Barbara Vandegrift

Barbara Vandegrift is a senior healthcare consultant with Medical Learning, Inc. (MedLearn), St. Paul, Minn. MedLearn is a nationally recognized expert in healthcare compliance and reimbursement. Founded in 1991, MedLearn delivers actionable answers that will equip healthcare organizations with their coding, chargemaster, reimbursement management and RAC solutions.

Newest PEPPER data now available for hospitals
By Barbara Vandegrift | 10:41 am | February 16, 2010
There's a new PEPPER report, and those who know that the acronym isn't just an all-around-useful kitchen spice can now go to My Quality Net to obtain a copy.
RACs to establish per campus caps
By Barbara Vandegrift | 11:12 am | February 08, 2010
The recent announcement by CMS regarding its modification of additional documentation requests for institutional providers during fiscal year 2010 has generated considerable response from providers seeking clarification about tax identification numbers and definitions of terms like "campus."
RAC spotlight on Medical Necessity
By Barbara Vandegrift | 03:39 pm | November 05, 2009
Your hospital's leadership should focus its time and attention on medical necessity, because it's clearly a key Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) target.