Fresh takes on coding, charging and documentation
Are there disconnects in your emergency departments revenue cycle? Gaps and gaffes could be diverting considerable revenue from your bottom line and possibly setting you up for an unpleasant date with a Medicare auditor. Join us for this three-part MedLearn webcast series as we shine a bright light on the faulty connections that can occur when coding, charging and billing for ED services. Of course, we will devote significant time to strategies for fixing the disconnects and, better yet, preventing them in the first place. Our presenters will walk you through revenue cycle processes, ED coding and charging practices, documentation essentials and more.
In addition to ordering this series as a package, you may order the webcasts individually. If you cannot participate in a live webcast, all three sessions are available online or on CD after the webcast dates.
Webcast #1: Putting the Right Processes into Play**
Now available on CD & On-Demand
Presented by Kim Charland, BA, RHIT, CCS
What this session will cover:
- Where and why the disconnects are occurring assessing the various players and systems, from ED coders and HIM departments to the chargemaster and automated coding systems
- Revenue and compliance risk factors that should prompt you to analyze and consider updating your ED coding, charging and billing processes
- A review of the key elements you need to consider in your analysis and action plan, including financial objectives, regulatory compliance and workflow efficiencies
- Should you consolidate your coding and charging functions? A look at why hospitals are moving in this direction and insights on how it could work in your facility
- Case examples from MedLearns consulting work, to reinforce best practices in revenue cycle processes
- Q&A session a portion of the session was dedicated to answering questions from participants
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Webcast #2: Coding and Charging Fundamentals**
Now available on CD & On-Demand
Presented by Peggy Hapner, RHIA, CCS, CASCC
What this session will cover:
- In-depth discussion of coding and charging for ED services, including commonly used codes, coding guidelines and the use of modifiers
- Coding and charging best practices, as well as documentation requirements, regardless of how these tasks are handled (HIM department, ED staff and/or automated system)
- Evaluation and management services facility definitions, when you may bill for E&M services with procedures, use of modifier -25 and the establishment of points or acuity criteria
- Critical care services and the new CPT guidelines that allow for the separate reporting of inclusive services, such as chest X-rays, EKGs and ventilation management
- The latest guidelines for individual reporting of common ED procedures, such as infusions, in accordance with NCCI bundling/unbundling restrictions
- Case examples to illustrate correct and complete documentation
- Q&A session a portion of the session was dedicated to answering question from participants
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Webcast #3: The Coding-Documentation Connection**
Now available on CD & On-Demand
Presented by Peggy Hapner, RHIA, CCS, CASCC
What this session will cover:
- The documentation required for services commonly provided in the ED and the interconnection with your coding and charge capture practices
- What are the disconnects between ED coding and documentation, why do they occur, and how can you avoid costly pitfalls?
- The opportunity you may be missing revenue from secondary diagnosis code assignments for coexisting conditions
- Automated coding systems and the problem with generic documentation
- ED procedures and services that create big coding, charging and documentation headaches: infusions, splinting/casting and strapping, wound care and debridement; includes discussion of best practices, dispelling common myths; and examples of actual physician documentation
- Q&A session a portion of the session was dedicated to answering question from participants
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* This discount may not be combined with any other discount or special offer.
About our presenters
These MedLearn webcast seminars are presented by Kim Charland, BA, RHIT, CCS, and Peggy Hapner, RHIA, CCS, CASCC. Ms. Charland is a Vice President at MedLearn, where shes responsible for the content and delivery of MedLearns consulting services and the content for MedLearn publications and seminars. Her hands-on consulting work comprises several areas, including APC management projects, patient care services chargemaster reviews, hospital-based clinic reviews, surgery and emergency department pricing projects, HIM CPT code reviews, ED assessments, anesthesia services reviews, DRG reviews, physician reviews, HIM operations reviews, and on-site training in ICD-9-CM and CPT coding. Ms. Hapner, a MedLearn Senior Consulting Manager, possesses nearly 25 years of experience in health information management, coding, teaching, data quality and operations. She is MedLearns technical expert for hospital outpatient HIM services, provider-based clinics, emergency department services and patient care chargemaster services.
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