R4+ v8.4.0 Product Release Notes

The following is a list of enhancements included in R4+ Version 8.4.0. All fixes are cumulative (each new release contains all new fixes as well as all fixes from the previous release).

New Features in R4+ v8.4.0

The following is a list of enhancements included in R4+ v8.4.0.

NHS England & Wales — April 2024 Fee Update

Below are the 2024 NHS Dental Fees which take effect on April 1, 2024:

NHS England — Fee increase of 4% across all Treatment Bands.
NHS Wales — Fee increases between 27.7% to 36.1% by Treatment Band.

NHS Scotland – April 2024 Determination I SDR Payment Reform

Based on received feedback by P&CFS, further updates have been made to the Reform SDR for April 1, 2024.

Existing Code Amendments:

D018 adjusted from 01 to 32 Instances down to Single use per Course, categorised as a Bridge Miscellaneous item.
E003 adjusted from 01 to 32 Instances to between 01 to 04. The code should only be applied to 3rd molars which is presented in the code description.
G011 adjusted from between 01 to 02 Instances to between 01 to 06.

New Code Additions:

D019 — Post/Core RET incomplete Fee (70%).
D020 — Post/Core RET Balance Fee (30%).
E004 — Adv Surgical Procedures, use is between 1 to 32, categorised as an Extraction Additional Item.
Code 3291 Suffix 89 is no longer a Discretionary Code; however, as this change is unique to Suffix 89, it remains as Discretionary due to the requirements of the other Supported Suffixes, instead its fee must always be left as 0.00 when used in a Course of Treatment.

NHS England & Wales – CCN 63 Direct Access Clinician FP17 Ownership

Hygienists, therapists and clinical technicians can now receive a personal ID under an NHS contract and subsequently own an NHS course of treatment and its FP17 claim. The Performer No field in the Users window, 2006 Contract tab, has been updated to Personal ID; due to the addition of further roles the BSA now refer to the ID in general terms.

The NHS Contract window has also been updated to allow these roles to be assigned to NHS Contracts & The NHS Activity Report window to enable reporting for these user roles. We have also updated the following reports to support these user roles when operating under an NHS contract:

General Financial
Payment Allocation for Treatment, Sundries and Charges
Open NHS Courses
Payment Allocation Summary
Payment Allocation Detail
Treatment Value
A user cannot operate as both the Performer and DCP Assistant on the same claim, but you can switch between the two directly on a claim when needed.

Sensei Patient Bridge – Financial Writeback Support

We have made changes within R4+ to enable the Sensei Patient Bridge platform to notify R4+ of any financial transactions taken through the Patient Bridge platform. The WeCare Adapter will apply an update to R4+ to activate this facility when needed on supported sites.

Where activated, the R4+ Task Scheduler must also be manually enabled through R4+ Main Settings > Add Ins 1 > Scheduler Settings if not already running on sites for this feature to work.

Any issues affecting this functionality are recorded against the Task Execution in the Task Audit and against the Main System Audit Logs.