State Lic Nbr override (to support older version of SPARCS)
  • Admin/Discharge time now validaed. Also increased in size NUMERIC(5, 1) to match current definition in patient_encounter.
2.5
August 24, 2011
  • Add new error codes for missing admit/discharge times and duration
  • Added admit/discharge, duration, provider state lic nbr to summary report.
2.4
August 5, 2011
  • Race & Ethnicity always reported in the NTE segment
  • Race & Ethnicity always reported in the NTE segment
  • Fixed pulling county codes for state of NY
  • Fixed the DTP "RD8" field.
2.3
August 2, 2011
  • Fixed type of Bill facility code, forgot to add a "3" for "outpatient"
  • Internal: CL 5.1
2.2
July 19, 2011
  • The NTE segment is now fully checked for length on most every field.
2.1
July 15, 2011
  • Added ability to override all Service provider information with the processor information.
  • Added the import of clinical UD data for admit and discharge time & procedure duration.
2.0
July 6, 2011
  • Conversion to standardized ASC Reporting

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