What's new in Version 6

New functionality / major changes

Tyro Healthpoint claiming is now available
There are new fields in Client Details to capture health fund information. Click here to view the video on how to move the new fields around in your layout.
Some setup is required
Request Quote and Request Claim screens are available for HealthPoint quotes and claims
You can create, manage, and convert HealthPoint quotes to an invoice
A HealthPoint claims report has been added for Tyro HealthPoint
A Quotes Summary report has been added for Tyro HealthPoint

Export to Xero accounting software is now available
Some screens in the software have been changed to reflect that both MYOB and Xero are now available for Financial Exports
Configuration options are available for exporting to Xero

Bp SMS is now available as an SMS messaging service provider. Contact the Best Practice Software Sales team for more information on moving to Bp SMS

Medicare Online claiming now checks the patient's age and asks for a claimant if the patient is under 15 years old
Claimants can be added directly from the client record
The process for resubmitting a Medicare or DVA claim has been improved including the ability to Manually Decline a claim that is in a “stuck” state.
Bp Allied will now perform certain checks if a patient is a DVA white card holder. DVA disability is now recorded in a client's contact details
The process for resubmitting a Medicare or DVA claim has been improved
Travel claiming for DVA claiming has been improved
Multiple items can now be claimed within a DVA claim

Details of all the special circumstances when transferring Invoices, Payments and Refunds to MYOB are documented here and includes updates to honour some MYOB Settings.

When deleting a client record, some attached items are now permanently deleted
The Added by field is available in the Client Details > Documents/Phone Calls Tab > Contact (Phone/Email/SMS). Follow the directions here.

NDIS require that claim types are added to items being claimed. The NDIS report has been updated to include more information
A HealthPoint claims report has been added for Tyro HealthPoint
A Quotes Summary report has been added for Tyro HealthPoint

Any Certificates that have been added in the Certification tab can now be Viewed in this tab by clicking on View Certificate

For more details of the changes and considerations that need to be taken into account when upgrading:

The bugs fixed in the initial release of version 6 can be downloaded from here, or viewed on the release notes page.