Revenue integrity professionals often run across tough questions. On the NAHRI Forums, revenue integrity professionals can get advice from peers and experts and learn about solutions others have discovered. Here are the questions that have sparked the most conversation.
CMS’ rules for inpatient admission can leave providers questioning when it’s appropriate to admit a patient presenting with an uncomplicated myocardial infarction.
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.