Practice Enhancement, Reimbursement and Coding Seminar
November 15, 2010
The Pennsylvania Medical Society
777 East Park Drive
Harrisburg, PA
Course Description
This physician and coding professional-oriented conference is designed to provide current updates on, and useful insights into, the most important emergency medicine reimbursement issues. You will learn strategies for enhancing your revenue in today’s environment and you will be better prepared to more effectively deal with government, private, and managed care payers.
Registration
Agenda
8:00 – 9:15 am: Health Care Reform: The Big Picture, Ed Gaines, JD, CCP
9:15 - 9:40 am: BREAK - visit exhibits
9:40 - 11:00 am: Health Care Reform: The Big Picture (cont); “Meaningful Use” and the Emergency Department, Ed Gaines, JD, CCP
11:00 – 11:20 am: BREAK - visit exhibits
11:20 am – 12:15 pm: Medicare’s Non-Payment of Fast Tracks as Emergencies
Observation Medicine: Patients Still in the ED
And Medicare’s Guidelines for Professional vs. Facilities Reimbursement
Speaker: Ron Stunz, MD
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm LUNCH
Afternoon Session: Which Point of View Will you Adopt- It’s not my money. It’s someone else’s money OR It’s MY money!
1:00 – 3:00 pm: Basic E/M Coding for Physicians Services in the ED; Todd Thomas, CPC, CCS-P
3:00 – 3:30 pm: BREAK - visit exhibits
3:30 – 4:45 pm: Case Study Presentations: Charting a Course to Coding an ED Physician’s Chart; Todd Thomas, CPC, CCS-P
4:45 – 5:30 pm: An Introduction to ED Facilities Billing; Ron Stunz, MD
5:30- 6:00 pm: Course Wrap
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