title: Uncovering pharmacy department risks and opportunities.
abstract: To assess the risk a hospital faces from improper billing, coding, and pricing for pharmacy items, hospital finance leaders should perform an audit of the pharmacy department's charge description master. The audit should look for inaccuracies with respect to: National drug codes. Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes. UB-04 revenue codes. Billable units. Wholesale acquisition costs and average wholesale prices.
authors.affiliation: Panacea Healthcare Solutions, Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz, USA. gfong@panaceahealthsolutions.com
authors.forename: Gary R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: Randy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wiitala
authors.forename: Frederick
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stodolak
mesh_terms: D008330:Management Audit; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States