Interdisciplinary team meetings are the perfect venue for revenue integrity to present changes that impact all providers or to discuss overall trends, but don’t allow for one-on-one discussions. To help craft personalized education tracks for providers, revenue integrity can use existing data from chart audits to build a road to success.
More than 100 NAHRI members tuned in to hear expert advice on revenue integrity hot topics and get the scoop about exciting new NAHRI initiatives during our second members-only quarterly call on April 24.
CMS released the fiscal year (FY) 2019 IPPS proposed rule on Tuesday, April 24, with an overhaul of the Meaningful Use program and significant reductions to reporting requirements for quality initiatives, along with updates to payment rates.
Revenue integrity is an all-hands-on-deck operation at the Los Angeles Jewish Home where the documentation specialist acts as the coder, CDI specialist, and medical records auditor.
Q: Can a hospital bill for orthotic or prosthetic supplies (e.g., leg brace for a patient in the ED or clinic) on the hospital claim? What are the requirements for billing these supplies? Is revenue code 0274 the correct revenue code? Are HCPCS codes needed?
