AUDIOCONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND
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The How-To Manual to Rehab Documentation presented on July 17, 2008
Will your outpatient practice be ready when Medicare comes knocking at your door?
It is a common misunderstanding that if Medicare is paying your claims that everything is correct and problem-free. Unfortunately, that is always not the case. Both hospital and private practice therapy settings need to have a solid compliance plan, complete with risk assessments, to withstand scrutiny during an audit.
You can survive a Medicare audit with the first hand advice provided during the 90-minute audioconference How to Survive a Medicare Audit: Develop your compliance plan and risk assessment strategies. We tailored this program to suit outpatient rehab units in hospitals AND private practice therapy settings. Our experienced consultant Nancy Beckley, MS, MBA, CHC, provides you and your staff members with practical strategies and tips to prepare for an audit and to understand Medicare documentation requirements.
Listen to HCPro to get the skills and advice you need to:
- Prepare for an audit
- Develop a compliance plan
- Take action if your facility is audited
- Employ peer review basics
- Understand the different types of audits
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of compliance requirements for rehab in both the facility-based and private practice situations
- Identify key elements of a compliance plan
- Use knowledge of how to conduct a risk assessment
- Demonstrate an ability to develop monitoring activities and an annual audit calendar
- Recognize how to mitigate “damages” in a Medicare audit
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AGENDA
- Medicare compliance plans: Are they required?
- Misunderstanding in hospitals
- Compliance guidance
- Outpatient rehab in the broader scheme
- Compliance elements for rehab providers
- Private practice and small practices: What’s the minimum?
- Rehab departments in hospitals and large facilities: Is the plan sufficient for the rehab department?
- Required risk assessment
- Cover the basics
- Documentation strategies
- Identify rehab risks
- Identify, correct, monitor, and audit activities
- Establish the schedule
- Peer review
- Strategies for managing a Medicare audit
- Start with the knock on the door
- Q&A
PROGRAM MATERIALS
These materials are provided with PDF links.
MEET THE SPEAKER
Nancy Beckley, MS, MBA, CHC, president of Bloomingdale Consulting Group in Brandon, FL, consults in the area of outpatient rehab. Beckley is certified in healthcare compliance. She is the author of “Managed Care for Rehab Providers Made Easy: Mastering Contracts and Obtaining Fair Reimbursement” published by HCPro. She has worked with rehab therapy clinics and hospitals in the areas of Medicare program development, survey and certification, managed care, and marketing. Additionally, Ms. Beckley has served on Medicare's Professional Technical Expert Panel on Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CORF), and as a program advisor to Easter Seals' rehab outpatient programs nationally. Ms. Beckley has more than 20 years of inpatient and outpatient rehab experience as a clinician, manager, and administrator, and served a managed care administrator for one of Florida’s largest hospitals.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists in both outpatient and inpatient settings, rehab department heads, rehab managers, rehab supervisors, private practice therapy owners, clinic directors, therapists working in physician office
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audioconferences, we are pleased to offer another option, an audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio on-demand of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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