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Chapter 17
Hospital Billing
Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office
13th edition
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Hospital Billing Basics
1. Define common terms related to hospital billing.
2. Name qualifications necessary to work as a hospital patient service representative.
3. List instances of breach of confidentiality in a hospital setting.
4. Explain the purpose of the appropriateness evaluation protocols.
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Hospital Billing Basics (cont’d)
5. Describe criteria used for admission screening.
6. Define the 72-hour rule.7. Describe the quality improvement
organization and its role in the hospital reimbursement system.
8. Describe the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS).
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Hospital Billing Basics (cont’d)
9. State the role of International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) in hospital billing.
10. Explain the basic flow of the inpatient hospital stay from billing through receipt of payment.
11. Describe the charge description master.
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Patient Accounts Representative
Qualifications Knowledge and competence in:
• ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, and ICD-10-PCS diagnostic codes• CPT and HCPCS procedure codes• CMS-1500 insurance claim form• Uniform Bill (UB-04) insurance claim form• Explanation of benefits and remittance advice
document• Medical terminology• Major health insurance programs• Managed care plans• Insurance claim submission• Denied and delinquent claims
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Appropriateness Evaluation Protocols
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Admitting Procedures for Major Insurance Programs
Preauthorization Private insurance (group or individual) Commercial insurance and managed
care Emergency inpatient admission Nonemergency inpatient admission/elective
admission
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Admitting Procedures for Major Insurance Programs
Medicaid Medicare TRICARE Workers’ Compensation
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Preadmission Testing
Diagnostic studies Laboratory tests Chest x-ray Electrocardiography
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Medicare 3-Day Payment Window Rule or 72-Hour Rule
Also called 3-day payment window rule If patient receives diagnostic tests and
hospital outpatient services within 72 hours of admission to hospital, all such tests and services are combined with inpatient services
Preadmission services become part of the DRG payment to hospital and may not be billed separately
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Medicare 3-Day Payment Window Rule or 72-Hour Rule
Exceptions to the 72-hour rule Services provided by home health agencies,
hospice, nursing facilities, and ambulance services
Physician’s professional portion of a diagnostic service
Preadmission testing at an independent laboratory when the laboratory has no formal agreement with the healthcare facility
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Utilization Review
Department conducts an admission and concurrent review and prepares a discharge plan on all cases
Utilization review (UR) companies exist for self-insured employers, third-party administrators, and insurance companies
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Quality Improvement Organization Program
Admission review Readmission review Procedure review Day outlier review Cost outlier review DRG validation Transfer review
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Coding Hospital Diagnoses and Procedures
Diagnosis codes come from ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM
Procedure codes come from CPT, HCPCS, ICD-9-CM (Volume 3) or ICD-10-PCS
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Coding Hospital Diagnoses and Procedures
Principal diagnosis First listed diagnosis Reason patient is seeking medical care On outpatient claims, known as:
• Reason for the encounter
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Coding Hospital Diagnoses and Procedures
Principal diagnoses subject to 100% review Arteriosclerosis heart disease (ASHD) Diabetes mellitus without complications Right or left bundle branch block Coronary atherosclerosis
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Coding Inpatient Procedures
Procedural coding systems ICD-9-CM, Volume 3 ICD-10-PCS
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Character Definitions
Character 1: Medical Section Character 2: Body Systems Character 3: Root Operation Character 4: Body Part Character 5: Approach Character 6: Device Character 7: Qualifier
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Coding Hospital Outpatient Procedures
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System Level I Current Procedural Terminology Coding System Use up-to-date Current Procedural
Terminology (CPT) Use HCPCS to obtain medical procedural
codes for Medicare and some non-Medicare patients on outpatient hospital insurance claims that are not in CPT code book
Use modifiers as noted in CPT/HCPCS guidelines
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Inpatient Billing Process
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Charge Description Master
Services and procedures are checked off and coded internally
Data includes: Procedure code Charge Revenue code
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Practice Hospital Billing
12. State when the CMS-1450 (UB-04) paper or electronic claim form may and may not be used.
13. State reimbursement methods used when paying for hospital services under managed care contracts.
14. Describe the purpose of diagnosis-related groups.
15. Discuss the electronic claim filing guidelines as stated in the Administration Simplification Act of 1996.
16. Identify how payment is made on the basis of diagnosis-related groups.
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Practice Hospital Billing (Cont’d)
17. State how payment is made on the basis of the ambulatory payment classification system.
18. Name the four types of ambulatory payment classifications.
19. Complete insurance claims in both hospital inpatient and outpatient settings to minimize their rejection by insurance carriers.
