2023 Q2 Release Notes

Note: Release notes are snapshots in time. Some features mentioned may have since been retired, deprecated, moved, or updated, and certain links may no longer be active.

June Release

The June 2023 release from Opala includes the following:

  • Added Plan Name Field for ATR Coverage Resource (ATR)
  • CMT/HECAK Processor Updated for Missing and Duplicate IDs (Data Snaps)
  • Missing Column in CMT Roster Added (Data Snaps)
  • Member Consent Deployed (Security)
  • Databricks for PDex Formulary ETL (PDex Formulary)

Member Attribution (ATR) API

New Feature

Added Plan Name Field for ATR Coverage Resource

Release: Enterprise2023.2.6.0

Opala has added an additional attribute to the Member Eligib table. This attribute supports the Plan Name field for Providence and Multicare customers.

Data Snaps

Resolved Issues

CMT/HECAK Processor Updated for Missing and Duplicate IDs

Release: Enterprise2023.2.6.2

Opala has removed records with missing member IDs and Link IDs, and removed records with duplicate Link IDs.

Missing Column in CMT Roster Added

Release: Enterprise2023.2.8.0

Opala has added the member_sex column to the CMT roster. This column was from the previous version of the roster.

Security

New Feature

Member Consent Deployed

Release: Enterprise2023.2.7.0

To support compliance with the CMS mandate and its consent requirements for the Patient Access API, Opala is now able to capture and audit users’ consent to third-party applications and registration policies.

PDex Formulary

New Feature

Databricks for PDex Formulary ETL

Release: Enterprise2023.2.8.0

Opala has added new schemas, data pipelines, and configuration settings to support the Navitus Formulary.

May Release

The May 2023 release from Opala includes the following:

  • Claim Redaction for Payer Administrators (Payer-to-Payer)

Payer-to-Payer Data Exchange

New Features

Claim Redaction for Payer Administrators

Release: Enterprise2023.2.4.1

When a user queries the Patient Access API for the EOB resource using payer administrator credentials, no financial information is returned with the EOBs. Financial information is only included in the EOBs when the Patient Access API is queried using developer or business credentials.

April Release

The April 2023 release from Opala includes the following:

New Features for Developers

  • Data Exchange Importer Deployed to Prod
  • Patient Access API Refresh Token Duration Extended

Resolved Issues

  • Coverage for Providence ATR Groups
  • Updated SQL query for CMT/HeCAK
  • Payer-to-Payer Fixes for Evolent Deployed
  • Health Data Page Error Resolved
  • Missing Bluecard Subscriber IDs in Coverage FHIR resource
  • Member Attribution Data issue corrected

Developers

Data Exchange Importer Deployed to Prod

Release: Enterprise2023.2.1.0

Opala’s Data Exchange Importer (DEI) now supports ESI data, Providence data, and ATR Group data.

Patient Access API Refresh Token Duration Extended

Release: Enterprise2023.2.2.3

Opala is changing the Patient Access API refresh token validity from 1 hour to 90 days.

Resolved Issues

Coverage for Providence ATR Groups

Release: Enterprise2023.1.5.2

For a member of the Providence ATR Group (uniroster) whose coverage has expired, that member will still be included in ATR groups. Previously, members in the Providence ATR Group whose coverage expired were not populated in ATR groups which meant Providence’s FHIR API could not receive clinical data for these members.

Updated SQL Query for CMT/HeCAK

Release: Enterprise2023.2.2.1

Opala has updated its SQL query in the CMT processor to handle bad data creation in the output script. Previously, commas in the Address 1 field caused the creation of the bad data.

Payer-to-Payer Fixes for Evolent Deployed

Release: Enterprise2023.2.2.1

Opala has deployed fixes for Evolent IDP as well upgrading the Evolent container from .NET 5 to .NET6 to address a security vulnerability. This fix also addresses the payer-to-payer data transfer for Florida Blue and Evolent.

Health Data Page Error Resolved

Release: Enterprise2023.2.2.4

Opala has updated the Evolent certificate in the PROD environment which should resolve Health Data page error in the Production environment. This update affects health data transfers for Florida Blue and Evolent for the Payer-to-Payer feature.

Missing Bluecard Subscriber IDs in Coverage FHIR Resource

Release: Enterprise2023.2.3.1

Opala has updated its Uniroster to handle missing Bluecard subscriber IDs. There are over 8300 missing Bluecard subscriber IDs.

Member Attribution Data Issue Corrected

Release: Enterprise2023.2.3.2

Opala has corrected an issue with the Uniroster ETL DB load of member attribution data. A previous update added the contract name to the primary key but was not reflected in the query used to update the attribution data (only the run date (run_dt) was changed). As a result, several members were over-attributed to groups since the query run was based on the prior definition of an ATR group that did not include the contract name.