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Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies (Single Article)

Hunting those elusive inpatient consult charges
December 2002

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Hospitals use clerks, chart abstraction, and templatesThe Office of Inspector General (OIG) is working to determine whether the $2 billion worth of charges billed to Medicare each year for consultations are appropriate, according to the 2003 Work Plan. Meanwhile, facilities are working to make sure they accurately capture appropriate charges for these services.Tracking consultantsA hospital billing clerk tracks the residents and faculty members at the University of Alabama–Montgomery Internal Medicine residency program, says business officer Valerie Jordan. The clerk obtains a l

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