With all of the changes, HIPAA rules and regulations, and the constant possibility of audits; you just can't take a chance of not knowing what is needed to be compliant in the coding and billing of your services. This course is designed to help you determine what is needed to have effective and efficient documentation, when to use modifiers, and how to not 'unbundle' services.
The key to a good practice is having a compliance plan in place. You will learn about the resources needed to create a successful compliance program and about the key elements needed to do so. You will also learn about the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan for 2004. This gives you a heads up on the services that could be targeted in the New Year's audits so you can be prepared.
Evaluation and Management documentation can be your worst nightmare, but this course gives you detailed specifics needed when documenting multiple or single organ system examinations. The specialties examinations covered are listed below. - Cardiovascular - Otolaryngology - Ophthalmology - Genitourinary - Hematologic/Lymphatic/Immunologic - Musculoskeletal - Neurological - Psychiatric - Respiratory - Integumentary
For those of you who work at a teaching hospital, teaching physician guidelines will be covered including recent changes.
As you can see, this course is a valuable asset in preparing yourself and your staff.
At the end of the course, students that are physicians will be able to document compliantly and efficiently. Students who are physician educators, office managers, consultants, etc. will be able evaluate documentation for compliance and will be able to teach physicians how to document; allowing more time to focus on patient care. You will be able to recognize and/or provide good documentation helping to allow the maximum reimbursement for the services performed.
This course was designed for physicians or upper level medical office managers. Students should have a working knowledge of medical billing practices, medical coding, and medical terminology.
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