Billing for Medicare Part A in Long-Term Care
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD or AUDIO ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by: HCPro Medicare Boot Camp®: Long-term Care Version
presented on February 25, 2009
How comfortable is your staff with Medicare Part A billing? You could be losing more than just money.
In an age of financial uncertainty, it is important that your billers get every advantage to secure money owed to your SNF. Common mistakes and overlooked opportunities can cost your facility time and money. Make every penny count and get the skills to comply with Medicare Part A reimbursement requirements from nationally known consultant Ronald A. Orth, RN, NHA, CPC, RAC-CT.
Expert advice to avoid common mistakes and maintain benefit periods
During the 90-minute audio conference Billing for Medicare Part A in Long-Term Care: Maintain Benefit Periods, Comply with Claims Submission, and Avoid Common Billing Errors, Ron leads listeners through commonly identified billing errors and provides tips to avoid them. He explains no-pay and benefits exhaust claims in detail to help your billers take advantage of these often over-looked claims.
Rethink the way you process Part A claims with help from an expert. Purchase a CD or MP3 recording to train your staff when it’s convenient for you.
At the conclusion of this program, purchasers will be able to:
- Identify what the benefit period is and when it begins and ends
- Recognize billing requirements to ensure that claims are submitted correctly
- Determine when clarifications on default billing are allowed
- Recognize the common errors associated with Part A billing
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AGENDA
- Maintaining the benefit period
- Define the benefit period
- Beginning benefit period
- Ending benefit period
- Billing requirements to ensure accuracy of benefit period
- Medicare Advantage residents
- No hospital stay or transfer requirement met
- No-pay and benefits exhaust claims
- 2009 OIG work plan
- Clarifying default billing
- When allowed
- Differentiate missed PPS assessments and late assessments
- Common Part A billing errors
- Service date and assessment reference date (ARD)
- Incorrect billing days
- Use of occurrence code -22
- Use of bill type 214
- Billing for leave of absence (LOA)
- Determining LOA vs. Discharge
- Setting up an LOA on Medicare Claim
- Coordination of LOA with PPS Assessment Requirements
- Q & A follows the presentation
MEET THE SPEAKER
Ronald A. Orth, RN, NHA, CPC, RAC-CT, is a registered nurse with over 25 years experience in the healthcare field with 12 of those years in the long term care industry. Ron serves as the lead instructor for HCPro's Medicare Boot Camp® - Long Term Care Version course. Ron is also President of Clinical Reimbursement Solutions, LLC a Wisconsin based consulting firm. Ron assists long term care facilities by providing consulting and educational services related to long term care Medicare regulations, billing and compliance.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Billing office managers, CFOs, billers, administrators, nurse managers, DONs, admission coordinators, MDS nursesBONUS MATERIALS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET!
In addition to the expertise and information presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive these helpful “take-aways” provided within your materials pack:
- Example claims
- Billing flowchart
- HIPPS code chart
- CMS transmittals
These materials are provided with PDF links.
Purchase a CD or an audio on-demand of the audio conference 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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