Users who do not have administrative rights on the computer they use to run CodeManager will need to have extra rights granted so they may access all areas of the program.
Users who do not have these rights granted may see the following symptoms:
When attempting to access Medicare Rules they will receive an error of “Internal Server Error”
When attempting to access the RBRVS Payment Calculator they will receive an error of “500 Internal Server Error”
When attempting to access or save notes either nothing will happen or they will receive an error
All users of the CodeManager software need the following rights enabled:
Right to read the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ODBC key in the registry
Right to write files to the Windows folder
Right to write files to the CodeManager 2006\Apache folder
To grant these rights follow these steps:
Log in as a user with administrative rights on the computer
Start the registry editor by going to Start, Run, typing “regedit” in the Open box and clicking OK
Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ODBC key
Right click on the “ODBC” text in the left pane
Left click on the Permissions entry in the popup menu
Select or add the group containing users who will run CodeManager
In the “Permissions for users” box check the Allow box on the Read line
Click OK
Close the Registry Editor
Open the Windows Explorer
Navigate to the location where CodeManager 2006 was installed (By default it will be installed to C:\Program Files\AMA\CodeManager 2006)
Open the Tools menu and choose Folder Options
Click the View tab
Scroll to the bottom of the “Advanced settings:”box
Uncheck the “Use simple file sharing (Recommended)” option
Click OK
Right click on the Apache folder
Left click on the Properties entry in the popup menu
Click on the “Security” tab
Select or add the group containing users who will run CodeManager
In the “Permissions for (group name):” box below make sure the following Allow boxes are checked: “Read & Execute”, “List Folder Contents”, “Read”, “Write”
Click OK. Note you may have to wait while these rights are implemented.
In the Windows Explorer navigate to the Windows directory (C:\Windows)
Right click on the Windows folder
Left click on the Properties entry in the popup menu
Click on the “Security” tab
Select or add the group containing users who will run CodeManager
In the “Permissions for (group name):” box below make sure the following Allow boxes are checked: “Read & Execute”, “List Folder Contents”, “Read”, “Write”
Click OK. Note you may have to wait while these rights are implemented.
Close all programs and reboot the computer
Users can now use all areas of the program.