BC Advantage - 2024 Issue 1
Optimizing HCC Coding for Accurate Reimbursement
Used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and commercial payors to forecast medical costs for patients with more complex healthcare needs, the HCC risk adjustment model measures relative risk due to health status to determine reimbursement levels. The more complex the patient's medical needs, the higher the provider's payment. HCCs are now the preferred method of risk adjustment for the Medicare population which, according to figures from CMS, includes nearly 60 million people on both Part A and Part B, approximately 30.2 million of whom are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan. Thus...
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