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2025_08 August Release 1

Posted By: Suruthi K - 08/14/2025

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New Features & Usability Enhancements: 

Scenario Manager:  Introduced the ability to upload Measure changes in the Measure Editor, simplifying the update process for users;

Stars Explorer        :  Added Contract and Parent Org filters in the State and County Map tabs.

Water fall  Report :  Improved formatting for Hold Harmless and Unrounded changes, providing clearer visibility into their impact. 

Bug Fixes 

  Multiplanner :

          Scenario Upload Issue:

           If any of the following fields are blank for a given measure Star Rate or Num & Den the Star Rating for that measure will be considered as 'No Star Rating' 

           When uploading a scenario using the "Download File" feature in Scenario Manager, some measures are displayed with the "Blank CMS MSR ID" error.

CAI Reset Issue: CAI reset occurred following the scenario upload.

Fixed issue where tracking to overall was not updating after changing the Projected gap (-margin) 

Removed validation between CMS measure ID and Measure Code, and vice versa in measure Editor 

    Star Explorer  :

           Resolved the "Oops" error encountered when using the Parent Org Goto App Star Explorer.

           Resolved issue where the Parent Org filter pill displayed as 'undefined' after page refresh.

Fixed the issue where the Exclude Contract filter was not functioning properly in both Medicare State Explorer and Star Explorer.

Corrected the issue where the Parent Org filter, when applied with organization and marketing name filters, did not reload the dropdowns as expected.

Addressed the problem with the Parent Org + display measure filter combination not working correctly.

Fixed the issue where membership values were not displaying properly in the HContract popup when selecting a financial measure.

Fixed issue where the Measure year was not refreshed when the year was changed in the year drop-down

   Measure Details

         For STARS measure  show only STARS measure 's Cutpoints details in the Cutpoints graphs; In the previous, both STARS and DISPLAY measures were displayed together.

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