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Pitfalls of Extensive Documentation in the Emergency Department.
Andrea Blome1, Daohai Yu2, Xiaoning Lu2
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
Ochsner Journal
|October 19, 2020
Summary
Extensive emergency department documentation may increase relative value units (RVUs) but does not reliably boost actual revenue collection beyond a certain point. Overdocumentation may not improve physician efficiency or reimbursement outcomes.
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Area of Science:
- Emergency Medicine
- Health Services Research
- Medical Economics
Background:
- Legal mandates and clinical needs emphasize thorough emergency department (ED) record-keeping.
- A common belief is that extensive documentation maximizes reimbursement through higher relative value units (RVUs) and care levels.
- Overdocumentation poses risks, potentially affecting physician efficiency and record utility without guaranteeing improved reimbursement.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the impact of increased documentation on actual reimbursement in an academic emergency medicine setting.
- To determine the relationship between documentation levels, RVUs, and collected revenue.
Main Methods:
- A 12-month productivity analysis was performed on full-time supervising physicians in an ED training program.
- Key metrics included patients per hour (pt/h), RVUs per hour (RVU/h), billed amounts, and collected revenue.
- Statistical analyses examined linear relationships and correlations between these variables.
Main Results:
- A strong positive linear relationship was found between RVU/h and pt/h (R²=0.7571).
- RVU/h showed a moderate positive linear relationship with revenue collection (R²=0.1752).
- The correlation between pt/h and revenue collection was weak (R²=0.0815), and RVU/h gains plateaued in revenue generation after the third quartile.
Conclusions:
- While extensive documentation may increase RVU totals, it does not consistently lead to higher revenue collection beyond a certain threshold.
- The findings suggest diminishing returns for revenue generation with excessive documentation in the ED.
- Further research is needed, but current data indicate that optimizing documentation for clarity and efficiency may be more beneficial than sheer volume for reimbursement.