Ensuring Correct Billing and Coding for Provider-Based Departments

by Melody W. Mulaik, MSHS, CRA, RCC, RCC-IR, CPC, COC, FAHRA, and Briauna Driggers

​Now that the guidelines for off-campus provider-based departments (PBDs) have been in place for a few years, it might be tempting for organizations to overlook the need for ongoing internal audits of current PBDs and appropriate strategic planning for future ones. Ensuring the foundational processes in place are correct when considering opening new locations will go a long way in achieving success due to myriad operational requirements.

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Correct Billing And Coding For Provider Departments

This article was published in the October 2023 edition of Compliance Today, a publication of HCCA. View the full article on COSMOS here.

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