Umsatzverluste durch fehlerhafte Leistungsdokumentation für Qualitätsindikatoren

Definition

State health departments explicitly link data quality programs to risks associated with inaccurate performance and activity data reporting, using tools such as Performance Indicators for Coding Quality (PICQ) and Relative Indicators for Safety and Quality (RISQ) to assess coding accuracy against Australian Coding Standards and safety/quality benchmarks.[5] Poor clinical coding quality not only affects quality indicators and safety metrics but also directly impacts activity-based funding and billed revenue, as mis-coded or incompletely coded encounters are reimbursed at lower levels or not at all. In outpatient and day-procedure environments where clinicians are pressured to complete numerous fields for quality registries and NSQHS reporting, documentation can fragment across systems, causing coders to miss procedures or comorbidities that would justify higher reimbursement. While explicit revenue-loss figures for outpatient Australia are not given, international benchmarks for coding-related underpayment typically fall in the 1–3 % range of billable revenue. Applying a conservative 1–2 % to a mid-sized day hospital or ambulatory service with, say, AUD 5–10 million annual revenue implies AUD 50,000–200,000 per year in preventable leakage caused partly by documentation/coding errors that surface via quality-measure workflows. Robust, integrated quality reporting that feeds structured data into coding reduces this gap.

Why This Matters

The Pitch: Outpatient providers in Australia 🇦🇺 lose an estimated 1–3 % der abrechnungsfähigen Umsätze, weil klinische Dokumentation für Qualitätskennzahlen nicht sauber mit der Abrechnung verknüpft ist. Automatisierte, qualitätsgetriebene Dokumentations-Workflows stellen sicher, dass jede erbrachte und qualitätsrelevante Leistung auch korrekt codiert und abgerechnet wird.

Affected Stakeholders

Health Information Manager, Clinical Coder, Practice Manager, CFO / Finance Manager, Medical Director, Quality Manager

Related Business Risks