December 26, 2018 | Category:
Annual Updates | Tags:
2019 Final Rule,
2019 Inpatient Prospective payment system Final Rule,
2019 IPPS FR,
CDM Maintenance,
CDM Management,
CDM Pricing,
CDM Publication,
charge,
Charge Master,
Chargemaster Pricing,
Hospital price transparency,
hospital pricing,
hospital pricing transparency,
internal pricing analysis,
medicare,
payment,
pricing,
pricing audit,
program,
Public,
public chargemaster,
TransparencyThe Chargemaster: What your Shopping Public Needs to Know Will the 2019 CMS requirements for publishing your Charge Master prices confuse patients? …Most likely… In addition to complying with publication rules it’s important to consider the public relations aspects of publishing your prices. Despite how abstract the Charge Master and hospital pricing may be […]
October 29, 2018 | Category:
CDM Management Ideas | Tags:
2019 Final Rule,
2019 Inpatient Prospective payment system Final Rule,
2019 IPPS FR,
cdm,
CDM Publication,
Charge Master,
Charge Master publication,
Chargemaster,
Chargemaster publication,
CMS,
Hospital price transparency,
hospital pricing,
hospital pricing transparency,
medicare,
Pricing Transparency,
Public,
public chargemaster,
TransparencyH&A CDM Transparency Series CMS has provided more clarification on the hospital charge transparency mandate effective 1/1/19. Since the release of our 9/4/18 article, we have presented to an HFMA chapter meeting, and participated in numerous calls with customers and business colleagues to hear what others are planning. State Hospital Association representatives have requested CMS […]
September 5, 2018 | Category:
CDM Management Ideas | Tags:
2019 Final Rule,
2019 Inpatient Prospective payment system Final Rule,
2019 IPPS FR,
cdm,
CDM Publication,
Charge Master,
Charge Master publication,
Chargemaster,
Chargemaster publication,
CMS,
Hospital price transparency,
hospital pricing transparency,
medicare,
Public,
public chargemaster,
TransparencyIn this H&A CDM Transparency Series we focus on IPPS CDM Public Access Regulations focusing on tips for hospital action plans. In this post, we have included unknowns and questions in”What Hospitals are Asking”, our forecasts of”What to Expect”, and our thoughts on”What You Can Do”. What hospitals are asking The relatively-vague CMS publication requirements […]
September 5, 2018 | Category:
CDM Management Ideas | Tags:
2019 Final Rule,
2019 Inpatient Prospective payment system Final Rule,
2019 IPPS FR,
cdm,
CDM Publication,
Charge Master,
Charge Master publication,
Chargemaster,
Chargemaster publication,
CMS,
Hospital price transparency,
hospital pricing transparency,
medicare,
Public,
public chargemaster,
TransparencyWith minimal guidance in the IPPS Final Rule, hospital teams are wondering how they should address expanded Charge Master publication requirements coming in January. Many have concerns about anti-competitive and public relations impacts. Others are more focused on the operational processes that need to be done during the busy fourth quarter. In this H&A CDM […]
Feeling Targeted by Audits? Here’s one that can actually help… Many CDM Teams are unaware of the scope and implications of CERT audits. Mary Madsen, Senior Manager of Holliday & Associates has summarized the background and potential impact of the CERT program for our customers within this blog post. Read on to learn how CERT […]
Self-Administered Drugs: Charge Master Compliance Checklist Does your hospital have adequate controls for addressing Medicare’s self-administered drug coverage restrictions? We have developed a Charge Management Compliance checklist to help our customers with this challenging area. When tackling Self-Administered drug billing compliance (also referred to as “self-administrable drugs” or “SADs”), many hospitals are amazed at the […]
