HoCAS - Hospital Claims Audit Solutions Overview
With in-depth government and healthcare experience, we understand that a sizeable amount of Claims contain errors. This can add up to significant monies erroneously paid due to data entry mistakes, carelessness, lack of coding knowledge or a deliberate attempt to increase reimbursement by Upcoding.
The Service Includes
Professional Audit:
Hospital Audit:
•Identifies improper Current Procedural Terminology coding, billing error to eliminate over/under payment and improve revenue optimization for both providers and plans.
•Identifies Inpatient and Outpatient claims with coding and billing errors. They are screened for coding errors and inappropriate coding, potential Upcoding, diagnosis sequencing errors, place of service issues , DRG creep, unbundling and case rate violations.
Why e4e
With the Hospital Claim form having 81 unique fields, the permutations of errors possible are immense. However, some of the errors/ combination of errors have minimal or no impact on reimbursement. We have worked with clients in identifying edits with highest historical rate / probability of error and those which relate to 'medical necessity' and those which have maximum monetary impact.
Our audit solutions are designed to help healthcare payers reduce and ultimately prevent inappropriate payments. Through our data mining and RAC-like business rule engines we identify and track accuracy of payments. They are designed to pinpoint and reduce billing and coding errors, and fraud and abuse after medical claims have been paid
We process live and historical claim data through our detection engine in order to identify services that don't comply with billing rules. Suspect claims that require additional review are also identified and reviewed.
What you gain
Identify and stop inappropriate practices and recover funds
Meet state and federal regulations
Avoid costly investments in analytical systems for identifying ‘rogue’ providers and suspect billing practices