Sign up for one of three –
coding, billing & compliance –
pre-conference workshops

Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006
9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. (lunch on us!)

8:00-9:00 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast

CODING WORKSHOP

E/M Chart Auditing

Barb Pierce, CCS-P, ACS-EM, PMM
Professional Management Midwest
Omaha, Neb.
   

Choosing the appropriate E/M code level is the bane of coders across the nation. Here’s your opportunity to learn chart auditing or hone your existing skills with the help of nationally-recognized veteran of chart auditing Barb Pierce, CCS-P, ACS-EM, PMM, Professional Management Midwest, Omaha, Neb. Immerse yourself in this day-long intensive hands-on workshop. Roll up your sleeves and get involved as Barb takes apart a series of physician chart notes, line-by-line, to show you what counts and what doesn’t, what the doctor probably did but didn’t document and more to determine your correct E/M code level. This workshop is designed for all specialties that bill evaluation and management services using the 1995 and 1997 CMS documentation guidelines. Take home several audit tools you can use right away in your practice.

BILLING/REIMBURSEMENT WORKSHOP

Conquer Your Revenue-Cycle Woes: Comprehensive Strategies to Improve Collections in the Physician Practice

Rick Carter
President & Senior Director
Equation Consulting
Salt Lake City, Utah

Just one or two gaps in your billing operations can shoot holes in your A/R – and cost you entitled reimbursement. This day-long session for small and large practices and faculty practice plans gives you skills and strategies to close the loop and improve your collections – once and for all. Rick Carter, president & senior director, Equation Consulting, Salt Lake City, walks you through each step in the typical physician practice revenue cycle so you can spot and fix any weaknesses in yours. You get 20 examples of good and bad collections, and discover the dynamics of A/R to predict where your collections are headed. You go home with unique strategies for your office to boost collections. You understand how to create a billing & collections action plan. BONUS: Go home with a CD-ROM packed with tools to track and successfully report your practice’s revenue cycle.

COMPLIANCE WORKSHOP

Eyewitness Exclusive: What It’s Like to Go Through a Government Investigation and Settlement

Vicki Dwyer, ARNP, MN, ASC-EM, CPC
Compliance and Privacy Officer
Galichia Medical Group
Wichita, Kan.


Martha Aaron Ross
health care attorney
Foulston Siefkin
Wichita, Kan.
 

Everyone fears the day federal agents show up on their doorstep. Should it ever happen to you, you will be thankful to have heard firsthand what to expect and how to respond. Vicki Dwyer, compliance officer and privacy officer, Galichia Medical Group, Wichita, Kan., whose practice has been the subject of an extensive government investigation, and Martha Aaron Ross, health care attorney, Foulston Siefkin, Wichita, Kan., a member of the practice’s legal team, share their experiences in this educational and gut-wrenching session. Vicki and Martha will focus on the various enforcement tools available to the government and how those tools are used; responding to government inquiries; conducting internal investigations and other strategies for developing defenses to government allegations; overcoming the stress and strain to keep your business moving forward; and negotiating and living with settlement agreements.

4:30 p.m. Adjourn

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