Injection and Infusion Billing and Coding
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by Briefings on APCs
presented on Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Hospitals continue to struggle with reporting injection and infusion services. Meeting documentation requirements and coding guidelines is critical for appropriate reimbursement. If you don't regularly audit claims, you face compliance risk and may lose revenue your organization is entitled to.
Our expert speakers review key injection and infusion concepts and answer your questions in real time. You'll walk away with a better understanding of the rules and coding guidelines, whether you're a veteran coder or new to the field.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:
- Explain proper assignment of CPT injection and infusion codes following the hospital coding hierarchy
- Explain best practices related to start and stop time documentation requirements
- Determine high risk audit items
AGENDA
- Summary of the guidelines for reporting injections and infusions for hospitals
- Review of the CPT coding hierarchy for hospital/facility reporting of injection and infusion services
- Review OPPS/APC 2010 payment-related changes
- Compliant reporting: Tips for monitoring and auditing claims internally
- A review of open issues
- 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
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Jugna Shah, MPH, is president of Nimitt Consulting in Washington, DC. She is contributing writer to Briefings on APCs and a frequent audio conference speaker. 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 a revenue cycle director for Asante Health System in Medford, OR. She has 20 years healthcare reimbursement experience including 11 years in nationwide consulting to hospitals and physicians regarding Medicare and Medicaid payment systems and compliance. She is a member of the editorial advisory board from APC Answer Letter and the APC Weekly Monitor, both from HCPro.
Here is what participants of the 2009 Injection and Infusion Coding and Billing program had to say:
"This program was definitely a help to me. The question/answer portion was a big help as it further explained the process in plain English."
"Jugna Shah is always on top of her subject, with a quick-paced, interesting presentation...Valerie Rinkle, likewise, was very knowledgeable."
"The pace was perfect and all material was very appropriate for the topic."
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, 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 :
