Day 4: Help Your Providers Understand Patient Status Ramifications
- Education:
- All Education | Member Benefits
- CEC Category:
- Professional Development
- Duration:
- 29 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
Tags: HDIVC25
Description
Session: Help Your Providers Understand Patient Status Ramifications
Presenter: Cynthia L. Dennis, EdD, MHS, BS, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CPMA
Description:
Most of us in the healthcare industry understand the various issues surrounding incorrect patient status, but what isn’t widely known is how to help providers understand these complexities. After all, the physician and their admission order become the starting point for a clean claim and full reimbursement for treatment rendered. Unfortunately, most providers are not aware of what happens if the status is incorrect or, more precisely, does not conform to the myriad payer criteria for specific admissions. Learn how Tucson Medical Center is planning to tackle this widespread denial problem for all healthcare facilities.
Learning objectives:
1. What are the different patient statuses?
2. Why is the correct status important?
3. Augment your organization’s EMR build to fill gaps in appropriate placement.
4. What happens to a claim when the patient status is incorrect?
5. How can your facility help providers understand the “why” behind appropriate admissions?
Handouts
| Help Your Providers Understand Patient Status Ramifications (0.92 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Speaker
Cynthia L. Dennis, EdD, MHS, BS, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CPMA Related Seminars and Products
Director Revenue Integrity
Tucson Medical Center
Dr. Cynthia Dennis has spent the past 20+ years overseeing the front-, middle-, and back-end functions of the revenue cycle in acute care facilities. Dr. Dennis received her Doctor of Education from the University of Southern California, with a focus on Organizational Change and Leadership. Her dissertation entitled “Avoidance of Inpatient Medical Necessity Denials for Short-Stay Admissions: An Evaluative Study,” was nominated for Distinguished Dissertation of 2021. Much of the last ten years of her career has been spent building bridges between providers and documentation specialists, including Coding, CDI, and HIM.