Connect Documentation

Release: 26.7.21

Our next release is currently scheduled for deployment Tuesday, July 21, 2026.  During this time, the Connect application will not be available. 

Deployment Schedule:

  • BEGIN: Tuesday, 7/21/26 @ 9:00 P.M. CDT

  • COMPLETION: Wednesday, 7/22/26 @ 4:00 A.M. CDT

Fee Schedules (2026) Webinar Recording

If you missed the Fee Schedules Webinar, please check out the recording of the session below:

  • Creating Fee Schedules Webinar (recorded 1/7/26)

CONNECT User Summit 2025 Recordings

CONNECT User Summit 2025 has wrapped! It was another great year of shared knowledge and asked/answered questions. We hope everyone enjoyed their sessions.

For any of you that were unable to attend or were wanting to revisit a topic that was discussed, we recorded the sessions this year and are posting them here for your reference. Let us know if you have any follow-up questions/comments on anything discussed. We are always happy to help!

CONNECT User Summit 2025 Session Recordings

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About Connect Help

 What's New?

Support Documentation

Welcome to Connect, a platform consisting of multiple applications used for managing elements related to medical billing.

The Help Documentation guides you through using Connect via topics which provide:

  • Page, window, and field definitions

  • Step-by-step guides for common system processes

  • Links to helpful training videos and support documentation

  • Access to current and past release notes

The latest Connect release is 26.7.21. Highlights of this release include the following:

Accounts

  • Updated functionality to view collection letters directly in Account / General / Statements & Letters tab.

    • Added new Delivery Type column to display Self-Print or Statement Service.

    • Added new Letter Layout column to display the name of the letter layout generated.

    • Type column updated to now display the following types: Collection Letter, Batch Statement, Demand Statement.

    • Selecting a collection letter and clicking View will open and display a copy of the collection letter.

  • Added Remittance Advice Remark Codes (RARC) from ERA imports to claim lines display within the Account / Active AR tab.

Address Corrections

  • Updated logic so if one address record in a correction file fails, only that record is failed and the rest of the records are processed accordingly.

Concurrency

  • Added ability to print preview and print the Concurrency graph from the Charge Batches / Batches / Concurrency Log tab. 

Facilities

  • Added new free text Additional Info field to Facility / General Facility Information tab to document important information related to the facility.

General

  • Updated newly added zip codes’ city names to all caps to make consistent with other application zip code data.

  • Fixed broken Help links when clicking F1 from within Connect.

Payers & Plans

  • Added new plan claim option checkbox: Emergency Indicator: Plan always requires emergency indicator to the Payers and Plans / Plan / Claims tab. If selected, the Emergency indicator will always be designated as Y for Paper & Electronic claims for the plan.

  • Updated the Payer: Group IDs tab to include a Nurse Practitioner Group field under the General Group ID and Facility-Specific options from the Group ID Type drop down.

  • Fixed the payer and plan filter logic so that when filtering on a payer name, the related plans are displayed and accessible.

Pseudo Codes

  • Added ability for admin to assign a default Type of Service when creating a Pseudo Code.

Reports

  • Modified the Payment Mix Trend Summary report:

    • Renamed the Group By filter to primary Group By

    • Added new filter options: Secondary Group By, Tertiary Group By

 

To view the full release notes for the current Connect release, click here

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