ClinAssist Referral Criteria

ClinAssist is appropriate for unpaid claims where:

  • Billed charges are greater than $100,000
  • Outlier charges exceed DRG or per diem threshold
  • The average daily charge exceeds $3,000, or
  • A single Revenue Code is more than 40% of the bill

Conditions that typically meet these criteria include:

  • complex newborns (NICU admissions)
  • complex pediatric conditions
  • organ transplants
  • implants
  • cardiac
  • cancer
  • diabetes
  • dialysis
  • orthopedic surgeries
  • complex injuries such as spinal cord, brain, and multiple trauma

ClinAssist's services can also be used even if the claim has been paid where an established "Right of Recovery" is in place.

Did you know?

A November 2006, Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics Randomized controlled study showed that there were 7.9 fewer days for total Length of Stay for infants weighing less than 1,500 grams whose parents participated in an educational behavioral intervention program called “Creating Opportunities for Parent Empowerment” or COPE

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