2009 ASC Coding: Manage Final Rule Changes and Resolve Common Billing Errors
Product Description:
Audio Conference on CD or Audio On-Demand
Sponsored by Ambulatory Quality and Compliance Insiderpresented on December 18, 2008
Are you ready to implement CMS’s 2009 rule at your ASC?
Every year CMS issues the ASC final rule—and you have to navigate the confusing language, weed through the coding and billing changes, and figure out how to make it all work so you earn the appropriate revenue and comply with every aspect of the rule.
Let us do the leg work for you. Listen to HCPro for this 90-minute audio conference and let our expert speakers lay the groundwork for your success in 2009.
Susan Garrison and John J. Goehle provide the strategies, information, and survival tips you need to thrive under the APC payment system in 2009. They also discuss common coding errors so you can make sure you have solid processes in place to capture every penny your facility deserves.
This is an intermediate-level program. Participants should be familiar with Medicare’s reimbursement process in ASCs.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA:
- The 2009 ASC final rule
- Financial impact
- Operational impact
- Medicare’s top ASC billing errors
- Explanation of the top errors
- Where to get information on the latest errors
- How to correct the errors
- Common ASC coding challenges
- Charging for drugs
- Coding for brachytherapy and other complicated procedures
- Quality initiative reporting
- What Medicare requires
- Ways to implement quality reporting
- Why it is important to start reporting now
A question and answer session follows the presentation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:- Identify the implications of the 2009 ASC final rule
- Recognize Medicare’s top ASC billing errors and ways to manage them
- Evaluate common ASC coding challenges under the new payment system
- Determine how and why to begin implementing quality reporting in ASCs
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Susan Garrison, CHCA, PCS, FCS, CPC, CHC, CPC-H, CCS-P, CPAR, is executive vice president of healthcare consulting services at Magnus Confidential in Atlanta, GA. She has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare management, including the areas of documentation, coding, billing, and reimbursement for both outpatient hospital and physician services. She has conducted hundreds of engagements at hospitals across the country to improve hospital and physician compliance and reimbursement and is a frequent audio conference speaker with HCPro.John J. Goehle, MBA, CPA, CASC, is the vice president of finance at Facility Development and Management Orangeburg, NY. He is a nationally known ambulatory surgery consultant and has served on the boards of both the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association and the New York State Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, of which he is the founder. He is a surveyor with the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, and is the author of Financial Management Made Easy, and APCs for ASCs both published by HCPro.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
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. Credits expire on Nov. 30, 2009.
This program has been approved for 2 continuing education units for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Credits expire on December 9, 2009.
BONUS MATERIAL INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIAL PACKAGE
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a list of helpful Web links. These materials are provided with PDF links.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
ASC coders, billers, and their managers, administrators; office managers, and accounts receivable staff members.AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences, we are pleased to offer another option, audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio on-demand 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.Product Types : Departments :
