Tip: Ensure consistent application of charges
APCs Weekly Monitor, May 15, 2009
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Many facilities still lack written and tested policies and procedures to ensure consistent application of level charges—an application verifiable by auditors and related to the resources that the facility used.
Whichever tool you use to determine charges, it must be:
- Consistent
- Reflective of facility resource use
- Objective
- Auditable
- Based on policies available to the MAC or FI for review
This tip was adapted from the article “Solve the twin problems of ED revenue loss and compliance risk” from the May issue of Briefings on APCs.
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