Jefbar Software Services

Keep current with the latest news as JefBar Software Services grows and develops a new generation of products. Our Quarterly News Briefs, Technology Path and Product Road Map provide additional information about JefBar and the continuing evolution of our services.

Quarterly News Briefs

3rd Quarter 2011 - JefBar Makes it easy to convert from Older Vendors and Reporting is now even easier

Billing 2.0 -
Jefbar now has conversion programs to easily move your data from most other vendors older software and begin billing, posting cash, reporting and more on the most modern ambulance billing software available. Conversion allows you to change systems while easily keeping all your history intact. Call us to see if we can convert from your current vendor to JefBar.

Medicare is now testing HIPAA 5010 ECS and JefBar's latest release is available to new and existing customers. Be fully prepared for the Jan 1, 2012 change to HIPAA 5010 ECS.

Report grouping makes running a list of month end or daily/weekly reports even easier. Save the reports you like to run and the selection criteria with logical choices (end of month - today's date - last week - companies etc) in a group for easy repetitive reporting. For example run repetitive reports for multiple companies with one button and produce a report(s) for each company without repeating the process. Distribute them by email as PDF, Excel, Word, or any number of electronic file formats, export them to your collection company or send them to your clients. Better yet if you are a billing company let your clients log in and view/run their own reports.

Import your EPCR from any of the major vendors EPCR into billing to reduce data entry . Call us to see if yours is on the list, if not we will add it to the growing list of sources that can be imported into Jefbar Billing. Imports from most major CAD/Dispatching systems and EPCR systems are a click away. Billing company? - then import from whatever EPCR or CAD your clients are using. Say yes to any report they want and give them what they ask for.

CAD Updates Including-
Paging now sends data direct to your in-vehicle MDT or Garmin through a number of GPS/Vehicle tracking hardware devices while still sending that same page to any device that receives text, email or pages.

Improvements to mapping includes configurable choices as to how you want to show your posts and facilities along with your vehicle's current locations for easy visual of closest vehicles or routes.

Improved look up for facilities and other changes to make data entry even that much quicker and easier.

For transports that can be planned or prescheduled, there are now multiple methods to pre-schedule runs, pre-print the days planned runs and modify it as the day progresses. Plan the original trip and do the return trip when requested. At the same time monitor your 911 calls and unplanned calls on the same dispatch workstations.

For our Logisticare users - IMPORT your daily runs directly to CAD/Dispatch - Schedule them with the Pre-Scheduler and pass them to Billing to insure payment when you are done. All automated with JefBar Logisticare importing.

1st Quarter 2011 - JefBar Releases even more new features to Billing and CAD

Billing 2.0 -
With added features especially for larger Billing companies . Our Billing customers will see the vastly improved billing software with added features based on their unique feedback all of which improves the processes our billing company customers can provide their customers, but also new tools for any biller to improve their customer service and ability to get paid faster.

CAD Updates Including-
Pre-Scheduling Module for planning your transports and ability to Pre-Assign runs
In-Vehicle MDT with turn by turn navigation and auto updates of vehicle's location and status back to Dispatch and more choices for mapping software.

3RD Quarter 2010 - HIPAA 5010 and ICD10 Compliant and Ready, Document Scanning added, more customer requested features. JefBar is ready for the future with HIPAA 5010 and ICD10 ready. The change from 4010 to 5010 is as easy as the flip of a switch. When the time is right, ICD9 and ICD10 can reside side by side for maintenance on older tickets or entry of new ICD10 tickets. All without complex or costly conversions. All of your data, reports and history will be preserved and available for review and printing. JefBar continues to provide real value for your maintenance dollars.

1st and 2nd Quarter 2010 - Continued Improvements to Ambulance Billing and CAD
JefBar has continued to improve its billing software to make it even faster and easier to get paid. Thanks to the feedback provided by our existing customers who have upgraded to the new billing products, and our new customers, JefBar continues to make the product even better than its initial release. Some of the many new features we added include individual ticket audits to quickly check that a ticket has everything it needs to be billed; the ability to view any and all documents or ECS records produced for a ticket with a simple click of a button; Improved collection tools and many other little but significant improvements. We added a large number of small features that make life easier for the billers to get their jobs done, all based on the JefBar customer's feedback. JefBar's technology allows us to incorporate any and all suggested improvements rapidly and make them available to all users. If you are tired of your software company not making the small changes to make your life easier, than JefBar is the software and company for you.

