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Vanguard Health Systems' five Phoenix-area hospitals operated with different legacy abstracting and billing systems, inconsistent billing procedures, and few safeguards to prevent denied claims. After implementing 3M Ambulatory Revenue Management Software, bill scrubber edits were reduced by 52 percent in the first three months and 40-60 percent of medical necessity edits are now resolved at the point of coding. Read more (pdf, 223 KB) |
“3M ARMS has given our HIM staff the data and the communication tools to make things happen. Coders take a lot of pride in their new role.”
Pamela Farrell
Vice President,
Health Information Management,
Vanguard Health Systems |