Audit POA Indicators
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategy
presented on January 22, 2010
The importance of accurate present on admission (POA) assignment is growing. There are financial and quality impacts that make it vital your organization audit to ensure accurate POA reporting. This audio conference helps you establish a POA auditing program and process, assign the appropriate indicators for complex cases, and analyze the quality implications of POA data.
Note: Participants in the program should have an understanding of POA guidelines, ICD-9-CM official guidelines for coding and reporting, DRG methodology.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:
- Identify the basics of how POA works in relation to HACs
- Validate auditing insight, the rationale to audit, and additional steps to take with audit results
- State other reasons for capturing POA other than just for the HACs that we have today
- Describe various conditions including pressure ulcers, diabetes, and sepsis as they relate to POA indicator assignment
- Explain future proposals regarding the expansion of HACs
AGENDA
- Overview of POA rule
- Purpose and goal of POA
- Coding guidelines for POA indicator
- POA audits
- Baseline audit
- Data tracking, trending, and monitoring
- Effective POA queries
- Financial impact of POA with hospital acquired conditions (HAC)
- Reports and processes for auditing
- Using your audit results
- Disease processes for challenging POA conditions (including pressure ulcers, diabetes, and sepsis)
- Quality implications of POA
- Agency for Healthcare Research uses of POA
- Refined measurement of complications of care
- Physician quality
- Proposed expansion of HACs
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Gloryanne Bryant, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, is the regional managing director HIM for Northern California Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA, and is responsible for coding, education, CDI and HIM operations for 21 acute care hospitals. She is a member of the editorial advisory board for Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies, and has more than 30 years of experience in the HIM profession providing education to coders, physicians, and other hospital staff on IPPS, DRGs, HCCs, APCs, ICD-9-CM and CPT coding.
James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, is a director in the FTI Healthcare group of FTI's Corporate Finance practice and is based in Brentwood, TN and Atlanta, GA. His experience and expertise includes physician and hospital leadership, healthcare systems improvement, ICD-9-CM and DRG documentation and coding compliance, and government relations.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
HIM managers and directors, DRG Coordinators, coders and billers, clinical documentation specialists, quality, risk managers and officers, strategic planners, marketing (POA indicator impacts reputation), VP medical affairs, chief medical officers, physician quality executives
CONTINUING EDUCATION
AHIMA
This program has been approved for 1 continuing education unit for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Credit expires 1/22/11.
AAPC
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. Credit expires 12/30/2010.
PROGRAM MATERIALS
Program materials are provided with PDF links. The following are also included in your program materials:
- Useful website resources, including a link to the POA guidelines
- POA tipsheets
- Sample auditing tool
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.
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