Q: I was on a conference call with the CDM coordinators within my health system and we got involved in a lively discussion. If there's no medical necessity for observation, what do you do with charges? Our departments get productivity based on the charges posted. We all agreed that the observation charges shouldn't be billed to the insurance but had different opinions on how it should be handled.
On April 30, NAHRI presented its second members-only quarterly call of 2019, where members heard from revenue integrity experts on charge error correction and observation, as well as received some updates on what’s new at NAHRI.
Q: My team has asked me to look into charging for RF generator usage, which is about $850.00 per procedure. Is this something we can or should capture in the chargemaster?
On January 29, NAHRI presented its first members-only quarterly call of the year, where members heard from revenue integrity experts on engaging clinical staff, chargemaster updates, and addressing denials at their root cause.
