AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD
Sponsored by JustCoding.com
Accurate coding is the key to success at any physician practice. However, physician practices across the country are using incorrect codes and missing out on the reimbursement they deserve . . . and they don't even know it. Is your facility one of them?
Obtain accurate reimbursement and reduce denials for pain management procedures
Listen toPain Management Coding for Physician Practices: The Ten Most Common Procedures. Our expert speakers will discuss how to accurately code for the top ten most commonly performed interventional pain management, discuss the anatomy involved in the pain management procedures, and explain coding and billing guidelines.
At the end of the audioconference, participants will be able to:
- illustrate the fundamentals of interventional pain management.
- explain how pain management relates to the surgical package, global period, and modifiers—plus how physicians get paid differently based on where the service was performed.
- identify anatomy as it relates to pain management procedures, the clinical indications for those procedures, and what supplies are used for the top ten most common procedures.
- formulate ways to increase reimbursement, ensure compliance, and decrease denials for your practice.
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AGENDA
- Classifications of pain and coding
- Interventional pain terminology
- CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-9-CM coding
- Surgical package and the global period
- Modifiers
- Medicare fee schedule database
- Place of service
- CCI edits
- Anatomy classifications
- Ten most commonly performed pain procedures
- Fluoroscopic guidance / epidurography
- Trigger point injections
- Major joint injections
- Hyalgan knee injections
- Sacroiliac joint injections
- Lumbar or sacral interlaminar epidurals
- Lumbar or sacral transforanimal epidurals
- Lumbar facet
- Lumbar radio frequency (anesthetic vs. neurolytic facet levels)
- Lumbar discography
- Future coding changes: J codes vs. Q codes
- Q&A
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Linda VanHorn, MBA, is a pain management specialist with direct experience in practice management and insurance. She has more than 24 years of proven professional experience, including 10 years as the president and CEO of 21st Century Edge, five years as the senior manager in consulting at Deloitte & Touche, a major accounting firm, and five years as the chief operating officer at a large, successful pain management practice that provided services to 22 hospitals and surgery centers.
Lori-Lynne A. Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, is an independent consultant in Melba, ID, and has experience in overseeing and auditing pre- and post-payment charge services for more than 50 providers. She has educated physicians, mid-level providers (PAs, NPs, etc.), staff, and administration on coding, compliance, and HIPAA regulations. Previously, she was the director of coding and compliance for a private firm, where she supervised all coding personnel and worked directly with Medicare and contracted payors to provide audit education and policy.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Physician office coders and billers, coding and billing specialists, HIM professionals, compliance officers and auditing staff, charge entry managers, payment analysts, claims denials managers
BONUS MATERIALS
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and these valuable tools:
- A copy of the Medicare Fee Schedule Database
- A list of CCI’s edits for the top ten interventional pain management procedures to help ensure correct use of modifiers
Purchase a tape or CD of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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