Efforts to improve the billing accuracy of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery through education, updated procedure cards, and electronic medical record system changes
Precise medical billing is essential for decreasing hospital liability, upholding environmental stewardship and ensuring fair costs for patients. We instituted a multifaceted approach to improve the billing accuracy of our robotic-assisted thoracic surgery programme by including an educational compo...
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| author | Kevin A Wu Kenneth Boccaccio Danielle Buckles Matthew G Hartwig Jacob A Klapper |
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| description | Precise medical billing is essential for decreasing hospital liability, upholding environmental stewardship and ensuring fair costs for patients. We instituted a multifaceted approach to improve the billing accuracy of our robotic-assisted thoracic surgery programme by including an educational component, updating procedure cards and removing the auto-populating function of our electronic medical record. Overall, we saw significant improvements in both the number of inaccurate billing cases and, specifically, the number of cases that overcharged patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-adf366cc8a1b4714bea6be08ec0abe2c2024-04-22T17:50:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open Quality2399-66412024-04-0113210.1136/bmjoq-2023-002710Efforts to improve the billing accuracy of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery through education, updated procedure cards, and electronic medical record system changesKevin A Wu0Kenneth Boccaccio1Danielle Buckles2Matthew G Hartwig3Jacob A Klapper4Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USACardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USACardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USACardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USACardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USAPrecise medical billing is essential for decreasing hospital liability, upholding environmental stewardship and ensuring fair costs for patients. We instituted a multifaceted approach to improve the billing accuracy of our robotic-assisted thoracic surgery programme by including an educational component, updating procedure cards and removing the auto-populating function of our electronic medical record. Overall, we saw significant improvements in both the number of inaccurate billing cases and, specifically, the number of cases that overcharged patients.https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/13/2/e002710.full |
| spellingShingle | Kevin A Wu Kenneth Boccaccio Danielle Buckles Matthew G Hartwig Jacob A Klapper Efforts to improve the billing accuracy of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery through education, updated procedure cards, and electronic medical record system changes BMJ Open Quality |
| title | Efforts to improve the billing accuracy of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery through education, updated procedure cards, and electronic medical record system changes |
| title_full | Efforts to improve the billing accuracy of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery through education, updated procedure cards, and electronic medical record system changes |
| title_fullStr | Efforts to improve the billing accuracy of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery through education, updated procedure cards, and electronic medical record system changes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Efforts to improve the billing accuracy of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery through education, updated procedure cards, and electronic medical record system changes |
| title_short | Efforts to improve the billing accuracy of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery through education, updated procedure cards, and electronic medical record system changes |
| title_sort | efforts to improve the billing accuracy of robotic assisted thoracic surgery through education updated procedure cards and electronic medical record system changes |
| url | https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/13/2/e002710.full |
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