Q&A: Units that do not furnish billable clinical services
February 12, 2018
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Q. What are some examples of hospital departments that do not furnish clinical services and would not be considered provider-based?
A. A hospital unit must provide billable clinical services in order to be considered a provider-based department. Therefore, administrative departments or units of the hospital that do not furnish billable clinical services are not considered to be provider-based departments. These include, for example:
- Laundry
- Medical records
- Materials management
- Compliance
- Nursing administration
- Volunteers
- Biomedical engineering
- Patient financial services
- Public relations
- Central supply
- Transport services
- Utilization management
- Performance improvement
- Dietary
- Admitting
- Security
- Pharmacy
For more information, see Provider-Based Entities: A Guide to Regulatory and Billing Compliance, Second Edition.
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