AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE, CD OR AUDIO ARCHIVE
Sponsored by JustCoding.com
presented on February 20, 2007
If you’re not already collecting the present-on-admission (POA) indicator—a critical data element that indicates whether a particular diagnosis was present at the time of the order for inpatient admission—you will be soon.
Be sure that providers understand POA documentation requirements and that your coders can correctly assign a POA indicator.
Present-on-admission Indicator: Understand Reporting Requirements and Prepare for Implementation will help you comprehend POA requirements and how to collect the data and report the data. You’ll benefit from lessons learned by one California health system that is already reporting the POA. POA collection is already underway in some states, but it is important to understand national guidelines and how they differ from those your state may already require. The POA will become a national standard as part of the implementation of the UB-04, so it’s important to understand national guidelines now.
Our speakers will explain POA requirements, the financial implications of the POA, and how you can improve documentation to accurately capture the POA without requiring coders to engage in endless physician inquiries. You’ll walk away from this audioconference with a solid understanding of the POA indicator and how to implement it at your facility.
NEW PURCHASE OPTION
In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audioconferences—audio tape or audio CD —we are pleased to offer a new option, an audio archive. Audio archive allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player.
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AGENDA
- POA indicator: What present-on-admission means and how it relates to the UB-04
- The guidelines for POA
- Reporting
- Implementation reports and best practices—sample issues encountered by the states with existing POA regulations
- State vs. national standards—the similarities and the differences
- “Crosswalking” with your vendor
- Case studies
A question and answer session follows the presentation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the audioconference, you will be able to:
- explain the attributes of the POA indicator
- summarize the POA guidelines and the best practices for implementation
- illustrate the similarities and differences between national and state guidelines
- discuss POA case scenarios in California and New York and how they are managing the national guidelines
- serve as a facility resource on POA requirements
MEET OUR SPEAKERS
Gloryanne Bryant, BS, RHIA, CCS, is director of systemwide coding HIM compliance for Catholic Healthcare West in San Francisco. She has the charge of developing, implementing, and maintaining system wide coding policies, and creating an internal coding compliance auditing and monitoring team and process. She is a member of the editorial advisory board for Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies and has more than 28 years of experience in the health information management profession providing education to coders, physicians, and other hospital staff. Ms. Bryant is a sought-after national speaker and author on healthcare compliance, clinical documentation, and billing and coding regulations, and she serves as a catalyst for change and improvement in healthcare. In 2006, she testified before the Subcommittee on Health for the U.S. House of Representatives (Committee on Ways and Means) supporting the ICD-10 system.
Caroline R. Piselli, RN, MBA, CHE, is the program manager for ICD-10 and APR DRGs at 3M Health Information Systems in Wallingford, CT. With a clinical practitioner and cardiac research background, she integrates performance management and pay-for-performance work. Previously, she was the global strategic planning manager and the 3M APR DRG marketing manager. Prior to joining 3M, she served in various high-level management positions in several healthcare organizations, most of them at Yale New Haven Hospital and Health System. She is a fellow with ACHE. Ms. Piselli also has progressive experience in marketing, advertising, enterprise-wide strategic business planning/development, and operational redesign/implementation.
BONUS MATERIAL INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIAL PACKET
In addition to the expertise and advice presented, you'll receive a slide presentation along with tools and “take home” items, including:
- A copy of the national POA guidelines, which include a set of case studies
- Articles from JustCoding.com
These materials are provided with PDF links and should be downloaded before listening to the program.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
HIM directors, managers, coding supervisors, coders, and billers; clinical managers, care managers, and physician quality liaisons; quality managers; nursing managers; risk managers; finance managers and staff finance; regulatory and compliance managers and staff; infection control managers; IT managers
Purchase a tape, CD, or audio archive 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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