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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedSuccess with APCs: despite their complexity, APCs offer providers opportunities to increase payment for outpatient services - ambulatory payment classification - Statistical Data Included
Healthcare Financial Management, Sept, 2002 by David N. Fee
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APCs are having a greater impact on hospital operations and processes than DRGs did.
* Coding must be correct, complete, and compliant.
* Billing processes should catch errors before claims are submitted.
* Information systems designed specifically for outpatient PPS are needed.
* Organizational changes may include naming an APC coordinator and a CDM manager and improving the working relationship between the HIM Land the billing office.
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David N. Fee is outpatient domain marketing manager, 3M Health Information Systems, Murray, Utah.
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