by Christopher Baggot | Jul 9, 2019 | Aetna, Audits, CCMA, Claims, DRG Validation, Healthcare, HEDIS, Hospital Audits, Medicaid, Medical Records, RAC Audits, Revenue Cycle
Passive, Proactive, and Retrospective Cost Containment in Medical AuditingA case study analysis of services supplied to our hospital/provider clientsBy Christopher Baggott, CEO Medlinks Cost Containment, Inc. The great boxer Jack Dempsey said, “The best defense is a...
by Christopher Baggot | Oct 23, 2018 | Audits, Claims, HEDIS, Hospital Audits, Medicaid, Medical Records, RAC Audits, Revenue Cycle
As reimbursement rules catch up, providers embrace technologies for remote care and patient monitoring. Centralized care, with a hospital as the “hub,” is the standard in the U.S. today. But this familiar model is changing rapidly, as providers embrace remote care at...
by Christopher Baggot | Oct 10, 2018 | DRG Validation, HEDIS, Hospital Audits, Medicaid, Medical Records, RAC Audits, Revenue Cycle
By Susannah Luthi | October 10, 2018 Senate Democrats on Wednesday failed in an attempt to overturn the Trump administration’s expansion of so-called short-term, limited-duration plans, although they gained a Republican ally. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) broke...
by Christopher Baggot | Sep 13, 2018 | Aetna, Audits, CCMA, Medicaid, RAC Audits, Uncategorized
The Medical Audit Common Reviews and their Risk The Healthcare Industry (both Payers and Providers) has always had a measure of audits and their “ripple effect” carries down the line whether it be workload i.e. record retrieval, desk auditing, refund request, data...
by Christopher Baggot | Dec 1, 2014 | Medicaid
Medicaids final ruling is ready for review via a pre -publishing pdf. View it here:...