Chargemaster maintenance: think 'spring cleaning' all year round.
Steps toward maintaining a standardized chargemaster include: Building a corporate chargemaster maintenance team. Developing a core research function. Designating hospital liaisons. Publishing timely reports on facility compliance. Using system codes to identify charges. Selecting chargemaster maintenance software. Developing a standard chargemaster data repository. Educating staff.
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Health Sciences Advisory Services, Ernst & Young LLP, Portland, OR, USA. shawn.barton@ey.com
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D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D004282:Documentation; D005375:Financial Audit; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D017722:Hospital Charges; D007318:Inservice Training; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection; D011361:Professional Competence; D012984:Software; D014481:United States