Revenue Integrity

Q: How should we bill for trauma activation without pre-hospital notification and how should we capture charges for these services? Do we bundle the charge in with the facility evaluation and management (E/M) code?

Finding and addressing the roor causes of coding edits is essential to revenue integrity, but when the issue points back to clinical departments it can often be a challenge to get them on board with change. Use these tips to gain clinical departments' support and implement practical, colloboartive solutions.

Successfully responding to payer charge audits for services billed above room and bed rate can be a challenge. The Cleveland Clinic contracting, compliance, and revenue cycle departments worked together on a project to address this focus. 

Speakers and registrants shared tips and insights into revenue integrity hot topics on day one of the 2021 Revenue Integrity Symposium, held virtually August 17–18.

Figuring how to take the next step in your career is challenge—now more than ever. Take the 2021 Revenue Integrity Salary Survey to build data that revenue integrity professionals can use to guide their careers and departments.

NAHRI’s July 27 Quarterly Call offered tips on tailoring a revenue integrity program that’s suits your organization’s needs and resources and a rundown of the latest association updates.