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Inpatient Revenue Generating Services:
3M™ DRG ASSURANCE™ Program supports an organization by improving documentation and coding to appropriately reflect patient acuity‚ resulting in accurate DRG assignment for CMS payment‚ accurate reflection of severity-of-illness and risk-of-mortality outcomes‚ and assistance in preparing for a severity-adjustment payment methodology.
3M™ APR Bridge Program assists hospitals that have already implemented a concurrent documentation improvement program and need assistance implementing 3M APR DRGs into their concurrent process. 3M consultants apply deep APR DRG expertise to a facility’s specific challenges‚ delivering onsite analysis and education‚ record reviews‚ peer analysis‚ and quarterly monitoring. We include an executive exit conference with recommendations for continuing improvement. The 3M APR Bridge Service is now updated to include the Medicare-Severity DRGs (MS-DRGs).
3M™ HIM Operational Review Services involves a concentrated‚ high-level assessment of the HIM department or functional area workflow problems‚ staffing and performance improvement needs. The goal is to help the organization achieve optimal performance. We specifically target areas within the HIM department as well as those external to HIM that can affect the management and timely‚ accurate completion of health records for purposes of healthcare delivery‚ billing‚ revenue cycle management‚ outcomes reporting and release of health information to third parties.
Outpatient Revenue Generating Services
3M™ APC Assurance™ Program helps hospitals improve cash flow, prevent denials and delayed payments‚ and achieve accurate payment. We promote the accuracy and integrity of outpatient billing for compliance with CMS regulations.
3M™ Chargemaster Review Services help hospitals achieve appropriate payment in compliance with CMS regulations through accurate‚ complete‚ and compliant coding and billing. Our goal is to increase the accuracy and timeliness of Medicare and other payer reimbursement while focusing on process improvement opportunities under APCs.
3M Consulting Services – 3M™ Enhanced Ambulatory Patient Groups – includes the following service offerings:
- 3M™ Enhanced APG Profile Analysis
- 3M™ Enhanced APG Education
- 3M™ Enhanced APG Workflow Assessment
- 3M™ Enhanced APG Oversight
- 3M™ OCE Edit Education
Our services focus on education‚ process improvement‚ and ongoing performance monitoring to help your organization promote the accuracy and integrity of outpatient billing for compliance and payment modeling. Our goal is to help improve processes to identify and manage payment delays‚ rejections‚ and denials‚ and thus help promote accurate data collection and reimbursement. We provide expertise to your organization in introducing your staff to the impact of the clinical concepts behind the 3M Enhanced APGs and assisting with their implementation.
Workflow and Process Improvement Services
3M™ Charging and Billing Process Review assesses current charging and billing processes in outpatient service areas by conducting interviews and reviewing existing policies and procedures to identify process improvements.
Case Studies
After conducting a full chargemaster review and pricing analysis‚
Stanly Regional Medical Center was able to take steps to improve compliance and achieve appropriate reimbursement.
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