charge description master

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charge de·scrip·tion mas·ter

(CDM) (chahrj dĕ-skripshŭn mastĕr)

Comprehensive listing of all the charges that can be billed to a patient.

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He said Williams heard evidence that only one tenth of 1 percent of patients ever pays the charges listed in the hospital's "charge description master."

A second opinion

The key to the bills is the Charge Description Master file.

The use of billing data in quality improvement

With the help of technology and an intense focus on refining processes, Bon Secours has been able to build and maintain a corporate standard around its charge description master (CDM).

Eliminate charge disparity: after Bon Secours aligned its revenue and procurement departments, items marked "non-billable" in the past were found to be billable and worth millions of dollars

To make its claims cleaner prior to submission, which would, in turn, alleviate time-consuming rebilling activities and help minimize lost revenue, Lisa Killam, reimbursement charge supervisor at the hospital, looked to automation of the charge description master (CDM) management processes.

Hospital automates revenue-cycle processes: software is instrumental in helping perform root-cause analysis of coding errors and omissions, creating an early identification process of clinical practice charge-capture trends

Hospitals and health systems handle their charge description master (CDM) management in many different ways.

Leading the charge: a North Carolina healthcare enterprise implements a CDM solution that eliminates paper and errors while increasing accuracy and recoupment