Prebilling DRG training can increase hospital reimbursement.
Over the past decade, appropriate reimbursement has become increasingly dependent on accurate coding and correct DRG assignment. In this article, a study outlining the cost of inaccurate coding is presented, and a program for prebilling coder training is described. The authors show that a well-designed prebilling coding program can improve the accuracy of DRG assignment and thereby increase reimbursement by 10 percent or more.
Hoffman
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MC Strategies, Inc., Irving, TX.
Jones
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