2010 Physician Advisor Track

On-demand audio recordings of the Physician Advisor track
of HCPro Revenue Cycle Institute's popular Medicare Compliance Forum
held May 6-7, 2010, in Las Vegas

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.

Now through these on-demand recordings, you can bring the same great training presented at the Las Vegas event to your team, ensuring everyone has the same foundation to strengthen your organization's compliance efforts.

The Physician Advisor Track delivered customized sessions for physician advisors to learn key aspects of Medicare compliance and revenue integrity. Each session is described below.

During the Physician Advisor sessions, highlights included discussion on:

• The key components of an effective physician advisor
• The best strategies to defend medical necessity denials
• Supporting initiatives to manage observation services and condition code 44

Here are the topics covered during the Physician Advisor Track:

The Roles and Responsibilities of a Physician Advisor: Understanding the best practices of physician advisors and their role in revenue integrity and compliance. Speaker: Joe Zebrowitz, MD

The Physician Advisor Role in Managing Coding Queries: Learn strategies to effectively manage coding queries from our expert speakers, who shared the PA and coding points of view. Speakers: Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CCDS, and James E. Vance, MD, MBA

The Physician Advisor Role in Appeals: An exploration of strategies and tactics you can use to assist your organization in launching effective appeal efforts. Speaker: Michael Taylor, MD

The Physician Advisor Role in Managing Observation and Condition Code 44: A look at the regulations to ensure compliant admissions. Speakers: Deborah Hale, CCS, and Michael Yanuck, MD

The Physician Advisor Role in Quality: P4P, POA, HACs, Never Events: A discussion of the regulatory environment and how physician advisors play a part in these initiatives. Speakers: Kimberly Anderwood Hoy, JD, CPC, and Michael Yanuck, MD

Also hear the General Sessions that kicked off each day of the Forum:

Observation Services and Medical Necessity: A look at the latest regulatory developments affecting inpatient coverage rules, medical necessity, screening criteria, and physician involvement. Speakers: Deborah Hale, CCS, Kimberly Anderwood Hoy, JD, CPC, and Joe Zebrowitz, MD

State of the Union: Government Audit Programs: A discussion of the latest developments with federal auditing programs including RACs, MICs, MACs, ZPICs, and CERT. Speakers: Kimberly Anderwood Hoy, JD, CPC, Stacey Levitt, MSN, CPC, and Michael Taylor, MD

Best Practices for a Successful RAC Team: Learn the most effective ways to customize how you run your RAC team so that you contribute to the success of your operation moving forward. Speakers: Kimberly Anderwood Hoy, JD, CPC, and Joe Zebrowitz, MD

Want more great training from the Medicare Compliance Forum?

For information on Medicare Compliance Forum tracks for Recovery Audit Contractors and Observation Services, click the appropriate link. You may also purchase all three tracks in a package by a clicking this link.

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