Injection and Infusion Coding and Billing (Audio Conference)

AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND

Sponsored by Briefings on APCs

presented on January 20, 2009

Come test your knowledge on coding and billing hospital injection and infusion services for 2009

While there are few substantive changes to the coding and billing rules and guidance for reporting these services in 2009, hospitals continue to struggle with reporting injection and infusion services accurately and completely. Issues such as reporting start and stop times, selecting the initial service, and dealing with Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs) are just a few of the issues that hospitals are still struggling with.

Meeting documentation requirements and coding guidelines continues to be a must for appropriate reimbursement, and unless you regularly audit claims, you could compromise your compliance and lose revenue you deserve.

This 90-minute, hospital-oriented audio conference, Injection and Infusion Coding and Billing: Train Your Staff for Continued Success in 2009, features two experts in injection and infusion coding. Jugna Shah, MPH and Valerie A. Rinkle, MPA explain the key 2009 CPT coding changes and OPPS-related APC payment rate changes and how you can think through them as you continue reporting these services in 2009. The speakers walk you through some clinical scenarios and discuss the financial impact and compliance risks that hospital providers need to be aware of. You'll also discover tips to avoid coding and billing errors.

In addition to discussing changes coming for hospitals for 2009, our speakers share what they consider to be best practices for documenting infusion time, reporting drug administration services that cross the midnight hour, and charging for services in the inpatient and outpatient setting, among others.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA

• Summary of all the major changes for reporting injections and infusions for hospitals for 2009
• New CPT codes, including parenthetical notes in the CPT Manual
• Review of the CPT coding hierarchy for hospital/facility reporting of injection and infusion services
• OPPS/APC payment-related changes
• Review of what hasn't changed for injections and infusions for 2009
• Clinical examples illustrating new CPT codes
• Compliant reporting: Tips for how to monitor your claims and what you may want to audit internally
• Outstanding significant issues for hospitals for 2009
• Documentation: Stop times, start times, missing times, etc.
• MUE edits
• Drug administration integral to other procedures
• Reporting drug administration services in the inpatient and outpatient setting
• Auditing and monitoring tips
• A question and answer session follows the presentation

NOTE: This is an intermediate-level program. Purchasers should have a general familiarity with coding and billing guidance for injections and infusions in hospitals.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the audio conference, you will be able to:

• Describe the major changes for hospital reporting of injections and infusions for 2009
• Indicate how to operationalize the 2009 changes to injections and infusions at your facility
• Report codes accurately for a number of clinical examples
• Illustrate how to monitor your claims and list what you may want to audit internally

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Jugna Shah, MPH, is president of Nimitt Consulting in Washington, DC. She is a frequent audio conference speaker and a contributing writer to both HCPro's newsletter, Briefings on APCs, and the book, Compliance Troubleshooter. She has extensive experience helping providers understand and address the clinical and financial implications of APCs, facilitating APC task force meetings, strategic planning sessions, financial impact analyses discussions, and managing APC implementation and assessment projects.

Valerie A. Rinkle, MPA, is revenue integrity department director for Asante Health System in Medford, OR. She has over 20 years of healthcare reimbursement experience including 11 years in nationwide consulting to hospitals and physicians regarding Medicare and Medicaid payment systems and compliance. She is a the author of numerous articles on OPPS and hospital-based clinics, and a member of the editorial advisory board for the APC Answer Letter and the APC Weekly Monitor, both from 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 December 31, 2009.

YOUR MATERIALS PACKET

In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials. These materials are provided with PDF links.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

HIM managers and coding and billing staff, medical records; chemotherapy and infusion nurses and managers in hospitals and outpatient units; chargemaster coordinators; revenue cycle managers staff; patient financial services managers and staff; compliance managers and staff.

PROGRAM MATERIALS:

Program materials are provided with PDF links.

AUDIO ON-DEMAND

In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences, we are pleased to offer another option, an 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.

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