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Audit Services

PPS has been providing specialized auditing services for the 16 years we have been in business. They provide a tangible quantification of the accuracy of your revenue from managed care and commercial, charge-based payors. These services include the Managed Care Contract Payment Review, and Omitted Charge Recovery. Empirically, each service captures 10% and 5% additional revenue respectively for their portion of the payor mix. PPS normally invoices the payors and collects the underpayments upon client request. These services provide your hospital with the best charge based and managed care assistance available.

The benefits of the Managed Care Contract Payor Review Program include:

  • Over 90% successful collection of underpaid accounts


  • Elimination of insurance company errors


  • A matrix of current contract terms


  • Identification of underpayments


  • Rebilling of all identified underpayments


  • Identification of overpayments


  • Education of billing staff


  • Establishment of procedures and quality control methods within the hospital
  • Service can be provided on-site or off-site Our Omitted Charge Recovery Service analyzes the medical record and corresponding patient bill to identify undercharges and overcharges. This service applies to all charge-based payors including those that pay on discounted charges.

The benefits of the Omitted Charge Recovery Service are:

  • Normally captures a net of 5% additional charge-based revenue


  • Can be provided on-site or off-site


  • Can analyze cases either pre-billing or post-billing


  • Consultants are RN’s with more than ten years of expertise


  • PPS can re-bill and collect all net undercharges


  • Reports are provided monthly to show where charges are “lost” both by patient and by department


  • Education is provided to financial and/or departmental personnel


 
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