Part A 1. Discuss two differences between inpatient and outpatient coding. Outpatient coding is much less complicated than inpatient coding. First‚ outpatient coding is limited to a length of stay less than 24 hours whereas inpatient stays are longer due to the intensity of services. Second‚ for outpatient services‚ physicians are paid using CPT/HCPCS codes‚ whereas‚ hospitals are paid for their hospitality using a complex formula (MS-DRG) because of housing‚ feeding and nurturing the patient
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General eligibility for benefits depends on a number of factors. If premiums are required‚ patients must have paid them on time. For government-sponsored plans where income is the criterion‚ like Medicaid‚ eligibility can change monthly. For patients with employer-sponsored health plans‚ employment status can be the deciding factor: • Coverage may end on the last day of the month in which the employee’s active full-time service ends‚ such as for disability‚ layoff‚ or termination. • The employee
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The culture at the Billings 911 Center exhibits a low masculine-feminine dimension. In this organization‚ values displayed can be pulled from both a masculine and feminine continuums. What keeps the MAS low is the fact that is no difference between the genders. This profession requires both genders to be equally caring and assertive. Everyone has to find that balance between work and family. The job can demand that work prevails over family when staffing issues arise. Strong people are admired
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“Power Distance has been defined as the extent to which the less powerful members of organizations and institutions accept and expect that power is distributed unequally” (Hofstede‚ n.d.). The Billings 911 Center management staff would define the power distance as low‚ but the organization has a high power distance. According to Hofstede‚ “power distance represents inequality‚ but defined from below‚ not from above” (n.d). Even though management may perceive a small power distance‚ their behaviors
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portion of the company’s e-commerce revenue came from e-billing‚ whereas the majority came from electronic bill payment. E-billing‚ also called paperless billing‚ is a method in which financial intermediaries or other billers can send bills to their customers over the internet‚ and electronic bill payment would be offering customers to pay those bills online. The problem that Fiserv had run into was getting more customers to buy into the e-billing process. It was an easy sell to the financial intermediaries
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HCR 220 Week One Assignment: Steps in the Medical Billing Process Week One Assignment: Steps in the Medical Billing Process In order to complete your duties as a medical biller efficiently; you must follow the medical billing process. Following this process leads to maximum and appropriate payments in a timely fashion. There are a total of ten steps you should follow; which include: 1. Pre-Register Patients – In this step; patient appointments need to be scheduled and kept updated (Valerius
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Correct Medical Billing and Coding in the Healthcare Industry Medical billing and coding is one of today’s topics. When services are billed for patients‚ they must be coded based on the documentation the physician has dictated in the patients chart to receive payment from the insurance company. As the physicians office and/or hospitals practice correct medical billing and coding‚ this will prevent audits being brought forth in their practice and/or hospital. Kenny‚ Christopher‚Correct Coding
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MEASURING OUTSTANDING REVENUE AS WEEKS BILLING OUTSTANDING By SACHIN GHOGLE Introduction Financial management focuses in finding the value in accounts receivable by emphasizing on improving the collections process and hence accelerating the cash flow. ‘Revenue Outstanding’ is the amount due from the customer as a result of an organisation’s normal business operation‚ that is‚ it is the amount that has been billed by organisations and is due‚ but which has not been collected. The management of
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Steps in the Medical Billing Process Donna Tankersley HCR 220 Steps in the Medical Billing Process Everything that is done in this world has to have a process whether it is an act as simple as cooking a meal or something more complex like the 10 steps to medical billing. If one of these processes or steps is left out‚ then the result can be disastrous. A cook would not leave out the eggs or the bread when making French toast. The medical billing process is the same‚ some steps more important
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Checkpoint: Medical Records Documentation and Billing Compliance plans are a process for finding‚ correcting‚ and preventing illegal medical office procedures (Valerius‚ Bayes‚ Newby‚ & Seggern‚ 2008). Therefore; all steps in the medical billing process correctly carried out‚ would apply as part of a compliance plan. In order to prevent illegal medical office practices‚ every step should be carried out as it was designed. In collecting accurate demographic and insurance information in step
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