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Healthcare Auditing Strategies, April 2007

Health Care Auditing Strategies, April 1, 2007

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Audit your facility's ambulance rates to prevent inappropriate discounts

Auditing a healthcare facility is no easy task, and it's embarrassing when something falls through the cracks. But what is even worse is when situations arise about which you would otherwise have no clue, such as inappropriate, unwritten contracts with ambulance services.

Case study: Auditing firm uses multiple methods to train auditors

In today's fast-paced, highly regulated world of healthcare auditing, staying up to speed with the hot topics and concerns facing the industry is vital. New auditors should also be aware of what they need to accomplish in order to efficiently perform their newly assigned tasks.

Consider the OIG when auditing cardiac rehab programs

When auditing your cardiac rehabilitation program's compliance with billing and coding regulations, it is important to know where the government has focused its enforcement attention in the past, because it can help you assess where enforcement attention is likely to fall in the future.

Be sure your facility is prepared for the new UB-04

Now that the beginning of the year has passed, it's time to focus on one major change that will affect how your healthcare facility documents its charges: the new UB-04.

'I remember when . . .'

Many budding healthcare employees have gone through situations that made them laugh or cry, but, at the very least, made them learn. The following are examples from two anonymous HCAS subscribers of laughable events that occurred while working in the field.

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