Now available on CD & On-Demand
Let us help you clear up the questions and confusion
What will happen in 2012 with Medicare coding and documentation rules for outpatient infusion services? What can you expect from regulatory entities, such as the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program and Medicaid Integrity Program (MIP)? Will they continue their tough scrutiny of infusion services, especially documentation for services charged and billed? How will your facility be impacted on a daily basis? Many questions, one efficient session for getting accurate, timely answers a perfect description of this webcast seminar. Highlights:
- 2012 updates
to codes, instructions and APC payment rates
- Proactive
approaches to infusion-related RAC / MIP, etc. audits developing
iron-clad documentation for the services you provide
- Top
compliance issues youll face in 2012, including:
- Documentation related to time, route, site and
flushes
- Single versus mixed solutions
- Concurrent versus sequential treatment
- Local and national coverage determinations
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Medical necessity
- Hierarchy
- Chemotherapy
Provider Accreditation
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins will award 1.5 contact hours for this continuing nursing education activity.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749 for 1.5 contact hours, District of Columbia, and Florida #50-1223. Your certificate is valid in all states.
About our presenter
This webcast is presented by Jean Ann Hartzell-Minzey, CEO & Chairman of the Board of Healthcare Education Strategies, Inc., a national consulting firm headquartered in Prairieville, La. Ms. Hartzell-Minzey actively develops systems and innovative programs for healthcare leaders and trainers. Her approach towards ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS reflects her clinical knowledge and her understanding of reimbursement methodologies. She implemented one of the first DRG systems in the country, and educated 280 members of the medical staff. Her sessions provide the building blocks to transition to ICD-10, help decrease RAC exposure, and enhance ICD-9-CM coding. She looks at ICD-10 training in a purposeful and practical way with the goal of providing functional education for measurable improvement. Ms. Hartzell-Minzey was the recipient of the American Health Information Management Associations Pioneer Award for Quality Assurance in 1989. As a Certified Healthcare Auditor, she is proficient in the critical areas of audit compliance and national standards for auditing as established by the American Society for Quality (ASQ), consistent with methodologies used by CMS and the OIG. She works with many facility types and has provided more than 3,600 educational programs in the areas of coding, reimbursement and compliance for healthcare entities and associations throughout the U.S.
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