Reimbursement Issues Jim Simmons, VHA Connie McDonald, HA Financial Management Work Group March 7, 2007.

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Reimbursement Issues Jim Simmons, VHA Connie McDonald, HA Financial Management Work Group March 7, 2007

2 Inpatient Billing The inpatient billing guidance was finalized in August 2006 The calculator tool was updated for 2007 rates and will be loaded on the Uniform Business Office website soon Facilities have until August 2007 to get this incorporated into their agreements

3 Outpatient Billing The HEC Financial Management Working Group is revising the outpatient guidance to clarify several areas the former guidance didn’t address –Emergency Room –Observation Care –Ancillary Basic CMAC less 10% methodology remains the same

4 Full or Incremental? Fundamental question that keeps coming up VA Handbook has statement that could be interpreted as direction to bill at a full rate rather than incremental VA General Counsel: rates must be in accordance with schedules promulgated by the Secretaries Meaning: CMAC less 10% is the rate structure agreed to by Departments and must be used

5 Add Discount or Not? DoD and VA have different guidance as to who calculates the 10% discount…either at the time the bill is generated or at the time the bill is processed for payment. Inpatient calculator tool has 10% calculated automatically. When VA bills the TRICARE network, they bill the full amount and the Fiscal Intermediary takes the discount DoD bills with the discount already added in

6 CMAC Rates in TPOCS DoD’s Third Party Outpatient Collection System has CMAC rates that are different than the website rates. Some DoD facilities are using the wrong table New guidance will specifically state which table to use and give DoD better guidance as to processing

7 How to Bill Pharmacy? There are no CMAC rates for pharmacy costs DoD pharmacy costs in CHCS are not updated frequently enough to use; also trying to determine VA’s method Perhaps publish a list by drug code with prices equal to lowest cost for generic? Discussing a universal $8 dispensing fee

8 Outpatient Prospective Payment TRICARE is going to start using outpatient prospective payment rate starting in June. It was determined that the VA and a few other entities will be exempt from OPP, so no need to change our methodology

9 Waiver Process Looking for improvements to the waiver process What should the process be if local parties do not agree? No answers yet….just starting to discuss

10 CMAC 1 verses CMAC 2 When original MOU was signed in 2003, there were no facility and non-facility based rates, just one CMAC rate, compared to now: 2007 CMAC 1 Facility- Based 2007 CMAC 2 Non- facility CMAC 2004 CMAC 2003 CPT = $24.04$41.12$40.10$39.64

11 CMAC 1 verses CMAC 2 Facility-based rates assumes that the facility will bill a separate technical fee Non-facility assumes that no technical fee will be billed, and therefore covers office practice expenses (supplies, etc.) If facility-based is used, could we develop a standard technical fee? Sense of the work group is to use non-facility.

12 Questions or Comments ????