Hospitals and SNF Consolidated Billing
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by Revenue Cycle Institute
Medicare regulations require hospitals to bill differently for skilled nursing facility (SNF) patients.
This 90-minute audio conference will teach your hospital staff what they need to know about SNF consolidated billing. Topics covered will include invoicing, contracting, and determining which services are included and excluded in SNF Medicare rate. The speakers will explain the rules and regulations behind the relevant billing issues for hospitals.
This is an intermediate-level program. Participants should understand the basic definition of consolidated billing.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:
- Define consolidated billing and the applicable Medicare rules and regulations
- List the services included in and excluded from consolidated billing
- Determine how to correctly bill SNFs for included services
- Develop policies and procedures to handle consolidated billing
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA
- Consolidated billing background
- Medicare part A v. Medicare part B
- Rules and regulations
- Included v. excluded services
- Contracting issues
- Processes and procedures
- Invoicing
- Classifying and tracking patients
- Understanding the fee schedule
- Using CMS lookup files
As always, a live question and answer session follows the presentation.
FEATURED SPEAKER
Cindy Dunne is president of ECS Billing & Consulting, Inc., in Dublin, OH, and provides billing and consulting services for skilled nursing facilities and other health care providers. She has more than 25 years of experience in the industry and has expertise in business operations and SNF billing and receivables.
Yelena Koltsova is a vice president of Wern and Associates, a long-term care consulting company in Boardman, OH. She has expertise in federal, state, commercial insurances, and private pay billing and reimbursement, and implementation of efficient collection policies and procedures.
BONUS MATERIAL INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIAL PACKET!
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll receive a slide presentation of the program materials and valuable takeaways, which you can use at your facility, including:
- General explanation of the major categories for SNFs
- Consolidated billing dialysis chart
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Revenue cycle managers, reimbursement directors, billing managers, billers, HIM mangers, coders, patient access managers, and admission staff
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular participation options for HCPro audio conferences—live, CD, or combination packages—we are pleased to offer an audio on-demand, which allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase an CD or audio on-demand or CD 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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