Charge Description Masters (CDMs) may have all the right codes and charges but they aren't getting used. How knowledgeable are your department heads of what should be billed for what services? Is your facility 'thinking outside the traditional box' to explore ways to get the correct charges on the bill?

Our speaker will identify numerous new approaches to charge capture – including department specific monthly charge/chart/audits, UB-92 itemized reviews, coder/charge capture analyst pods, to computer 'rejects' when combinations are not present to simply interviewing all employees responsible for charge entry-either manual or electronic. Daily auditing as well as ongoing education are some of the keys to individual department ownership.