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Don’t Lose Potential Revenue Due to Staffing Errors

Posted by David Fong on May 24, 2018 6:00:00 AM

A recent article in the Chicago Tribune reported that the Cook County Health and Hospitals System lost an estimated $165 million or more in potential revenue over the past three years due to lax clerical procedures and employee errors.


Money on Table

Cook County Inspector General Patrick Blanchard attributed the hospitals’ losses to widespread issues in the system’s bureaucracy -- from mistakes made during patient scheduling and registration to billing lapses. In a 10-page report, Blanchard said his office interviewed hospital staffers who suggested there are “a significant number of registration clerks, coders, and billers who do not possess adequate self-motivation or the required skill sets and knowledge base” to do their jobs.

 

Cook County hospital officials dispute the exact amount the system has lost, but both sides agree that the hospital system has lost out on many millions of dollars it otherwise could have collected.

 

People make mistakes that will impede your hospital’s cash flow. This article is just more proof of what can happen if you don’t have sufficient experienced and certified coders and conduct a comprehensive accuracy review of your current coding processes, which will identify errors and help prevent future coding-related denials.  Aviacode can help you find problems before they find you.

 

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Don’t lose revenue because of lax or poor coding processes. Aviacode will guarantee our coding accuracy and provide expert coding denial management services to ensure that proper coding is done for the service provided so that appropriate payments are received. Don’t leave deserved revenue on the table.

Topics: Medical Coding, Outsourcing, Coding Denial Management