But we are not stopping there. We have many new features planned for the next release of Ambulance Billing and we are starting a complete rewrite of our CAD to allow the same ability to quickly change and add features our customers are asking for. While JefBar's CAD is seen as one of the best products on the market today and our CAD customers are more than happy with its functions and performance, we want more for our customers. Therefore, we continue to improve our entire suite of products.

3rd and 4th Qtr 2009
Improve your compliance times by upgrading to JefBar's latest CAD. CAD enhancements were completed ahead of schedule and included the interface and two way Garmin communications. The two way communications provide for sending a route from CAD to the Garmin device, and automatically advancing status in CAD. Enroute, At Scene, Depart Scene, At Destination and Available. Once again all customer's on SMA will receive CAD upgrades for free.

1st and 2nd Quarter 2009 News Brief AR
Ambulance Billing Software is completed and ready to be presented to the JefBar user community and final enhancements are being added based on their feedback. During Q3 all users will get a chance to review the new products, provide feedback and prepare for the upcoming official release. The official release is expected to be finalized the end of Q3. JefBar expects to roll out the windows version to all customers in Q3 and Q4. All current SMA customers are provided the upgrade to windows version at no cost and for most customers will get data conversion, training and installation for free.

4th Quarter 2008 News Brief
JefBar’s development team completed the design work for the Ambulance Billing Software Product. The module is currently under development and is anticipated to enter the final programming phase at the end of December 2008.

3rd Quarter 2008 News Brief
JefBar finalized the technology infrastructure and platforms in preparation for development of the Ambulance Billing Software module. Additional technical employees were added to the development team to create a strong software development team. The functional redesign of the Microsoft Windows platform Ambulance Billing Software Product began in earnest.

2nd Quarter 2008 News Brief
JefBar actively began to inject capital into the business and added an experienced software development team to the company structure. We have conducted an assessment of AMBPAC legacy products and technology platforms and targeted the AMBPAC Ambulance Billing Software module as the first product for redevelopment. Additional enhancements were completed during this quarter for AVL Mapping/Tracking and ambulance vehicle tracking. Refresh rates and mapping functionality were enhanced for flexibility and ease of use with a GPS integrated vehicle monitoring system.

1st Quarter 2008 News Brief
JefBar took over all maintenance and support for all AMBPAC products with the final acquisition completed in February of 2008. Business actions in the first quarter focused on the integration of company infrastructure.

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Technology Path
JefBar is committed to taking advantage of the benefits new technology provides to ensure our customers have the best tools for their industry. We continue to evaluate technology developments to incorporate them with our products to create best of breed solutions. Our software is created to run efficiently on as little as one PC, or have a few users on one server, or to provide for complete N-Tier 100% redundant technology. JefBar software is created and written to provide for 100s of users to access one to many redundant business application servers and those servers to access a cluster of Database servers. All can be running in an auto failover environment. In simple terms our software allows an easy installation for the smallest of users and yet has the power to run a large number of users in a full scale multi-tiered technology set up.

JefBar utilizes the latest in Windows development technologies to rapidly build quality software products. Our standards based development practices and robust core infrastructure enable us to quickly bring new functionality to market without sacrificing code stability or requiring lengthy upgrade procedures. This flexible infrastructure allows for multiple deployment options so our customers can configure the system for the right balance of performance, security, and stability.

The technical details of our infrastructure and plans are listed below. Amongst the technical complexities is a simple goal – to utilize the best available in technology to make software development fast and flexible and create powerful solutions for our customers.

Technical Details:
JefBar Software Service will build all applications on a MS Windows platform with a foundation of the .NET 4.0 platform in C#, including Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, and Windows Workflow components. A CSLA .NET Framework will be utilized in the Business Object layer to provide flexible n-tier architecture, authorization, and validation – all while supporting WCF, workflow, ASP.NET, WPF, and web services interfaces. On top of the base CSLA .NET Framework, JefBar is actively developing our own framework extensions, standards, and best practices to ensure consistently high quality code and products. Deployment and update procedure enhancements will make installations and upgrades as quick as possible and ensure stability.

