The Chargemaster Essentials Toolkit, Second Edition

No matter the size or scope of a healthcare facility, the effort involved in maintaining a chargemaster is immense. Chargemaster coordinators, analysts, and other revenue integrity professionals must stay on top of billing and coding trends and changes, cost reporting, and charge capture. While the list of responsibilities for revenue integrity professionals grows every day, the work they perform has a significant impact on a facility's reimbursement and overall revenue. Thus, the increasing state and federal focus on price transparency means it is more important than ever to have an accurate, updated, and compliant chargemaster. In its second edition, The Chargemaster Essentials Toolkit returns to provide readers with the tools needed to optimize their chargemaster and ensure accurate reimbursement and revenue integrity across their organization. This edition contains a new section on price transparency as well as updated information on certain field locations, supply charge considerations, changes to the 340B drug pricing program, and functional reporting requirements for physical and occupational therapy. It also includes updated regulatory information throughout all chapters to provide the latest information on topics relevant to chargemaster operations and management.