Charge Entry Lag Report

 

The Charge Entry Lag report uses predefined filters. By default, the date range for the report is the past 30 days (not including today). If you want to use other fields or filters, you can create a custom version of the report (see "To create a custom version of the Charge Entry Lag report").

1. Display the Report Library: On the Main Menu, click Reports. Under General, click Report Library.
2. Click the Front Office Operations tab.
3. Click run next to Charge Entry Lag - Sentinel Metrics Dashboard Report in the Standard Reports section of the tab.
   The Choose Report Format window appears.
4. Select one of these format options:
• XML — Display the report in athenaOne.
• Comma Delimited Text (CSV) — Download the report to Excel.
  Note: If you select Comma Delimited Text (CSV), the line-feed (LF) record separator is used.
• Custom — Download the report using a custom delimiter.
5. If you select Custom as the report format, these fields appear:
1. Delimiter — Enter a delimiter, such as a comma or pipe ("|"). Delimiters can be up to three characters long.
2. Record Separator — Select a record separator from the menu (CR, LF, or CR+LF).
6. Select report options as needed.
• Show Totals — Display column totals.
• Deidentify Patient Data — Hide patient data to protect PHI, especially for any report that may be shared.
• Show Reporting Restricted Patients — Patients with a reporting restriction are excluded from the report results unless you select this option.
  For more information, see Privacy Protection Notes.
• Show in Small Print — This option appears if you select XML as the report format.
• Hide Line Numbers — This option appears if you select XML as the report format. Select this option if you do not want the line numbers to appear (line numbers appear by default).
• Show Filter Criteria — This option appears if you select Comma Delimited Text (CSV) or Custom as the report format. Select this option to display the filter criteria at the top of your report output.
• Hide Column Headings — This option appears if you select Comma Delimited Text (CSV) or Custom as the report format. Select this option to hide the column headings in your report output.
• Hide Report Name — This option appears if you select Comma Delimited Text (CSV) or Custom as the report format. Select this option to hide the report name in your report output.
7. Click OK.

 

The Charge Entry Lag report uses predefined display columns and filters. By default, the date range for the report is the past 30 days (not including today). If you want to use other fields or filters, you can create a custom version of the report on the My Reports tab.

1. Display the Report Library page: On the Main Menu, click Reports. Under General, click Report Library.
2. Click the Front Office Operations tab.
3. In the Standard Reports section of the tab, locate Charge Entry Lag - Sentinel Metrics Dashboard Report and click copy to My Reports.
4. On the My Reports tab, find the Charge Entry Lag - Sentinel Metrics Dashboard report that you just copied and click edit.
   The Report Builder page appears.
5. Add any additional display columns and filters that you want in your report.
   Note: The Charge Entry Lag report is built using the Claim report type in Report Builder.
6. Click Preview Report to ensure that the report looks the way you want.
7. Click Save Report.

 

The charge entry lag metric on the Sentinel Metrics Dashboard shows how long it takes you to enter charges after a visit.

Note: If a claim has multiple service days, the metric is based on the last (most recent) service day.

 

The charge entry lag metric is calculated as follows:

 

Total time elapsed between date of service and claim creation for all claims

                                        Total number of claims

 

The CEL metric is updated to:

• Reflect changes made before the month closes, for example, voided charges.
• Discount voided claims (that is, claims on which all charges were voided) when calculating the total number of claims.

 

The Charge Entry Lag report uses predefined display columns and filters. If you want to use other fields or filters, you can copy the report to the My Reports section of the Front Office Operations tab and then edit the report copy on the Report Builder page (see "To create a custom version of the Charge Entry Lag report").

 

Each row in the Charge Entry Lag report corresponds to a specific claim. Therefore, the average charge entry lag for a specific row is the same as the claim's ordinary charge entry lag number. If you create a custom version of this report and remove claim-specific information from the list of display columns on the Report Builder page, the average charge entry lag number represents the average for the columns displayed.