Each function in your PFS department is like a single domino…
…An effective auditing process will ensure all the pieces are positioned to fall into place.
All hospitals need to audit their billing processes to ensure accurate and timely payment. The key to receiving appropriate reimbursement lies in your ability to focus on and implement effective internal controls.
Auditing PFS: Your Guide to Revenue Integrity is the only resource of its kind that zeroes in on the individual needs of the auditing process and focuses on internal controls.
This practical reference tool provides user-friendly and customizable instruments such as:
- step-by-step instructions
- easy-to-implement tools
- thorough audit plans
- detailed flow charts
- and more!
Effective PFS auditing requires big picture thinking, NOT band-aid remedies
Breathe a sigh of relief and take a moment out of your busy day to consult Auditing PFS: Your Guide to Revenue Integrity—the comprehensive yet concise resource that explores the current and future state of the hospital PFS department.
A PFS auditing consultant at your fingertips
Offering step-by-step guidance, Auditing PFS: Your Guide to Revenue Integrity, and its accompanying CD-ROM:
- Examines the big picture of maximizing reimbursement by focusing on internal controls.
- Offers strategies on how to implement a consistent process and checkpoints from beginning to end
- Provides insight into where PFS directors should be and how to get them there
- Explains how to avoid common pitfalls that negatively affect the bottom line or create regulatory compliance issues
- Presents productivity standards so customers can benchmark their performance
- Instructs on the myriad internal processes to verify billing accuracy and much more!
This book is perfect for: PFS Directors, PFS managers, healthcare internal auditors, revenue cycle directors and managers, billing and collection professionals, compliance officers, VPs of revenue cycle, and CFOs.
Take a glance at the table of contents:
1. The importance of Patient Financial Services
2. Charge cut-off and charge editing
3. Auditing billing flow in PFS
4. Account balance changes
5. Collections—Where’s my cash?
6. Credit balances—Tying up loose ends
7. Value of charity care
8. Self-pay accounts receivable
9. Controls for collection agency relations
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Meet the Author:
Debi Weatherford, Audit Director, CHAN Healthcare Auditors, Atlanta, GA. Ms. Weatherford has more than 20 years of experience with leading healthcare organizations. She is a member of the AHIA/HCCA focus group tasked with addressing compliance auditing and monitoring directives through white papers, articles and educational initiatives. She is a member of the AIHA Membership & Awards Committee, a member of the Healthcare Internal Auditors Conference Education Sub-Committee, and a member of the HealthCare Compliance Association. She also serves on the Health Care Auditing Strategies editorial advisory board.
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