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Compliance Risks and Transfer DRGs
A major challenge facing hospitals today is developing and implementing the most efficient and effective procedures to ensure that they are getting properly reimbursed for services rendered.
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Medicare Advantage Shadow Billing: Don't Leave Money Behind For Your Sub-Units
Hospitals actively involved in an accredited teaching program are entitled to supplemental payments for the reimbursement of medical education costs associated with treating Medicare Advantage (MA) patients. To receive the medical education payments ...
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How Much Money Is Lost In Outpatient Labor and Delivery Services?
A lot of money is lost every year by failing to bill for services performed. For some hospitals, it is millions per year. How many providers are experiencing a revenue leakage problem for outpatient labor and delivery services? It's estimated at 80%....
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Effective Management of Outsourced Vendors
This issue of Insights seeks to discuss techniques and considerations for the effective management of outsourced vendors responsible for billing and collecting on certain portions of your accounts receivable.
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CMS is Bundling Up - Are You?
This issue of IMA Insights seeks to provide an overview of CMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative which was announced late last summer. A discussion of the various aspects of the proposed payment models, including key considerations tha...
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Beware of RACs Bearing Gifts
In this edition of IMA Insights we discuss the increasing effect of the Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) on hospitals Transfer DRG cases. There has been a significant increase in activity where RACs are identifying what are believed to be underpaymen...
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How Investing in the Revenue Cycle Can Improve Your Financial Position
In this edition of IMA Insights, we will discuss how focusing on the revenue cycle can improve your financial position, specifically, related to the use of technology and transforming revenue cycle processes. There are many options available to autom...
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Keeping Patients Vertical Improves ED Throughput
This edition of IMA Insights explores some ways in which hospitals can address the continually mounting pressures they experience in their Emergency Departments, focusing on gaining a deeper understanding of the ways in which patients arrive and how ...
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ICD-10 - Will You Be Ready On October 1, 2013?
This issue of IMA insights seeks to provide an overview of ICD-10 and the challenges associated with implementation. We will focus on various departments or functional areas that are affected as well as what steps should be completed right now in ord...
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