Now available on CD & On-Demand
Get ready for 100+ new codes!
2012 is coming, and clinical laboratories are faced with quite possibly the biggest rewrite of laboratory codes in several years. On the horizon: more than 100 new procedure codes used for genetic testing and molecular pathology. Will your facility be ready? Now available on CD/On-Demand, our laboratory coding expert, Robin Miller Zweifel, BS, MT(ASCP), discusses what lies ahead for 2012 and what you should be doing to prepare. Highlights:
- New, deleted and revised laboratory codes for 2012, including the potential for 100-plus new procedure codes for genetic testing and molecular pathology, as well as possible changes to drug screening codes
- The latest insights into how CMS plans to implement these historic changes and how payments (technical and professional) will be affected
- How to interpret the physician fee schedule, which will contain the new genetic testing and molecular pathology codes
- Significant updates you will need to make to your chargemaster and software interfaces
- A review of basic concepts, covering the laboratory vs. physician fee schedule, method codes and unlisted codes, proper use of modifiers and more
About our presenter
Robin is a Senior Healthcare Consultant whose consulting and auditing expertise has been gained through more than 9 years with MedLearn, where her duties have included Domain Expert for the Chargemaster Division, Senior Healthcare Consultant and Project Manager. During a two year absence from MedLearn she remained active in the laboratory industry through her corporate integrity advisory services which included assessment of the clinical laboratory coding and billing compliance and adherence to the guidelines of the government payers. In July 2011, Robin rejoined the consulting staff at MedLearn.
Outside of the laboratory, Robin provides coding and auditing engagements that are focused on chargemaster management. Robin also specializes in proactive audit and documentation reviews for hospitals, laboratories and physicians. Robins goal for each of her clients is to enhance their knowledge and understanding of compliance with guidelines for documentation, coding and billing of services submitted to Medicare and Medicaid for payment.
Additionally, she provides technical content to a number of MedLearn publications, compliance Q&As and monthly newsletters.
Robin received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Medical Technology and Health Related Science from Northeast Louisiana University. With sixteen years of clinical experience, she set out in 1998 to provide consulting services specializing in Clinical Laboratory Management and Regulatory Oversight.
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