Overview

No matter the size or scope of a healthcare facility, the effort involved in maintaining a chargemaster is immense. Chargemaster coordinators, analysts, and other revenue integrity professionals must stay on top of billing and coding trends and changes, cost reporting, and charge capture. While the list of responsibilities for revenue integrity professionals grows every day, the work they perform has a significant impact on a facility's reimbursement and overall revenue. Thus, the increasing state and federal focus on price transparency means it is more important than ever to have an accurate, updated, and compliant chargemaster. In its second edition, The Chargemaster Essentials Toolkit returns to provide readers with the tools needed to optimize their chargemaster and ensure accurate reimbursement and revenue integrity across their organization. This edition contains a new section on price transparency as well as updated information on certain field locations, supply charge considerations, changes to the 340B drug pricing program, and functional reporting requirements for physical and occupational therapy. It also includes updated regulatory information throughout all chapters to provide the latest information on topics relevant to chargemaster operations and management. This book will help readers: Stay on top of ongoing chargemaster education and maintenance Learn best practices, strategies, and principles for chargemaster management Grasp the in-depth details of Medicare's new price transparency requirements Explore the complicated world of supply charges, pharmacy charges, and bundling options Master revenue cycle concepts and terminology crucial to effective chargemaster maintenance

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Valerie A. Rinkle, MPA, CHRI, is a lead regulatory specialist and an instructor for HCPro's Revenue Integrity and Chargemaster Boot Camp(R), as well as an instructor for HCPro's Medicare Boot Camp(R)--Hospital Version and Medicare Boot Camp(R)--Utilization Review Version. Rinkle is a former hospital revenue cycle director and has over 35 years in the healthcare industry, including over 17 years of consulting experience in which she has spoken and advised on effective operational solutions for compliance with Medicare coverage, payment, and coding regulations.

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