New Acrometis Report Shows 81% of Returned Workers Comp Bills Aren't Resubmitted

MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--An analysis of 10,000 returned workers’ compensation invoices that were submitted through Acrometis’ CLAIMExpert® platform highlighted costly inefficiencies in the relationship between care providers submitting workers’ compensation bills and the payers responsible for determining their compensability. The initial Acrometis’ Strength in Numbers report reveals the startling fact that most (81 percent) of those returned bills are never resubmitted for payment.

“Reducing adjuster workloads by 20 percent or more by returning questionable invoices and auto-adjudicating others will free claims managers to focus on more productive activities.”

The 10,000 bills analyzed were rejected by CLAIMExpert before ever reaching the adjusters’ desks. The mere fact that 81 percent of these were never resubmitted shows the need for identifying and eliminating erroneous bills early in the claims process, long before companies have expended resources and incurred unnecessary costs reviewing and addressing them. The Acrometis report cites the reasons for rejecting these bills, including duplicate submissions, incomplete treatment notes and missing Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes and National Drug Codes (NDC).

”This analysis underscores the need for payers to be vigilant very early in the process,” said Acrometis CEO P. Kevin Kilroy. “Reducing adjuster workloads by 20 percent or more by returning questionable invoices and auto-adjudicating others will free claims managers to focus on more productive activities.”

Kilroy noted that the workers’ compensation industry is being challenged by escalating medical expenses, regulatory challenges and a fundamental tectonic shift with the expansion of ICD (International Classification of Diseases) codes now scheduled for October of 2014. “Payers are doubly challenged because ineligible invoice submissions will inevitably increase, resulting in significant revenue leakage. Clearly, identifying and returning ineligible submissions at the onset of the claims process is a must-have capability,” he said.

The Strength in Numbers report is available at (http://www.acrometis.com/strength/0213.htm).

About Acrometis

Acrometis offers the most complete and automated claim processing platform on the market designed specifically for the workers’ compensation insurance carriers, brokers, Third Party Administrators, self-insureds, and claims administrators. Acrometis’ CLAIMExpert® provides a high-fidelity view of claims data, coupled with a robust set of rules and workflows to deterministically route and auto-adjudicate claims documents and bills, improve efficiency and reduce costs. CLAIMExpert is further complemented by deep analytics and reporting capabilities. For more information about Acrometis and our CLAIMExpert platform, please visit www.acrometis.com or call 855.282.1476.