Injections and Infusions: Solutions for Common Coding and Billing Questions
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by MedicareFind™
Presented on Wednesday, January 19, 2011
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 out on appropriate revenue.
Join us for this two-hour audio conference where our expert speakers will review 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
- Describe best practices for documenting start and stop times
- Discuss options to operationally charge-capture
- Determine high risk audit issues
THE AGENDA
- Summary of the guidelines for reporting injections and infusions for hospitals
- Review of CPT coding hierarchy
- Review OPPS/APC 2011 payment-related changes
- Tips for monitoring and auditing claims internally
- Tips to operationalize charge capture of infusion services across departments
- A review of open issues
- Documentation problems areas, such as stop, start, and missing times
- Medically unlikely edits (MUE)
- Drug administration integral to other procedures
- Reporting drug administration services in the inpatient and outpatient setting
- Discussion of audience pre-submitted questions
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Jugna Shah, MPH, is president of Nimitt Consulting in Washington, DC. She is a frequent speaker and a contributing writer to the newsletter, Briefings on APCs from HCPro. 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. She works extensively on drug administration coding and billing matters with providers across the country, including many who provide large volumes of infusion and oncology services.
Valerie A. Rinkle, MPA, is revenue cycle director for Asante Health System in Medford, OR. She has more than 20 years of healthcare reimbursement experience including 11 years in nationwide consulting to hospitals and physicians regarding Medicare and Medicaid payment systems and compliance. She is a the author of numerous articles on OPPS and hospital-based clinics, and a member of the editorial advisory board for the APC Answer Letter and the APC Weekly Monitor, both from HCPro.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
HIM managers; coding and billing staff, medical records staff; 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.
BONUS MATERIAL INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIAL PACKET
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials.AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular participation options for HCPro audio conferences—live, CD, or combination packages—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. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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