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Below you will find a listing of HCPro's latest special reports for the long-term care professional. To purchase a special report, click on the title.

Billing Alert Professor: Admissions
(Order Code SR5404, $29)
There are many details to attend to when admitting a new resident. But if you forget one step, it could cost your skilled nursing facility (SNF) thousands of dollars. This 16-page Special Report offers advice, tips, and sample checklists and forms to make sure your admissions process is on course and that you are getting all the reimbursement your facility deserves.

Billing Alert Professor: Appealing Denied Claims
(Order Code SR705, $29)
This 16-page Special Report guides you through the appeal process with expert advice and helpful tips. Let us help you take the right steps to appeal a claim and get the reimbursement dollars your facility deserves.

Billing Alert Professor: Claims Denials
(Order Code SR4503 10 for $49)
If you've ever submitted a claim for which you had thought you had dotted every "i" and crossed every "t" only to find out it was rejected or denied, this report will explain why.

Billing Alert Professor: Coding
(Order Code SR5203, 10 for $49)
If your business office doesn't already run like a well-oiled machine, consider brushing up on your coding knowledge. This special report will help.

Billing Alert Professor: Coding for Billers
(Order Code SR1905, $29)
Even though more coding is now done with the assistance of computers, it is still important to understand basics about the process to ensure accurate billing. This 16-page Special Report explains the basics of ICD-9, HCPCS, and UB-92 coding. It contains expert advice and tips, as well as a helpful coding Q&A section to answer your most pressing coding questions.

Billing Alert Professor: Consolidated Billing
(Order Code SR2904, $49)
Although it has been years since CMS introduced consolidated billing as a way to simplify Medicare, providers are still befuddled over exactly which items and services are included in the "bundle" of consolidated services. This report will help you make sense of consolidated billing!

Billing Alert Professor: HIPAA and the SNF Billing Office
(Order Code SR1203, 5 for $49)
Several experts have teamed up with HCPro to let you in on what you need to know about HIPAA and how it affects the business office. This report helps you get up to speed on HIPAA privacy compliance and understand the transactions and code sets issues that affect you most.

Billing Alert Professor: Internal Audits
(Order Code SR4604, $49)
One of the best methods for SNFs to ensure that they submit clean claims is to perform their own internal audits on a regular basis. This special report will help.

Billing Alert Professor: Lab Billing
(Order Code SR904, $49)
SNF residents frequently require a wide range of care and medical tests to ensure they receive the best care possible. This report explains the basics of laboratory billing and provides more detailed information on glucose test and radiology services billing, as well as features a Q&A section to answer your important questions.

Billing Alert Professor: Medicare Appeals
(Order Code SR3305, $29)
CMS changed the way you appeal Medicare claims as of May 1, 2005, creating a new, uniform process for both Part A and Part B denials. We ask a pair of experts to walk us through the major changes in the appeals process, and discuss some of the finer points.

Billing Alert Professor: Money Matters
(Order Code SR2204, $49)
Our experts help your SNF maximize your profits and control spending. This Special Report details good billing practices that bring in appropriate admissions, enhance revenue sources, strengthen collection efforts, and control costs are steps your business office can take to help your SNF balance its books.

Billing Alert Professor: Part A Billing
(Order Code SR4302, 5 for $49)
All SNF billers must be experts when it comes to billing under Part A. This Special Report tells you what you need to know about Part A billing to ensure your facility gets the reimbursement it deserves.

Billing Alert Professor: Part B Billing
(Order Code SR303, 5 for $49)
Although all SNF billers submit the mandatory claims for Part B therapy items, more have begun to explore the intricacies of billing for wound care, urological and tracheotomy supplies, and parenteral and enteral nutrition. With this report you will get up-to-speed on billing for wound care supplies to help increase your reimbursement.

Billing Alert Professor: Paying for Nursing Home Care
(Order Code SR2403, 10 for $49)
This essential resource discusses the different payment methods—Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private pay—and walks families and residents through essential processes such as obtaining new Medicare cards.

Billing Alert Professor: PEN Billing
(Order Code SR104, 10 for $49)
PEN billing can be a significant source of revenue for your facility, despite the extra work it can create for billing and clinical staff in SNFs. Because the process is very complicated and requires different forms and documents than standard billing practicies, HCPro has created a report will show you how to get started as well as give you informative advice from industry experts.

Billing Alert Professor: Therapy Billing
(Order Code SR3903, 10 for $49)
It may be the single biggest cause of headaches for both novice SNF billers and seasoned veterans alike: Billing for therapy. Although CMS has not made significant changes to the regulations regarding therapy billing within the past couple of years, interpreting the existing rules-and billing accurately-remains a source of confusion to many billers

Billing Alert Professor: RUGs 53
(Order Code SR106, $29)
When CMS published the skilled nursing facility PPS final rule to establish Medicare payment rates for fiscal year 2006, one of the biggest changes the agency made was to add nine new Resource Utilization Group (RUG) payment categories. Learn how to navigate the RUGs 53 system, what criteria classify a resident into the new RUGs, how to get the best RUG rates, and more in this special report.

Billing for Wound Care
(Order Code SR1205, $29)
Most facilities don't bill for the supplies they use in wound care because the supplies can be hard to track. However, once a SNF has set up a tracking system, the billing is relatively straightforward. Don't miss out on potential reimbursement. This 12-page report gives you strategies and tips to make sure you are correctly billing for wound care supplies.