REVENUE CYCLE CONCEPTS Flashcards
includes both administrative & clinical supervision of day-to-day operations to capture & collect payment for services rendered
Revenue Cycle
revenue cycle begins with pt registration & ends when…
final payment is made to the org
What are the revenue components? (try to remember as much as you can)
Registration & Scheduling
PT Check-in
Utilization Management (U/M)
HC Documentation & Encounter
Charge Capture & Coding
PT Check-out
Billing
Payer Adjudication
Receiving & Posting Reimbursement
Appeals & Claims Corrections
PT Responsibility Collection, Payments, & Posting
they may place demands on orgs to provide more data or to follow their specific rules…
Payers
no matter how small or big, they need to have workflow checks in place that reduce the risk of delayed payments or missed revenue …
Providers & Organizations
What is the best practice when the claims are denied?
perform analysis to determine where the errors are occurring (ex. separating errors by depts.)
Front office errors…
- Eligibility error
- Data entry error
Billing/coding errors…
- Code linkage error (when dx & procedure codes doesn’t match)
- Preauthorization not claimed (request from payer)
Back-office errors…
- Documentation errors
- Missing/incomplete encounter form documentation
What does revenue cycle management do and what is it’s importance to healthcare orgs?
- vital for ensuring financial stability of a healthcare org
- collect full payment of services rendered in a timely & efficient manner
Who are the primary stakeholders in healthcare?
- Payers
- Patients
- Providers
What is the goal of the revenue cycle management?
collect full payment for services rendered in a timely and efficient manner
it is a basic step of revenue cycle that begins with communication between the pt & staff to begin services…
Registration & Scheduling
this process
- informs the pt & the org abt the pt’s coverage details
- where copayments are collected
- registration forms are signed
- ensures coverage is valid
- beneficiary is verified for the eligibility under its policyholder (name, DOB, ID#)
- verification of benefits & verification of OOPM
Patient Check-in
this step of the revenue cycle
- occurs at different times & more than once
- determines the referrals & preauthorizations are required
- precertification & screening for medical necessity is part of this process
Utilization Management Review (U/M)