CDM & Charge Process
OVERVIEW
Today more than ever, hospitals operate in a complicated financial and regulatory environment that demands complete and accurate billing to ensure appropriate reimbursement for the services provided.
Coupling the regulatory environment with changes in the healthcare delivery systems, your primary charging tool, the Charge Description Master (CDM) requires constant surveillance as the smallest oversight can expose a hospital to significant compliance and/or revenue risks. Let our dynamic, and highly customizable, CDM and charge process solutions help you mitigate those risks.
KEY BENEFITS
Our nationally recognized seasoned experts devote their time to ensuring the integrity of your CDM, to include the complex interplay of electronic interfaces to surpass payer scrutiny and denials, while ensuring you are receiving all applicable reimbursement for the services provided. What differentiates our solution from the rest? Aside from the talented group of reimbursement, coding and clinical experts, we provide the following:
On-site meetings with each department
Electronic review in addition to desk audit of each line on your CDM
Evaluation of order-entry sub-systems and their impact on the CDM
Comparison of HCPCS/CPT codes to payer guidelines
Evaluation of revenue codes for increased accuracy and applicability to cost reporting requirements
Identification of duplicate, unused and invalid HCPCS/CPT codes
Review of hard-coded modifiers
Pricing assessments relative to payment rates and similar CDM items
Identification of appropriate bundling or unbundling of services
Analysis of claims and associated medical records to ensure appropriate charge capture of all services rendered, and that your CDM is working
WHY IS THIS THE BEST SOLUTION?
Our consultants do the heavy lifting to reduce the burden on your staff, emphasizing teamwork throughout the process to ensure that all findings are discussed, understood and implemented. It’s our way of ensuring we fulfill all the deliverables we both believe are important.
PART OF AN EVEN LARGER SOLUTION
As a full-service compliance, reimbursement and revenue cycle firm we are constantly developing new ways to assist our clients in becoming more compliant and generate more revenue. Our team of experts look beyond the task at hand so we can bring other opportunities to your attention.