Validating the necessity of medical procedures serves two purposes for a healthcare facility. First, it helps healthcare organizations stay compliant with stringent requirements. Just as importantly, it helps facilities reduce denials and achieve appropriate reimbursement for services rendered.

• 3M™ APCfinder™ Software with Medical Necessity Validation — Allows the coder and documentation specialist to apply medical necessity at the point of coding (module of the 3M™ Coding and Reimbursement System).
• 3M™ APC Editing and Compliance Software with 3M™ Medical Necessity Software — Allows HIM professionals to validate medical necessity at the point of coding within existing coding workflow, store medical necessity data, and generate reports (module of the 3M™ Ambulatory Revenue Management Software).
• 3M™ Medical Necessity Dictionaries (Medicare Part A and Part B and limited Medicaid and private payer) — Software that is embedded within existing hospital information systems (such as McKesson, Cerner, Meditech, Siemens, Epic, etc.) to provide automatic medical necessity validation during scheduling and registration, and help eliminate the costly, time-intensive monthly task of gathering LCD/NCD information and performing manual reviews.