[PDF] Hospital Utilization Review And Medicare eBook

Author : Stefani Daniels
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,54 MB
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : Hospital utilization
ISBN : 9781556452147

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The Hospital Guide to Contemporary Utilization Review is a comprehensive resource designed to identify utilization review (UR) best practices and provide guidance on developing and enhancing a contemporary UR committee. This book focuses on the latest UR and patient status requirements to help hospitals perform high-quality reviews and comply with regulations. The book covers a range of topics, including compliance with the UR Condition of Participation, legal obligations of a hospital, contract language, and compliant UR plan language to provide an understanding of the expectations of a UR program. Tips for intradepartmental collaboration are included to guide professionals through the process of selecting a physician advisor and partnering with nurses, case managers, and revenue cycle team members. This book will help you do the following: Identify the components of a best practice hospital utilization review (UR) program Describe the legal obligations of the hospital to comply with chapter 42 CFR 482.30 of the Conditions of Participation (CoP) Use the publication as a tool to assess his or her own hospital's UR processes Summarize the benefits of a dedicated UR team to promote compliance with the CoP Facilitate the development of a contemporary UR committee Assess an organization's opportunities to improve processes to benefit patient care and hospital success Recommend compliant language for the organization's UR plan Construct commercial contract language, in collaboration with the organization's contract manager, that promotes a partnership to ensure appropriate use of acute care resources Seek out operational resources to perform high-quality reviews that fully comply with the CoP Explain the connection between a good utilization review plan and the hospital revenue cycle initiatives

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 14,67 MB
Release : 1990-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309042305

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Health care for the elderly American is among our nation's more pressing social issues. Our society wishes to ensure quality health care for all older people, but there is growing concern about our ability to maintain and improve quality in the face of efforts to contain health care costs. Medicare: A Strategy for Quality Assurance answers the U.S. Congress' call for the Institute of Medicine to design a strategic plan for assessing and assuring the quality of medical care for the elderly. This book presents a proposed strategic plan for improving quality assurance in the Medicare program, along with steps and timetables for implementing the plan by the year 2000 and the 10 recommendations for action by Congress. The book explores quality of careâ€"how it is defined, measured, and improvedâ€"and reviews different types of quality problems. Major issues that affect approaches to assessing and assuring quality are examined. Medicare: A Strategy for Quality Assurance will be immediately useful to a wide audience, including policymakers, health administrators, individual providers, specialists in issues of the older American, researchers, educators, and students.

Author : Kimberly Anderwood Hoy Baker
Publisher :
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 37,54 MB
Release : 2016-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781556459191

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Patient Status Training Toolkit for Utilization Review Kimberly A.H. Baker, JD, CPC Toolkit contains 5 handbooks and 5 pocket cards. Make sense of medical necessity, condition codes, and patient notices while reviewing cases. ThePatient Status Training Toolkit for Utilization Review is a quick-reference handbook and pocket card that will serve as an everyday guide to utilization review (UR). The handbook is a practical guide that UR committee members can keep at their desk to refer to as they work through UR processes. It offers an overview of regulatory requirements for UR in addition to access to downloadable case studies and Medicare resources that can help guide committee members through real-world cases. The pocket card is an easy-to-digest reference that uses a flow chart and helpful tips to walk UR committee members through the process of verifying patient status determinations. If the or UR committee member reviews a case and determines the patient's status must be changed, the pocket card will offer guidance on this process through days one and two, if applicable.