Describe the revenue cycle process with the key components and some of the issues there may be during the cycle.

Please include anything that would relate to the following in the list below:

• HIM workflow issues
• Outsourcing
• Billed RVUs
• Case mix index
• National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI)
• CMS
• Coding compliance plan following identification of errors
• chargemaster composition
• inpatient denials
• abbreviations
• Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) process
• ACOs and/or MCOs
• CDI Monitoring
• DRG and/or APR-DRG
• Physician queries

Davis, N., Doyle, B. (2016). Revenue Cycle Management Best Practices. AHIMA Press.