Our primary database platform will be MS SQL Server 2008, Including the free version of SQL Express for clients keeping their DB under 10Gig. (Usually about 200,000 Ambulance runs of Ticket, Patient and Payment history).

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Product Road Map

STILL TO COME in the 2011 and Beyond
CAD rewrite	JefBar is rewriting it's entire CAD system using the same new technology that Ambulance Billing was developed in. With the complete rewrite our Dispatching/Mapping/Paging/Vehicle Tracking with be the clear industry leader in flexibility and functionality. Our ability to change the system based on your feedback will keep it the industries leading product. Speed of development and listening to our customers is what makes our product and you satisfaction the best it can be.
ePCR - Upgrades	ePCR – JefBar has partnered with several of the top Suppliers of ePCR - Electronic Patient Care Reports and is interfaced seamlessly to them. Our Partnerships are with the Best known products in the Industry. and full integration with the JefBar applications provides interconnectivity with all these external systems.
Multiple Device Communications	ALREADY AVAILABLE - Additional Modules have bridged the gap between dispatch and commercially available communication devices and are way beyond simple paging used in the past - JefBar's dispatching products can send routes to Garmins's and In-Vehicle MDT's and commuicate with devices provide more advanced communications such as basic cell phones, PDA's, in vehicle MDTs and pagers. This will include even more site to site communication, electronic device communication, and bi-directional communication. Jefbar will implement rapid information interchanges between the office and devices in the field such as navigation systems.

Saas (Software as a Service)	Option to access any and all of our products without having to have your own hardware modules through the SaaS model if desired. You will be able to access the software on a monthly fee basis and purchase no hardware and no software in the future. You can simply "rent" the service monthly.
Even more CAD improvements	We continue to improve your compliance times and improve your ability to reduce your times to scene. We also continue to improve and monitor all your performance measurements. Along with all the CAD improvements in its current windows environment, we will be moving CAD to the latest technology with all the benefits of the N-Tier technology. (see above our technology path description). This will allow large organizations and even higher ability to run 7/24 with little to no down time.


COMPLETED - Summer 2009
Ambulance Billing Software	The Ambulance Billing Software product is completed and ready for market. JefBar will roll it out to our existing customers who are up to date on their SMA fees. It was the first product to undergo complete redesign and redevelopment for the Microsoft Windows Platform, using the latest technology. The finished product is a robust AR module with increased efficiency and improved work flow. Completed features include: Improved insurance billing (Electronic and Paper if needed), User Type Security available by screen, field or file level, Collections, Additional Reporting, Improved Patient Maintenance, Improved Ticket Tracking, Improved Cash Posting and integration with Dispatch and EPR to be interfaced with federal and state electronic filing methods. The new system improves data entry time significantly and allows for easy work flow. Best of all it is easy to use and simple to train new users on.

CAD, AVL & Garmin integration with improved routing and assignment selection	JefBar has significantly improved your ability to meet your compliance times and improved your ability to dispatch the right vehicle to the scene. There is now added functionality to the ambulance vehicle tracking system that allows bi-directional communication regarding unit status between the in-vehicle unit and CAD. Status changes can be automatic or require dispatcher verification. The current system works with a variety of Garmin units, including the newest coming to market,. The system allows a dispatcher to send routing to the Ambulance, and then is updated as the vehicle is enroute, on-scene, departs scene, arrives at destination and eventually is available. JefBar has also improved the selection of vehicle and goes way beyond "as the crow flies" technology of older systems.

COMPLETED Q1 2009
AVL and Mapping Tracking	Completed. Enhanced refresh rate and improved mapping functionality. Flexible and user-friendly mapping and vehicle tracking using a GPS integrated vehicle monitoring system.

COMPLETED Q4 2008
Technology Infrastructure	Completed. Technology platform and infrastructure implemented, including a change management control system for development of Ambulance Billing Software and future development work.

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