TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of a simplified billing form and the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on compensable billings in an Australian metropolitan emergency department
T2 - An interrupted time series analysis
AU - Lim, Andy
N1 - Funding Information:
Open access publishing facilitated by Monash University, as part of the Wiley - Monash University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. None declared.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author. Emergency Medicine Australasia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.
PY - 2022/5/8
Y1 - 2022/5/8
N2 - Objective: To evaluate the effect of a simplified billing form on billings recovery.Methods: An interrupted time series analysis of weekly presentations and billings between 1 April 2019 and 14 June 2020.Results: Notably, 3228 patients were included (2030 Overseas Visitor Agreement, 359 Transport Accident Commission and 839 Work Cover). There was a $208.34 (95% CI 155.44–261.23, P < 0.0001) increase in billings per episode, that is, 59% (95% CI 44–74, P < 0.0001), from a baseline of $351.75/episode. There was no significant change in the actual billing rate during the pandemic.Conclusion: Total billings did not change. Less patients were identified, but each generated 59% more billings.
AB - Objective: To evaluate the effect of a simplified billing form on billings recovery.Methods: An interrupted time series analysis of weekly presentations and billings between 1 April 2019 and 14 June 2020.Results: Notably, 3228 patients were included (2030 Overseas Visitor Agreement, 359 Transport Accident Commission and 839 Work Cover). There was a $208.34 (95% CI 155.44–261.23, P < 0.0001) increase in billings per episode, that is, 59% (95% CI 44–74, P < 0.0001), from a baseline of $351.75/episode. There was no significant change in the actual billing rate during the pandemic.Conclusion: Total billings did not change. Less patients were identified, but each generated 59% more billings.
KW - Australia
KW - Emergency service
KW - Hospital
KW - Interrupted time series analysis
KW - Pandemic (COVID-19)
KW - SARS-CoV-2
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U2 - 10.1111/1742-6723.14015
DO - 10.1111/1742-6723.14015
M3 - Article
C2 - 35527360
AN - SCOPUS:85130495356
VL - 34
SP - 632
EP - 635
JO - EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia
JF - EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia
SN - 1742-6731
IS - 4
ER -