tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 22

REHAB: Rehab Facilities Make Costly Comorbidity Errors

IRFs could be earning much more if they mastered comorbidity coding. Inpatient rehab facilities looking to increase revenue should brush up on their documentation for comorbidities. A comorbidity is a specific condition that is secondary to the primary reason the patient requires acute care, reminds consultant Ann Lambert Kremer with Baker Newman & Noyes in Portland, ME. And although they're secondary conditions, they can bring in first-rate bucks. "It's nothing to find people leaving behind $200,000 to $1 million by not listing comorbidi-ties," reports consultant Fran Fowler with Fowler Healthcare Affiliates in Atlanta. The amount of reimbursement...

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