AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD
Sponsored by Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies
presented on October 5, 2006
Coding professionals all know the first rule of coding: as soon as you get comfortable with guidelines and government rules, something changes.
And plenty has changed—there's a new inpatient PPS rule in place, and you need to understand how it will impact your hospital.
Listen to this 90-minute program and learn what you need to do to be up-to-date with the latest coding and rule changes. Our speakers outline the IPPS changes, including those that impact your reimbursement.
Take a look at our agenda
- Move from charge to cost-based reimbursement
- DRG weighting and impact to hospitals
- New DRGs
- New quality initiatives
- New outlier threshold
- New technology, including coding and reimbursement
- Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Indirect Medical Education (IME) changes
- EMTALA changes in labor and delivery and for specialty hospitals
A question and answer sessions follows the presentation.
At the end of the audioconference, you will understand
- payment affects from new cost-based reimbursement methodology
- the DRG changes
- proper coding guidelines for new technology
- new quality initiatives and their link to reimbursement
Meet the Speakers
Kimberly A. Hoy, JD, CPC, is a lead instructor of the Medicare Boot Camp® - Hospital Version program. She is a former hospital compliance officer and in-house legal counsel. She has experience in coding, billing and reimbursement issues; charge description master operation, development and maintenance; conducting billing compliance audits; internal investigations; and HIPAA privacy regulation compliance.
Hugh E. Aaron, MHA, JD, CPC, CPC-H, is an instructor of the Medicare Boot Camp® - Hospital Version program. He is a health care attorney and professional trainer, and developed the Medicare Boot Camp® and Certified Coder Boot Camp® programs.
Who should listen?
Finance and business office staff, revenue cycle management team, reimbursement, cost reporting, case management/utilization review, compliance officers, legal department, HIM and coding, quality improvement staff, ER managers, surgery managers
Purchase a tape or CD of the program and listen when you can. It's a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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