Guest guest Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 I would be cautious about assuming that a patient treated in a hospital room is necessarily billed as an inpatient. In our hospital, a number of patients we see at bedside end up with PT charges billed as outpatient because the patient didn't qualify for hospital admission or didn't have inpt. coverage. When these " in-bed " charges go out, there's nothing to differentiate them from the outpatients we see in our Hospital Outpatient department, including satellites. Marilyn Mount, PT Pager 33889 Marilyn.Mount@... Rehab Services University Hospitals of Cleveland Re: charge masters Both sides have a basis in their argument. The huge flaw in Hospital Administration's argument is the one you pointed out. An I/P hospital visit would entail being treated in the hospital or in the hospital room. I am making an assumption here that the O/P setting is either a separate building on the hospital campus that is not attached to the hospital or its an entirely separate facility across town. If this is the case, the practice settings are distinctly different and separate charge masters are justified. Jim Hall, CPA <///>< General Manager Rehab Management Services, LLC Cedar Rapids, IA 319/447-5625 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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