When
Sunday August 4th, 2019
Why
- We are transitioning to an order driven billing, based on status and level of care
- Clinical classifications of Inpatient, Observation, and Outpatient in a Bed will be defined by the admitting provider
- The “Level of Care” defines what that hospital can bill
- The goal is to decrease denials through clinical definition and accuracy of patient status and level of care
Impact
NO PATIENT STATUS ORDER (PSO) = LOST HOSPITAL REVENUE
Order Changes
- Patient placement will NOT provide a room # unless the Admit/Observation Plan is placed
- The Admit/Observation Plan can be placed in the clinic or pre-admit encounter in a “Planned” state
- The Admit/Observation Plan cannot be initiated on a pre-admit encounter, so must be “Planned”
- Transfer patient order will be replaced by “Change Inpatient Level of Care” order
- Change Attending Physician order will directly update the attending on the banner bar
