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Many changes coming avoid compliance pitfalls!
For respiratory therapy/pulmonary function professionals, 2012 comes with a warning Caution: Many compliance pitfalls ahead! The new year will bring significant changes to procedure codes and payment rules. You can steer clear of hazards with the help of this popular MedLearn webcast seminar. Get an in-depth look at what changes are coming and what your facility must do to comply. Highlights:
- Clear-cut guidance through the many 2012 code changes, including 10 deleted codes and six replacement codes, assignable to services ranging from total body plethysmography to functional residual capacity testing and membrane diffusion studies
- The correct use of new add-on codes, which must be preceded by a primary code
- Steps you must take in response to the 2012 code changes, including updates to the chargemaster, PFT panels and existing test protocols
- Explanation of changes to the Medicare OPPS regulations and how your facility will be affected
- Proactively addressingMedicare's medical necessity criteria
- Documentation and billing practices- ensuring that you are receiving the full, appropriate reimbursement
About our presenter
This MedLearn webcast is presented by Randy Wiitala, BS, MT (ASCP), a MedLearn senior healthcare consultant since 1991. Randy literally wrote the book on RT coding and billing he is coauthor of the popular MedLearn book, Coding Essentials for RT/Pulmonary Function. Among his professional affiliations are the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) and the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). His areas of expertise include chargemaster review and management for critical access and OPPS hospitals, revenue assurance, and regulatory compliance. Randy contributes to a variety of MedLearn publications and electronic products that help providers maintain revenue streams and regulatory compliance for respiratory therapy, laboratory and pharmacy services. His professional career includes experience as a medical technologist in rural and urban hospitals, marketing manager for a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company and product development/regulatory affairs specialist with a multinational diagnostics testing firm.
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