
CDM Tips and Tools for Pharmacy and Supply
Hosted by the Mississippi Hospital
Association
July 21, 2011
8 a.m.-5 p.m.
The Charge Description Master (CDM), or chargemaster, provides a comprehensive listing of items that could be billed to a patient, payer or healthcare provider. In this day-long session, HORNE's health care coding specialist will offer tips and tools related specifically to pharmacy and supplies. Specific items to be addressed in the Charge Description Master presentation include:
- Vaccines and Drugs
- Status Indicators, Setting charges and Units of service
- How Mode of Administration Impacts CPT/ HCPCS Code Selection
- Dosage, the MD order and the CDM
- Self Administrable Drugs (SADs) and the CDM
- National Drug Codes (NDC) versus HCPCS
- Supplies versus DME
- Techniques to Avoid Giving Away DME
- Importance of Revenue Codes
For more information on this presentation, visit the Mississippi Hospital Association's website.
HORNE offers comprehensive revenue cycle and chargemaster consulting services. For more information on CDM training or any of HORNE's health care services, contact Leigh Ellen Sandifer at leighellen.sandifer@horne-llp.com.
