Review for medical necessity of admission against criteria Inpatient claim flow Concurrent review by CDI/coder; “working DRG” Service ordered/ provided/ documented Chargemaster Query to and from physician for increased specificity Organization appeals or writes off Coding/DRG assigned Billing/claim scrub/sync up with payer requirements Claim dropped to payer Payer pays/denies all or part of claim Post-payment audit (RAC, MIC, etc.)
Service ordered/ provided/documented Outpatient claim flow Service ordered/ provided/documented Chargemaster Query to and from physician for increased specificity Organization appeals or writes off Coding/DRG assigned Billing/claim scrub/sync up with payer requirements Claim dropped to payer Payer pays/denies all or part of claim Post-payment audit (RAC, MIC, etc.)