Abbey Healthcare Payment Systems

Fee Schedule Payment Systems
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4398-4025-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten

For healthcare providers and patients alike, the ways of private third-party payer payment systems can be mysterious and oftentimes quite frustrating. Payment for hospital, nursing, or homecare services can be subject to a variety of payment systems including cost-based and charge-based or those with payments that are determined in advance. Knowing the specific rules needed to navigate each type of payment system is essential for all healthcare administrators and accountants.

Healthcare Payment Systems: Fee Schedule Payment System, the second volume in a series by expert consultant and workshop facilitator Duane Abbey, is dedicated to fee schedule payment systems. Always accessible and entertaining in his approach, Dr. Abbey illustrates the diverse challenges involved with these systems through the discussion of reimbursement claims for several individuals in a fictitious community served by a hospital, a nursing facility, and a hospice among other healthcare providers, Including more than 60 very real scenarios that illustrate best practices for various fee payment challenges, this comprehensive volume —

- Explores the general concept of usual, customary, and reasonable (UCR) that is often applied by private third-party payers

- Provides web links to a number of essential resources including various government acts and manuals

- Discusses in-depth what is arguably the most complex fee schedule system: the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

- Defines a comprehensive list of acronyms used in the medical payment industry

Conceptually, fee schedule payment systems are one of the simpler approaches; however, even straightforward healthcare payment systems can, and indeed do, become quite complex. No payment system exists in a vacuum. In fact, when services are provided, the reimbursement from multiple payment systems may be required. This guide shows you how all these systems work, as well as how they interface with one another in everyday practical use. Understanding the differences among systems and learning how to navigate them can make a huge difference in whether a claim is accepted or not and how much payment is allowed.

Zielgruppe

Healthcare financial professionals involved with coding, billing, and reimbursement for healthcare services, collections personnel, and medical group practice administrators; students pursuing degrees in healthcare finance and administrations, and healthcare consultants.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abbey, Duane C.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Sozialrecht
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Krankenhausmanagement, Praxismanagement
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Kostenmanagement, Budgetierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to Fee Schedule Payment Systems
Overview of Healthcare Payment Systems
Claim Filing and Payment
Overview of Medicare Fee Schedule Payment Systems
Private Third-Party Payer and Commercial Fee Schedules
Payment System Interfaces
Healthcare Provider Use of Fee Schedules to Set Charges
Summary and Conclusion
Healthcare Provider Concepts
Introduction
Physicians
Nonphysician Practitioners and Providers
Clinics
Hospitals and Integrated Delivery Systems
Special Provider Organizations
DME Suppliers
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Home Health Agencies
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities
Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
Clinical Laboratories
Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Summary and Conclusion
Anatomy of a Fee Schedule Payment System
Introduction
Basic Fee Schedule Payment Formula
Basic Architecture for Healthcare Fee Schedule Payment Systems
Relative Values
Classification Systems
Usual, Customary, and Reasonable
Claims and the Adjudication Process
Adjudication Features for Fee Schedules
Code Sets and Adjudication
Participating Healthcare Providers
Chapter Summary
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Introduction
Underlying Code Classification Structure
Payment Amounts under the MPFS
Elements in the Full MPFS
CPT/HCPCS Codes
Modifier
Description
Status Code
Relative Value Units
Professional Component/Technical Component Indicator
Global Days
Pre-Operative, Intra-Operative, Post-Operative Percentages
Multiple Procedures
Special Surgical Payment Indicators
Endoscopic Base Code
Conversion Factor
Physician Supervision of Diagnostic Procedures
Calculation Flag
Diagnostic Imaging Family Indicator
Outpatient Prospective Payment System Imaging Cap
Updating and Modifying the MPFS
Global Surgical Package
Overview of Services Included in the GSP
Pre-Operative Window
Post-Operative Window
CPT Modifiers Separating Phases within the Surgery
Transfer of Post-Operative Care
Anesthesia Package
Special Surgical Payment Processes
Surgical Complications
Co-Surgeons
Team Surgeons
Sequential Surgical Procedures: Separate Physicians
Staged Surgical Procedures
Bilateral Surgeries
Families of Codes
Nonphysician Practitioners
Special Utilization of the MPFS
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities
Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
Critical Access Hospitals
Ambulatory Surgical Centers
CPT and HCPCS Modifiers
National Correct Coding Initiative
Modifiers Used to Bypass the NCCI Edits
NCCI Coding Policies
Medically Unlikely Edits
Gaining Extra Payment through the MPFS
Changes and Change Process for the MPFS
Medicare Secondary Payer
Using the MPFS RVUs to Establish Charges
Summary and Conclusion
Other Medicare Fee Schedule Payment Systems
Introduction
Anesthesiology Fee Schedule
Ambulance Fee Schedule
Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule
Durable Medical Equipment Fee Schedule
Conclusion and Summary
Private Third-Party Payer Fee Schedule Systems
Introduction
Using Medicare Fee Schedule Approaches
Usual, Customary, and Reasonable
Basic Statistical Concepts
Charge Data
Statistical Analysis of Charge Data
UCR Challenges
Establishing a UCR Schedule of Fee Payments
Provider-Based Clinics
Global Surgical Package
Multiple Surgeries
Bilateral Surgeries
Evaluation and Management Services with Surgeries
Assistants at Surgery
Co-Surgeons/Multiple Surgeons
Staged Surgical Procedures
Surgical Families
Anesthesia Services
Mid-level Practitioners
Physician Supervision
Edits to Verify Correct Coding
Extra Payments
Choosing the UCR Data
Challenges in Developing Fee Schedule Payment
Summary and Conclusion
Appendix: Case Study List
Acronym List

Über Autor(innen)

Duane C. Abbey, PhD, CFP, a nationally recognized expert in payment systems, is president of Abbey and Abbey Consultants, Inc. Dr. Abbey works extensively in all areas relating to coding, billing, and reimbursement with particular emphasis on the chargemaster and outpatient payment. His consulting activities include hospitals, clinics, and physicians. Dr. Abbey. Another special area of expertise includes APGs/APCs. He is recognized as the leading expert in the nation in APGs/APCs by the thousands who have attended his seminars, read his publications, and/or contacted him for his services. Recently, he has begun to turn his focus towards Medicare’s new RAC audits.