RAC Complex Coding and DRG Targets
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by Medicare Compliance Forum
presented on April 29, 2010
Approximately 75% of all MS-DRGs have been identified by RACs as target areas. This 90-minute audio conference helps you identify common coding and DRG assignment mistakes and correctly apply coding guidelines for top RAC target areas including heart failure, diabetes and BMI. Our speakers also show you how to form an auditing plan to identify your facility's weak spots.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:
- List common documentation problems for RAC target areas
- Apply coding guidelines to minimize errors and reduce RAC denials
- Perform proactive audits using MedPAR data and 80/20 audits
- Describe sequencing rules that apply to RAC target areas
AGENDA
- RAC target area update
- Coding Clinic, sequencing, and documentation guidance for top RAC target areas
- Diabetes
- Sepsis
- Heart failure
- BMI
- DRGs with CC/MCCs
- Other high dollar/high frequency DRGs
- Proactive audits
- MedPAR data
- 80/20 audits
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Shannon E. McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CCDS, is director of HCPro's Certified Coder Boot Camp® (physician and outpatient hospital coding) and Certified Coder Boot Camp® - Inpatient Version (inpatient hospital facility coding), and co-developer of the Evaluation and Management Boot Camp. As a consultant for HCPro, Inc.'s Revenue Cycle Institute, she works with hospitals, medical practices and other healthcare providers on a range of coding-related issues with a particular focus on coding reviews and audits.
Stacey Levitt, RN, MSN, CPC, is director of patient care management at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and has a clinical nursing background in both critical care and public health. Her ongoing administrative experience includes more than 20 years in healthcare management settings in New York and Pennsylvania. Her expertise includes utilization and denial management, reimbursement analysis, performance improvement, professional staff development, and project management.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Revenue cycle managers/directors and staff, patient financial service managers/directors and staff, compliance officers, HIM directors, coding managers, coders, billers, and auditors.
MATERIALS
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and
- Chart of Medicare and Medicaid postpayment auditors
- State-by-state chart of approved RAC audit issues
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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