You should have a charge for use of this equipment set up in the hospital's Chargemaster. Your dept may be a cost center only or a cost and revenue center. You will not actually be bringing in any more money from this "charge" due to the fact that CMS, HMOs and other capitated fee reimbursement methods do not allow for billing of a separate fee for procedures like this. But having this data allows you to track US usage, and create productivity data. Lynn
You should have a charge for use of this equipment set up in the hospital's Chargemaster. Your dept may be a cost center only or a cost and revenue center. You will not actually be bringing in any more money from this "charge" due to the fact that CMS, HMOs and other capitated fee reimbursement methods do not allow for billing of a separate fee for procedures like this. But having this data allows you to track US usage, and create productivity data. Lynn
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com
Office Phone 770-358-7861