Tackling COVID-19 Vaccination Billing Challenges: A System Approach

Submitted by jfitzgerald@hcp... on Thu, 04/08/2021 - 15:47

Topic: Tackling COVID-19 Vaccination Billing Challenges: A System Approach

Featuring:

  • Melissa Deuel, System Manager, Charge Master, CommonSpirit Health
  • Christian S. Gabriel, National Director of Revenue Integrity, CommonSpirit Health
  • Marie Garcia, System Manager, Revenue Integrity, CommonSpirit Health
  • Kay Larsen, CRCR, CHRI, Revenue Integrity Specialist, Adventist Health Glendale

 

Using CMS and NAHRI resources to address charge denials

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Learn how to use NAHRI resources and CMS and HIPAA requirements to appeal inappropriate charge denials.Read More »

Sample Payer Charge Denial Letter

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Use this sample payer charge denial letter to use as a template when drafting appeal letters.

Revenue integrity tips for 2021

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Much like other areas of healthcare, the world of revenue integrity has undergone quite a bit of change over the past year. On the...Read More »

Download the April 2021 issue of the NAHRI Journal

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Explore the revenue integrity universe.Read More »

The influence of revenue integrity

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Ronald Hirsch, MD, FACP, CHCQM, CHRI, looks at recent regulatory changes that fall under revenue integrity’s influence.Read More »

NAHRI Professional Advocacy Committee guidance on vaccine administration

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Some providers appear to be struggling with “how” and “whether or not” to bill for COVID-19 vaccine administrations. On March 15, 2021, CMS...Read More »

CMS increases COVID-19 vaccine payments

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CMS recently boosted Medicare payments for COVID-19 vaccines as part of an effort to accelerate vaccinations.Read More »

CMS allows modifier -CS for additional telehealth services

Fri, 03/19/2021
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Six codes for telehealth services are newly eligible to reported with modifier -CS (cost-sharing), which requires Medicare to cover beneficiary...Read More »

Q&A: Triage charge for ED visits

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Q: Can you tell me if your facility charges a triage charge for the ED? If a patient comes in and gets triaged, has vitals taken, protocol for...Read More »

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