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Good morning L, Robert, I have been on both sides of B/AR Charge Master install and implementation. Yes, at two multi-facility healthcare systems, the MT recommendation was followed to use the CHG CAT (Rev Code) as the first three numbers of the charge procedure items, with the exception of Material Management Item numbers. We did not choose to continue to use the same numbers from our legacy systems because we were converting for two systems. The REVNNNNNNN or REV.NNNNNN format allows for easy identification for the billing office side, most billers and collectors will recognize these codes. The staff sometimes does not recognize the item itself, or know what it is, but they know how it appears on a claim. Also, we used on the general number for the CHG CAT (Rev Code) rather than breaking every section, as example we used 300 for all the LAB, even though it was micro or chemistry, etc. The same logic of Imaging....we used 320 for all imaging rather than break it out separately, unless each department was separate, like CT, vs. MRI, vs. Nuc Med. That would be your call on how you would want to see a department. For departmental use, the departments are using the LAB, ITS, PHA, NUR, OE, mnemonic and therefore, it usually is a non-issue from that standpoint. If you department numbers are used, just consider the length, you only have 10 characters, some hospital have 5 digits, that does not give you a lot of growth room for adding new items. The recommendation for MM to be different, was for reporting and easier comparison to the Charge Master. At all of the facilities that I have worked, the REV SITE was used to route revenue within a corporation, it you have multiple corporations and we used the wild card corporation, as all of the corporations (facilities) had the same DPT numbers and therefore we could do comparative roll-up reporting, across the facilities. This allows one charge master for all facilities, no duplicate items then are needed or entered into the dictionary. If you would care to discuss REV SITE and Wild Card corporations, please let call me separately at the number listed below. Good morning to all, Bura J "BJ" Dominy Revenue Cycle Analyst & MEDITECH IT Consultant (340) 776-8311 (2214) Schneider Regional Medical Center St. Thomas, USVI CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 7:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: meditech-l Digest, Vol 19, Issue 1 Send meditech-l mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of meditech-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. B/AR Charge Master Mnemonic & Revenue Site questions (Ackerman, Robert) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 13:57:00 -0400 From: "Ackerman, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MEDITECH-L] B/AR Charge Master Mnemonic & Revenue Site questions To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Romano, Susan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Meditech L - I'm looking for any sites that have set their charge master up with the UB92 Revenue Code prefix. Do you see any pro's or con's to this set up? We're thinking of the Revenue Code prefix or using a GL department prefix and are looking for advice. If you're currently using Meditech's revenue site could you share with us some of your set up scenarios? And for reporting purposes how many custom NPR reports did you come up with? Pros and con's of using revenue site? Thank you in advance, Robert x3432 Robert C. Ackerman Applications Manager Saint Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island 200 High Service Avenue N. Providence, RI 02904 v. 401-456-3432 email _______________________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l "B.J." Dominy Bura J "BJ" Dominy Revenue Cycle Analyst & MEDITECH IT Consultant (340) 776-8311 (2214) Schneider Regional Medical Center St. Thomas, USVI CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
