Recently one of our hospital clients had a Third Party Audit Firm sneak a request for records past a new person. In my article titled “Your Losses Begin in Medical Records” you’ll see that releasing medical records needs to be carefully considered. In any case these...
As we explored previously in our first article stopping loss can occur. Here’s how it starts: Identify and consolidate your findings in these areas: 1. Government Audits 2. Commercial Audits 3. Business Office Denials Most sites will keep these areas separate,...
Your Audit Losses – Step One Of all the sites I’ve ever consulted for there is always the same pattern and posture with auditing. Some are better than others but all have divided the audit losses into generally three categories. 1. Business Office Denials 2....
Great article I thought I’d share by Brad Flansbaum IF CONGRESS PLANS ON FIXING THE RACS IN 2015, THEY NEED TO READ THIS FIRST! • February 24, 2015 • Brad Flansbaum The recent increase in observation stays has led to a surge in federal oversight and scrutiny. We have...
In the world of being an expert it can take careful observation as to what is occurring in your area of expertise. This has become especially true in the world of auditing. It is true in the realm of RAC as CMS offers loads of grey areas, and an ever moving target of...
