AUDIOCONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ARCHIVE
Sponsored by JustCoding.com
presented on December, 6, 2007
Take advantage of your second chance to participate in PQRI
If you didn’t participate in the first round of the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), don’t worry because you’ll have a second chance. CMS will embark on its second phase of this voluntary initiative, expanding the number of quality measures from the original 74 and continuing to provide a financial incentive for participation. The new phase will take effect January 1, 2008, but the preparations begin now. Get the recognition you deserve by reporting the quality services you provide.
Listen to HCPro's Prepare for the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative: Identify new measures and increase physician engagement. During this 90-minute audioconference, our experts walk you through the concept of pay-for-performance and public data reporting. You’ll learn what’s new for 2008 and get a clinical understanding of common measures. Our speakers will also give you guidance to develop the PQRI infrastructure and performance improvement activities for success in your facility. Plus, they give you monitoring tools and tips to help you generate internal feedback on your performance.
Physician engagement is critical to success
Because a successful PQRI program depends on constant physician involvement, our speakers explain tips and strategies to engage physicians in this process. Physicians listening to this program will understand what to expect from coders, and they will learn about the long-term benefits of quality reporting.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the program, you will be able to:
- Understand the importance of the PQRI and how it relates to pay-for-performance
- Identify the quality measures that are new for 2008
- Recognize the process for selecting measures that are appropriate for your practice
- List the steps to ensure physician and staff engagement in documentation and the reporting process
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AGENDA
- The significance of the PQRI
- Why it is important for the physicians to participate in PQRI
- What PQRI means today, and what it could mean for the future
- How PQRI fits into the bigger CMS strategy of value-based purchasing
- 2008 PQRI measures
- Overview of the new measures categorized by clinical conditions
- Major differences between 2007 and 2008 measures
- Clinical challenges and perspectives
- Coding guidelines and perspectives
- Implementation strategies
- Choosing measures that are appropriate for your practice
- Who to involve in the implementation
- Rolling out the program
- Mechanisms to ensure compliance
- PQRI workflow
- Case study example of how to capture PQRI measures using a real-life patient example
- Engaging the physicians
- Physician perspective
- How coders can engage physicians
- Strategies for querying physicians
A question and answer session follows the presentation
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Lorraine K. Larrance BSN, MHSA, CPHQ, CCM, currently serves as a consulting senior manager with Pershing Yoakley & Associates, located in Knoxville, TN. Ms. Larrance has more than 20 years of healthcare experience and has worked in a variety of settings, including acute-care hospitals, hospital-owned physician office administration, commercial payor organizations, and long-term acute care. Ms. Larrance has extensive experience in the assessment, evaluation, and execution of strategies to effect overall organizational growth.
Manoj Jain, MD, MPH, is an infectious disease physician, writer, and national leader in healthcare quality improvement. Presently, Dr. Jain is a clinical assistant professor at University of Tennessee - Memphis, and the medical director at Tennessee’s and Georgia's Quality Improvement Organizations. He is the chairman for the Healthy Memphis Common Table Community Partners Council. Dr. Jain's writings have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post and Hindustan Times.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
This program has prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders for 1.5 Continuing Education Units. Granting of this approval in no way constitutes endorsement by the Academy of the program, content or the program sponsor.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Coders, billers, HIM directors, physicians, clinical staff, education directors, practice managers, office managers, quality directors, case managers, nurses
YOUR MATERIALS PACKET
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive helpful “take-aways” including:
- PQRI workflow diagram
- Website link to Dr. Jain’s free PQRI booklet
- Collection of PQRI-related articles from JustCoding.com
These materials are provided with PDF links.
NEW PURCHASE OPTION: Audio Archive
In addition to the regular purchase option for HCPro audioconferences&mdash, audio CD, we are pleased to offer a new option, an audio archive. An audio archive allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience on your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a 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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