Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab Services: Comply with Medicare's 2010 Changes

Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab Services: Comply with Medicare's 2010 Changes

Audio Conference on CD or Audio On-Demand

Sponsored by Briefings on APCs

presented on December 8, 2009

This two-hour program reviews the benefits of cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs and explains the new Medicare requirements for cardiac and pulmonary rehab effective as of January 1, 2010. Our speakers discuss what you need to do to ensure program compliance and meet the January 1 requirements for physician and medical director involvement in patient care.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

1. Define the clinical benefits of cardiac and pulmonary rehab
2. Explain how to comply with national coverage determinations (NCD)
3. Ensure accurate coding and billing of cardiac and pulmonary rehab services
4. Explain the need for physician involvement-particularly medical directors-to ensure proper reimbursement

TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA:

1. Proven benefits of cardiac and pulmonary rehab
   1. Clinical review
   2. Resource utilization
2. Regulatory changes for 2010
   1. Medicare Improvement for Patients & Providers Act (MIPPA)
   2. OPPS rule requirements
   3. Physician fee schedule requirements
3. Align your program with the new requirements
   1. What's new-and what hasn't changed
   2. Physician supervision
   3. Program criteria
   4. Plan of care
4. Changes in reimbursement and billing

5. A question and answer session follows the presentation.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

This program has prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders for 2.0 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 November 30, 2010.

MATERIALS

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.

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Karen Lui, RN, MS, FAACVPR, legislative and regulatory analyst with GRQ Consulting, LLC, in Atlanta, GA, a health care consulting firm that specializes in the needs of pulmonary and cardiac professional and patient organizations.

Carl J. Lavie, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP, is medical director and cardiac rehabilitation and prevention director, Stress Testing Laboratory, Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, New Orleans, LA.

June Schulz, RRT, FAACVPR, is the pulmonary rehab coordinator at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

HIM directors, managers, and coders; billing managers and staff; compliance officers and staff; quality managers and staff; finance managers and staff; cardiac rehab staff; nurses; dieticians

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.

Publisher :  HCPro, Inc
 
Product Types :

• Audio Conferences

Departments :

• Other Health Information Management Products
• Other Revenue Cycle Products

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