What Makes Sunknowledge the Best One-stop Destination for Acute Care Billing?

What is Acute Care?

Acute Care is a specialized branch of secondary healthcare, catering to patients in need of urgent but short-term medical attention due to a severe injury, critical episode of illness, sudden medical emergency, or during the immediate post-surgery phase.

Where are Acute Care Services Generally Available? Acute Care services are typically provided in hospitals (such as Emergency Rooms, surgical units, or ICU units) or at Urgent Care facilities. This is because Acute Care involves patients who need to be closely monitored and provided with rapid medical intervention whenever necessary.

While generally associated with active, short-term care, another variant of Acute Care can be found in ‘Long-term Acute Care’ (LTAC) programs. These are designed for patients with serious medical problems that require intense, specialized treatment for an extended period, often up to 20 to30 days. These services are provided at LTAC facilities that specialize in delivering intensive hospitalization services over extended time periods. In fact, mostly LTAC patients are transferred to these facilities from the ICU units of traditional hospitals where their care is initiated.

It is important to note that in many cases, prior authorization is required for LTAC stays. Moreover, in acute care the authorized duration of stay based on the patient’s need as documented in the medical records. After the authorized stay ends, the provider must transfer the patient to a more appropriate level of care (Long-term Care or Home Healthcare) as per the patient’s need.

Navigating the Acute Care Billing Complexity

It is apparent from the above that Acute Care billing is a fairly complex affair, requiring detailed and lengthy documentation, the use of specific codes, and strict adherence to regulatory compliances as mandated by different payers such as Medicare, Medicaid, and other insurance programs. Needless to say, it requires a competent team of skilled and experienced Acute Care billers and coders with a thorough understanding of such matters to ensure the best outcome from your Acute Care billing efforts.

This is why Sunknowledge is here to help.

How Can We Help?

Transform your Revenue Cycle with our state-of-the-art support at just $7/hr (all inclusive).

We take care of all pre and post-billing tasks, freeing you and your staff to focus on actual patient-care. Our experts excel in verifying the patient’s eligibility while executing a flawless charge capture. Accurately documenting all services, coding with precision, and submitting clean claims are some of the other important aspects of Sunknowledge’s efficient Revenue Cycle Management process.

Perfect knowledge and deep understanding of Payer norms and coverage particulars is a crucial aspect of any successful Revenue Cycle. For example, it is important to know that clients enrolled in Managed Care plans are also eligible for Long-term Acute Care services. However, with us you no longer have to worry about such things anymore. Trust the knowledge and expertise of our Acute Care Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) experts to help you not just in reaching your collection goals, but going beyond them.

What Makes Us Different from Other RCM Companies?

We at Sunknowledge are proud to have a highly experienced team to expedite your Acute Care billing while lowering operational costs considerably. We ensure full HIPAA-compliant operations and have implemented robust measures against malicious cyber threats to patient data and information. Our rich experience in working with multiple Acute Care centers and hospitals makes us a powerhouse to drive your revenue generation goals in the right direction. We also reduce any risk of non-compliance by employing only AAPC/AHIMA/ACMS certified coding specialists.

At Sunknowledge, we believe that true excellence in Acute Care billing services can only be attained through diligent adherence to the best industry processes, and constantly adapting to changes in the healthcare sector. Consistently maintaining an average accuracy rate of more than 99% and working in close association with Acute Care facilities to help them overcome their billing and collection challenges, we are your perfect ally to take your practice to the next level of excellence.

Partner with Us Today

Partner with our team as we have a complete understanding of leading practice management systems and a proven track record of helping hundreds of healthcare practices – including Acute Care – across the US meet their billing, coding and collection challenges with precision and confidence. We can extend individualized Acute Care billing services that meet your protocols by working as a seamless extension of your current operations. Remember, we are also among the very few RCM companies with extensive experience in working for both healthcare providers and payers. This dual experience gives us a unique advantage in getting your claims passed at a faster rate and in larger numbers.

Schedule a free consultation. Let our experts show you how we can transform your Acute Care billing operations for higher returns and more collections at a remarkably lower cost than what you are paying now.