AUDIOCONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by Briefings on APCs
presented on August 25, 2008
The 2009 OPPS proposed rule is out, and your success in reporting and billing your outpatient services and procedures starting January 1, 2009 depends on getting ready now.
HCPro's 6th Annual OPPS Program will help you understand:
- What proposed changes will affect providers the most if accepted as final for 2009
- Which areas are most likely to change from a coding, billing, operational, and financial perspective, and what providers can do now to prepare
- How to provide comments to CMS on the proposed rule and have an impact on the final regulations that will be published later this year
- And much more!
Once again, HIM and coding professionals can rely on HCPro to tackle the OPPS proposed rule with confidence. Expert speakers, Jugna Shah, MPH and Valerie A. Rinkle, MPA, join us for our 6th annual program to help you navigate the issues raised in the proposed rule, understand the key changes proposed for 2009 OPPS, and comment on them to CMS.
CMS published the proposed rule on July 3, 2008 and you can download it here. It contains sweeping changes to radiology payments, Type B ED payments, incident-to-coverage, packaging, and more.
You'll know where CMS is headed in 2009 when you understand the proposed rule. And with that understanding you'll be in a position to plan your own internal education and process changes.
PROGRAM AGENDA
This will be an aggressive program with a full—and continuously evolving—agenda:
- Proposed payment changes to imaging services
- New and critical incident-to-coverage changes for hospitals
- Proposed changes to APCs (new APCs, deleted APCs, changes to existing APCs), as well as the expansion of composite APCs
- The expected financial impact based on the payment rates proposed by CMS for 2009, including detailed information on drug APC payment rate changes
- The continuing expansion of packaged services and the financial impact on hospitals
- The key HCPCS/CPT code changes (additions, deletions, replacements)
- Proposed changes to the inpatient-only list, drug administration services (chemotherapy and non-chemotherapy infusion and injection services), the pass-through device and drug list, and more
- Cost reporting and charge practice implications
- New APCs for Type B emergency departments
- Changes in the outlier payment formula
- Other significant changes proposed by CMS for 2009
- Key areas to comment to CMS to best effect positive change for providers
Plus, a question and answer session follows the presentation.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Jugna Shah, MPH, is the president of Nimitt Consulting Inc. in Washington, DC. She has extensive experience helping providers understand and address the clinical and financial implications of APCs, facilitating APC task force meetings, strategic planning sessions, financial impact analyses discussions, and managing APC implementation and assessment projects. She is a contributing editor of HCPro's Briefings on APCs.
Valerie A. Rinkle, MPA, is revenue integrity director for Asante Health System in Medford, OR. She has more than 20 years of healthcare reimbursement experience including 11 years in nationwide consulting to hospitals and physicians regarding Medicare and Medicaid payment systems and compliance. She is the author of numerous articles on OPPS and hospital-based clinics, and serves on the editorial board of HCPro's APC Weekly Monitor.
EARN CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
This program has prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders for 1.5 Continuing Education Units. Granting of this approval in no way constitutes endorsement by the Academy of the program, content or the program sponsor. Credit expires August 25, 2009.
BONUS MATERIAL INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET!
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials. These materials are provided with PDF links.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
HIM managers, coding supervisors, outpatient coders, APC coordinators, chargemaster coordinators, revenue cycle coordinators, finance professionals and compliance officers
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular purchase option for HCPro audio conference, we are pleased to offer another option, 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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