Medical Appeal Case Study Clinical Appeals Case Study Challenge The client is suffering under an “onslaught” of denials and while struggling to keep up, they also would like to understand the exact reason for the denials and their fiscal impact on the client. Solution...
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...
This article originally appeared in The Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 24, Number 36 Dated: October 12, 2015 Money may be slipping through hospital hands when commercial payers adjust payments for certain room and board charges, consultants say. Payers are...
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 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...
Containing clinical costs in a safe manner in hospitals is crucial in the new value-based era of care. Reducing patient lengths of stay has been one of the main targets for clinical cost containment in hospitals. One-way hospitals can contain costs is by implementing...
