Your pharmacy revenue hinges on accurate, up-to-date knowledge
Dozens of new, revised and discontinued codes will take effect in 2012. If you dont know what they are, you wont assign the correct codes or submit clean claims. Its that simple. Throw in a new cost threshold for separately payable drugs, new payment rates, new restrictions and other changesand you understand why we created a 2012 Pharmacy Coding & Billing Combo. This how-to tandem contains a wealth of actionable guidance, insights and tips, intended to help you successfully navigate the new year and protect your vital pharmacy revenue stream.
Book: 2012 Revenue Capture Guide for the Pharmacy
- Comprehensive guidance with Medicares reimbursement rules for the hospital pharmacy department
- Current payment information for the full range of pharmaceuticals, including drugs, biologicals and radiopharmaceuticals
- Clarification of key topics, such as coding and billing rules for dispensing pharmaceuticals in the outpatient and inpatient settings
- Chapter devoted to drug data, including two extensive tables with billable units of measure defined, one sorted by 2012 codes and one by drug names
- Updated HCPCS tables, organized in numerical order, with 2012 payment rate and billing units
- Detailed information on the expanded 340B Drug Pricing Program
- NEW FOR 2012:
- Addresses the dozens of new, revised and discontinued codes for 2012
- Information on the new Medicare cost threshold for separately payable drugs
- New APC rates, resulting from an extensive CMS evaluation of claims data
Webcast seminar: 2012 Pharmacy Drug Coding and Billing Strategies
(Recorded session available online or on CD)
- Guidance with 2012 HCPCS code changes specific to pharmacy, including new, revised and discontinued codes
- What will happen with payments in 2012, including new APC rates, the new Medicare cost threshold for separately payable drugs and which drugs will no longer qualify for payment
- Side-by-side comparisons of 2011 versus 2012 Medicare payments for high-profile drugs
- Understanding and adapting to key regulatory trends, including the growing pressure by CMS to strengthen the accuracy and precision of drug code assignments and charges
- How to reduce the risk of claim denials by avoiding common pitfalls, including lack of medical necessity, incorrect code assignments, billing unit errors, incorrect billing of self-administered drugs and lack of prior authorization
- 2012 update on RAC and other recovery initiatives, especially the scrutiny of claims for high-volume and high-cost drugs
- Best practices refresher for ensuring accurate assignments, starting with the set-up of your chargemaster and continuing through file maintenance and validating the accuracy of NDC dose forms, route of administration and other key data
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