A case manager at a community hospital has a cancer patient who comes to the emergency department and requires hospitalization. The patient wants to transfer to the hospital where she goes for chemotherapy treatments, but due to busy flu season, that hospital has no beds.
This week's note from the instructor is the second in a two-part series that discusses the intricacies of Medicare's inpatient hospital lifetime reserve days benefit and the challenges associated with it.
The National Association of Healthcare Revenue Integrity is conducting its annual State of the Revenue Integrity Industry survey, and we want to hear about your revenue integrity experience.