Healthcare

Situation

Dominant regional healthcare payor in billing dispute with globally renown healthcare facility that continued for 2 years and total dispute amount of $56M. Each party agrees to arbitration to resolve the ongoing issues. 

Task

Construct a data-based and revised medical coding manuals procedure approved by both parties. Audit each party’s medical charges accounts outstanding. 

Action

Staffed a multi-disciplinary team of medical coding, billing and dispute procedure professionals then split into A / B teams to audit each party. In real time, reconciled the chronological record(s) of billing, disputes, payments (partial and/or complete) and outstanding co-pay amounts. 

Result

Facility received $14M in overdue and correctly coded payments. Payor was relieved of $27M incorrectly coded or otherwise outside policy payments to Facility. Each party was relieved of $12M in inaccurate or otherwise unsupported claims and erroneously attributed co-pays. Relationship repaired, all accounts current, new dispute resolution processes embedded.