20. State the general guidelines for completion of the paper CMS-1450 (UB-04) and transmission of the electronic claim form.
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Reimbursement Methods
Ambulatory payment classifications Bed leasing Capitation or percentage of revenue Case rate Contract rate Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) Differential by day in hospital Differential by service type
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Reimbursement Methods
Fee-for-service Fee schedule Flat rate Per diem Percentage of accrued charges Periodic interim payments (PIPs) and cash
advances Relative value studies or scale (RVS) Resource-based relative value scale
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Reimbursement Methods
Usual, customary, and reasonable (UCR) Withhold Managed care stop loss outliers Charges Discounts in the form of sliding scale Sliding scales for discounts and per
diems
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Reimbursement Methods
Hard copy billing Used for insurance companies that are not
capable of receiving electronic claims Receiving payment
After receipt of payment, patient sent net bill listing any owed deductible, coinsurance amount, and charges not covered
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Outpatient Insurance Claims
Emergency department visits Elective surgeries Only outpatient services provided by
the hospital should be submitted by the hospital unless the hospital is billing for physicians
Using the hospital for surgical or medical consultations that could be done in a physician’s office should be avoided
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Billing Problems
Incorrect name on form Wrong subscriber, patient name listed in
error Covered days vs. noncovered days Duplicate statements Double billing Phantom charges
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Uniform Bill Inpatient and or Electronic Claim Form
Used since 1982 for inpatient and outpatient hospital claims
Updated in 2007 Considered as a summary document
supported by an itemized bill Printed in red ink on white paper Dates of service and monetary amounts
entered without spaces or decimal points Dates of birth are entered using two sets of
two-digit numbers for the month and day, four-digit numbers for the year
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The Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group System Designed to increase reimbursement for
sicker patients Diagnoses are assigned values that
commensurate with severity of illness Split into a maximum of three payment
tiers Reimbursement crosswalk will identify
ICD-9 and corresponding ICD-10 codes and MS-DRGs
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The Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group System Clinical outliers
Unique combinations of diagnoses and surgeries causing high costs
Very rare conditions Long length of stay, or day outliers, no longer
apply Low-volume DRGs Inliers (hospital case falls below the mean
average or expected length of stay) Death Leaving against medical advice Admitted and discharged on the same day
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Diagnosis-Related Groups and the Physician’s Office
When calling the hospital to admit a patient, give all of the diagnoses authorized by the physician
Ask the physician to review the treatment or procedure in question when a hospital representative calls with questions
Get to know hospital personnel on a first-name basis
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Ambulatory Payment Classification System
Developed as outpatient classification systems by Health System International
Based on patient classification rather than disease classifications
More than 500 APCs are continually being modified; updated and released twice a year in the Federal Register
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Ambulatory Payment Classification System
APCs are applied to the following: Ambulatory surgical procedures Chemotherapy Clinic visits Diagnostic services and diagnostic tests Emergency department visits Implants Outpatient services furnished to nursing
facility patients not packaged into nursing facility consolidated billing
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Ambulatory Payment Classification System
APCs are applied to the following: Partial hospitalization services for
community mental health centers (CMHCs) Preventive services (colorectal cancer
screening) Radiology including radiation therapy Services for patients who have exhausted
Part A benefits Services to hospice patient for treatment of
a non-terminal illness Surgical pathology
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Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
Procedure code is primary axis of classification, not the diagnostic code
Reimbursement methodology based on median costs of services and facility cost to determine charge ratios and copayment amounts
Adjustment for area wage differences based on the hospital wage index currently used for inpatient services
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Types of Ambulatory Payment Classifications
Surgical procedure APCs Significant procedure APCs Medical APCs Ancillary APCs
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Questions?
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