title: Workflow key to real-time claims adjudication success.
abstract: Real-time claims adjudication (RTCA) can help medical offices keep A/R down by facilitating collections at the time of service. RTCA requires changes in work flow, which may be hard to achieve. Accurate coding is essential to implementing RTCA. High adoption of consumer-directed health care is necessary to make implementation of RTCA practical.
authors.affiliation: American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. sheri.bernard@aapc.com
authors.forename: Sheri Poe
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Bernard
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics*; D017008:Negotiating; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection; D013997:Time Factors