10/26/2009: Medicare Compliance Forum: Physician Advisor Track
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Product Description:
On-demand audio recordings of the Physician Advisor track
of HCPro Revenue Cycle Institute's popular Medicare Compliance Forum
held October 26-27, 2009, in Atlanta.
This event featured nationally recognized regulatory experts and in-the-trenches healthcare providers addressing key Medicare compliance concerns with practical and innovative approaches for compliance success.
The Physician Advisor track helps you understand the Medicare regulations that affect physician advisors as well as daily on-the-job challenges. Each session is described below.
Purchase all six sessions for $399 or individual presentations for $79 each. All of the sessions are sold as MP3 downloads. Each session is 60 to 90 minutes in length. Click the appropriate link to add individual presentations or the entire six-session package your shopping cart.
For information on Medicare Compliance Forum tracks for Observation Services and RACs, click the appropriate link.
Individual sessions
The Role and Responsibilities of a Physician Advisor
Today’s physician advisor (PA) plays a crucial role in maintaining revenue integrity in any provider setting. In this session, listeners will learn about the spectrum of PA activities at the hospital, the importance of consistency of the roles and responsibilities of a PA, best practices of a PA, accountabilities and infrastructure of a PA program, and how to create a business case for having a PA at your facility.
Speaker: Joe Zebrowitz, MD
The Physician Advisor’s Role in Managing Observation and Condition Code 44
With so many regulatory changes, staying updated on observation is key to a physician advisor’s success. This session discusses the Medicare definition of observation (Medical and Surgical), cases most suitable for observation, and the condition code 44 process.
Speaker: Michael Yanuck, MD
The Physician Advisor’s Role in the RAC Process
The permanent RAC program is upon us and physician advisors play an integral role in helping providers manage RACs—from concurrent case reviews to managing appeals. In this session listeners will learn how to prevent denials, including planning strategies, physician education, and secondary review. In addition, listeners will learn how to operationalize advanced appeal techniques.
Speaker: Kenneth R. Rubin, MD, MA, MSHCM, FACEP
Panel Discussion: Qualities and Skills of an Effective Physician Advisor
In this panel discussion, listeners gain an in the trenches view of best practices from several physician advisors. Topics discussed include time management, planning, establishing good relationships, training, staying updated on Medicare regulations, technology and reporting, and quality assurance.
Speakers: Kenneth R, Rubin, MD, MA, MSHCM, FACEP; Michael Yanuck, MD; Joe Zebrowitz, MD
Pay for Performance–Present on Admission
In this session listeners will learn about the role of physician advisors in mastering two pressing Medicare initiatives: Pay for Performance and Present on Admission (POA). Listeners will learn techniques to manage pay for performance as well as how to monitor results—ongoing and retrospectively. They will also learn how to manage POA indicators in the busy hospital environment.
Speaker: Michael Yanuck, MD
Panel Discussion: Chief Cook and Bottle Washer: The Physician Advisor’s Role in Education, Ethics, Intervention, and More
This panel discussion covers many of the wide range of issues physician advisors face every day, including physician education, coding, family and patient intervention, ethics, management of and interaction with medical staff, ABNs and HINNs, quality initiatives, case management training, and balancing roles for part-time physician advisors.
Speakers: Kenneth R. Rubin, MD, MA, MSHCM, FACEP; Michael Yanuck, MD
Meet the Faculty
Kenneth R. Rubin, MD, MA, MSHCM, FACEP, has been a physician advisor at the St. Francis Hospital—The Heart Center for more than eight years. He is residency-trained in emergency medicine and has served as department chair.Michael Yanuck, MD, is president of Michael Yanuck MD, PA Medical Consulting. He provides consulting services to the medical industry, including hospitals, hospital groups, managed care organizations, and medical practice groups.
Joe Zebrowitz, MD, is executive vice president and senior medical director of EHR in Newtown Square, PA. He also works as a physician advisor and medical director at EHR client hospitals, leading clinical denial management and length of stay programs, quality initiatives, documentation and compliance programs and independent peer review processes.
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