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UPDATED FOR 2008

Say goodbye to billing and MDS confusion!
Proper billing and MDS documentation are critical to SNF reimbursement and quality resident care. Make sure everyone has the updates they need to ensure that assessment and reimbursement forms are completed properly with The Long-Term Care Pocket Guides, Second Edition.

Breathe new life into your useful (but cumbersome) billing and MDS manuals
Consisting of three compact and easily referenced guides—Long-Term Care Pocket Guide to the MDS, Long-Term Care Pocket Guide to Part A Billing, and Long-Term Care Pocket Guide to Part B Billing—the second edition of the Long-Term Care Pocket Guides provide critical billing and MDS information in a condensed, easily referenced format. The guides will be invaluable resources that billers and MDS coordinators can keep handy and rely on daily!
Each of the pocket guides will save you time and money with:

• a tabbed and condensed format for fast, easy reference to the most important billing and MDS information
• the most essential—and often erroneously coded—information on each topic
• plenty of charts, tips boxes, checklists, and an essential guide that you will use every day
• comprehensive information and highlighted critical concepts that will help ensure proper reimbursement
• the ability to answer billing and MDS questions quickly and prevent mistakes

Just look at what each guide has to offer . . .

Long-Term Care Pocket Guide to Part A Billing:

• Includes checklists that can be used to verify a resident's Medicare eligibility and coverage status
• Features a concise explanation of consolidated billing, including the latest updates to lists of commonly excluded HCPCS codes
• Provides tips to ensure the accurate completion of forms, including the new UB-04 form
• Offers brief troubleshooting tips for commonly encountered problems, such as correcting the MDS

Long-Term Care Pocket Guide to Part B Billing:

• Provides checklists of what needs to be done prior to submitting a Part B bill
• Offers concise explanations of Part B billing requirements on the UB-04
• Features lists of commonly used codes
• Includes checklists outlining the submission process of therapy bills
• Provides tools for tracking supply usage to ensure accurate billing

Long-Term Care Pocket Guide to the MDS:

• Provides concise explanations of the roles that various SNF staff members should play in the completion of the MDS
• Offers checklists detailing such commonly encountered MDS problems as the use of grace days and meeting MDS deadlines
• Features concise information on the various MDS sections, including troubleshooting advice and tips for ensuring proper RUG classification

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