Bp Premier Oxford SP1 Release Notes (Beta)

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IMPORTANT   Oxford SP1 1.14.0.1118 is a Beta release of Bp Premier. These release notes are not intended for general distribution. Do not install or upgrade to this version unless your practice has been invited to participate in a Beta or Industry Preview evaluation of Bp Premier by Best Practice Software.

These release notes describe the changes made to Bp Premier since Oxford build 1.14.0.1114.

NOTE  This release includes the new features, enhancements, and bug fixes from the Oxford 1.14.0.1114 release as well as the changes listed in this document. Please review the Oxford release notes for more information on the changes included in these two releases.

Release Date

TBC

Release version

Bp Premier version Oxford SP1 1.14.0.1118.

Notes last updated

03 July 2026

Which version can I upgrade from?

You can upgrade to version Oxford SP1 (1.14.0.1118) from Bp Premier version Orchid SP1 Revision 1 (1.12.1.1023) or later. To check the current program version that you have installed, select Help > About.

Which data update do I need?

You must install the July 2026 Data Update or later before you can upgrade to version 1.14.0.1118. However, Best Practice Software recommend making sure you have the most recent Data Update installed before you run a program upgrade.

Which database and operating system versions are supported?

Windows operating system Windows 10 Pro or higher is supported.

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and higher is supported.

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and higher is supported.

When should I upgrade?

Best Practice Software recommend running the program upgrade outside of business hours.

How do I upgrade?

Brief upgrade instructions are included in this document.

Upgrade to Oxford SP1 1.14.0.1118

You must have the July 2026 data update or later installed before you upgrade to Oxford SP1 1.14.0.1118.

  1. Back up your Bp Premier database before running the upgrade.
  2. Synchronise all workstations in remote database mode with the Bp Premier server before you upgrade.
  3. Download and run the latest Drug Update on your Bp Premier server computer.
  4. Log all users out of the server and all clients before you upgrade.
  5. Download and run the Oxford SP1 1.14.0.1118 update on your server and all clients.
  6. Log back in to Bp Premier and resume use.

Where do I find more information?

Select from the main screen of Bp Premier or select Help > Online from Bp Premier to open the Knowledge Base from any main screen toolbar.

Compliance

Assignment of Benefit

On the 18th of June it was announced that the Government has revised the Assignment of Benefit transition timeline, as published here. Key changes include:

  • From 1 July, verbal consent will be available in all settings for 12 months.
  • Enduring assignment of benefit will be an option for all MyMedicare registered patients, residents of aged care facilities and patients attending Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) from 1 July 2026 – brought forward from April 2027.
  • Patients attending ACCHOs will be able to have enduring assignment at multiple sites.
  • Compliance will not commence until regulatory changes are complete and will begin with prevention and education.
  • There will be a 12-month transition period, during which there is a commitment to work with the profession on the changed approach and explore other options to further reduce the administrative burden on both GP practices and patients while ensuring the integrity of Medicare is maintained.

Assignment of Benefit Configuration

  • Assignment of Benefit can now be enabled from Setup > Configuration > Online Claiming. Once enabled it cannot be disabled. Restart Bp Premier to see changes.
  • Verbal and Enduring consent can now be set as the Default assignment of benefit channel. This setting has been moved from the Billing tab.

Enduring Assignment of Benefit in the Patient Details

An Enduring Assignment of Benefit checkbox has been added to the Patient details screen. Select this checkbox if the patient has enduring assignment of benefit consent.

Enduring Assignment of Benefit

When invoicing an appointment in the Account details screen for a patient with Enduring Assignment of Benefit enabled in the patient record, the option will be selected by default.

Enduring AoB in the Account details screen.

ePrescribing

Updates have been made to ePrescribing in Bp Premier in accordance with the ePrescribing Conformance Profile 3.0.1 released by the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA).

ePrescribing Configuration tab

A new tab in the Setup > Configuration options has been added for ePrescribing. Users can Enable ePrescriptions and set an eScript timeout period from this tab.

Bug fixes

Bp Function

Release Notes

Key

Assignment of Benefit

When using the Bulk Resend utility from the Follow up assignment of benefit screen, if a mobile number was updated in the Patient details the Bulk Resend would send the form to the original mobile number that it was sent to. A prompt has been added to notify the user if a mobile number has been updated.

83470

Assignment of Benefit

An error has been resolved where if Prompt for Printer was disabled in the default printer settings, when printing an Assignment of benefit form the Prompt for Printer screen would still appear.

83480

Assignment of Benefit

When generating a printed assignment of benefit form, if the printer interface was left open and the Follow up assignment of benefit screen was closed, a callstack error would occur and Bp Premier would crash. This error has been resolved.

83484

Assignment of Benefit

When using the Bulk resend from the Follow up assignment of benefits screen the Contact note generated would display the Recorded by user as Practice and not the user who sent the SMS via Bulk resend. This error has been resolved.

83556

Assignment of Benefit

When Print 2 copies of vouchers is enabled in Setup > Configuration > Online Claiming and printing an assignment of benefit form, only one copy would print. This error has been resolved.

83577

Assignment of Benefit

Assignment of benefit forms were not correctly fitted to the page when printing with A5 vouchers enabled in Setup > Configuration > Online Claiming:

  • When A5 vouchers and Print 2 copies of vouchers are both enabled, the forms would both print as A6 on a single A4 piece of paper (dependant on paper size currently in printer).

  • When A5 vouchers is enabled the form would print on an A4 piece of paper (dependant on paper size currently in printer).

These issues have been resolved.

83579

Assignment of Benefit

If an invoice was linked to an Assignment of Benefit form with a status of Delivery failed it would stay in the All outstanding results of the Follow up Assignment of Benefit screen when the invoice was cancelled. This issue has been resolved.

83614

Assignment of Benefit

An issue has been resolved where Approved Pre-assignment of benefits were marked as Voided when Managed externally by a third party and processed in Bp Premier.

83824

Assignment of Benefit

An error has been resolved for users running Bp Premier Oxford where invoices created with a date after 01 July 2026 would not be visible when creating batches.

83883

Bulk Document Importer

When scanning and merging PDF files using the Bulk Document Importer some users encountered a callstack error that would cause the BDI tool to crash. This error has been resolved.

83650

Online Claiming

An error has been resolved where Bp Premier would still prompt the user to generate a Post assignment of benefit form when Adjusting a claim with Assignment of Benefit disabled.

83876