ED Charge Capture and Hospital Revenue Efficiencies
Emergency Department reimbursement is a highly specialized area that our ED consulting can help make efficient. Significant hospital facility revenue is not captured due to incomplete or inaccurate clinical documentation, missed charge capture, lack of compliant level tools, inaccurate ED coding and billing, and lack of appropriate denial management process.
Echo assists hospitals to maximize revenue capture through:
- Clinical documentation education & hospital documentation evaluation
- Charge capture and coding education
- Evaluation of revision of E/M level tool
- Evaluation of procedural coding
- Establishing a robust denial management process
- Annual coding and CDM updates
- Documentation review/audits focusing on:
- Clinical quality
- Risk exposure
- Treatment delays
- Lost charges