Hi Sheila/Terri: Typically, I recommend managing the GL flow using Account Types, not revenue codes. This allows for a cleaner listing of charge categories, and provides you with the flexibility of building as many (or as few) Account Types as needed to satisfy the GL structure. The Account Types are linked to the patient's location, and that's where you'd define the appropriate GL Component for that location. If you have separate GL numbers by location, then the worst case that you're looking at is creating one Account Type for each Location, and adding those to the appropriate claims, instead of having to add hundreds of new revenue codes to every claim in your system, allowing for a much more efficient maintenance process. Good luck..sounds like a clean up is in order. Thanks, Chuck Duncan HCIS Consultant/Owner Hub IT Consulting office: 508-927-6024 cell: 781-789-7044 <http://www.hubitconsulting.com/> www.hubitconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Method, Sheila Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 10:54 AM To: Meditech-L (MEDITECH-L@MTUsers.com) Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Revenue codes
I am forwarding this question from our accounting department. If anyone has anything that has worked for them, we'd love to hear about it. Thanks for all your help. Sheila, Memorial Healthcare, Owosso MI _____ In the past we have set up new revenue codes every time we need a new location in B/AR. I'm questioning why they need to be set up in the GL and I'm curious as to how other hospitals have this set up. If we want to track stress patients that have been to the lab we would set up a location in B/AR for stress. We would then go to the GL and set up a revenue code with the second and third digit being that same location. The problem we have is that every time we set up a location in B/AR we have to set up a duplicate revenue code with that location - and then set up many more revenue code to match the specific insurance. SO, on an average I would say we have 100 new revenue codes each year. We are into the THOUSANDS when it comes to revenue codes - which seems way out of control. I'm wondering if you know how other hospitals get past this situation. We need certain information but I'm wondering if we should be recording things a different way than we have been. We have tons of updates. I'm wondering if something is out there that would help. Thanks - Terri
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