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The Impact of Precertification on a Large Multispecialty Physician Group: An Illustrative Case Study
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Price, Georganna Lynn
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http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9986-9993
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank161936651655695
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2021, Doctorate of Healthcare Administration, Franklin University, Health Programs.
Abstract
In the United States, 34.2% of healthcare costs result from administrative spending (Himmelstein, Campbell, & Woolhandler, 2020). The costliest and most time-consuming of these administrative processes is precertification. Precertification is a health insurer requirement that providers obtain permission before providing planned medical procedures in order to be eligible for payment. The Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) tracks adoption of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) mandated transactions to measure the progress in reducing cost and burden associated with administrative processes. CAQH estimated that the healthcare industry spent $767 million in 2020 on obtaining precertification. The requirement to obtain precertification can affect the processes and workflows across an organization, including scheduling, access, patient care, information systems, coding, and billing. This illustrative case study examined the precertification process for a large multispecialty physician group to determine its challenges and impacts. The study gathered information through a review of claims denied for missing precertification and individual in-depth semi-structured interviews with leaders responsible for aspects of the precertification process. The research focused on identifying the necessary steps in the precertification and denial resolution process and the challenges posed by this administrative requirement. The research identified several challenges in the precertification process, most of which can be linked to one of three broad categories; lack of standardization, time required to obtain approval, and lack of recognition of provider specialty and place of service considerations. Recommendations for improving this process include proposals for the industry, insurance companies, and the physician organization.
Committee
David Meckstroth, DHA (Committee Chair)
Bowen Alyncia, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Frankle Gail, DHA (Committee Member)
Pages
96 p.
Subject Headings
Health Care
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Health Care Management
Keywords
precertification
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authorization
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Price, G. L. (2021).
The Impact of Precertification on a Large Multispecialty Physician Group: An Illustrative Case Study
[Doctoral dissertation, Franklin University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank161936651655695
APA Style (7th edition)
Price, Georganna.
The Impact of Precertification on a Large Multispecialty Physician Group: An Illustrative Case Study .
2021. Franklin University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank161936651655695.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Price, Georganna. "The Impact of Precertification on a Large Multispecialty Physician Group: An Illustrative Case Study ." Doctoral dissertation, Franklin University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank161936651655695
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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