Covid-19 has pushed the revenue cycle into uncharted waters, and leaders must adapt operations to account for the immediate cash crunch. For most hospitals and health systems, the costs associated with cancelling elective procedures will far outweigh the revenue generated from Covid-19 patient care.
Maximizing reimbursement under Covid-19 requires intense focus on revenue capture across the entire revenue cycle. It is critical to spend time developing a Covid-specific strategy, starting with updating the chargemaster, providing training on new CPT and HCPCS codes, mitigating Covid-19 denials, and understanding how payers have changed or altered policies around preauthorization and out-of-network definitions. Our revenue cycle team identified the following seven mandates for decreasing the cash crunch caused by Covid-19.
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Revenue cycle leaders should focus on seven strategies:
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