Unpack the 2024 OPPS Final Rule
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Presented on: Thursday, December 14, 2023 | 1:00–3:00 p.m. Eastern
Presented by:
Kimberly A. Hoy, JD, CPC
Teri Rice, MSN, MHA, MBA, RN, CHC
Amy Inch, COTA, CPC, CPMA
CMS issues an annual Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule detailing the confirmed changes to Medicare outpatient coding and billing. Be prepared to implement this year’s changes by January 1 by attending this webinar.
During this 120-minute webinar, expert speakers A. Hoy, JD, CPC, Teri Rice, MSN, MHA, MBA, RN, CHC, and Amy Inch, COTA, CPC, CPMA, will analyze the 2024 OPPS final rule and give you the details you need to implement CMS’ latest changes. They will discuss the finalized policies for outpatient programs and services, as well as the financial and operational impact of the changes. Hoy, Rice, and Inch will also discuss policies in the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule that could affect outpatient hospital billing and reimbursement. The program will conclude with a live Q&A.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Identify significant changes in the 2024 OPPS final rule
- Discern key changes from the 2024 MPFS final rule that could affect outpatient hospital services
- Determine the financial and operational impact of CMS’ changes
- Explain updates to quality programs and price transparency requirements
Agenda
- Key financial changes for 2024
- Finalized changes to outpatient programs and services, as well as hospital price transparency regulations
- Significant 2024 MPFS changes
- Updates to quality programs
- Live Q&A
Who Should Listen?
- Revenue cycle directors, managers, and staff
- Revenue integrity directors, managers, and staff
- HIM directors and managers
- Auditors
- Coding managers
- Outpatient coders
- Billing managers
- Billers
- Compliance professionals
- CDI professionals
- Utilization review/utilization management directors, managers, and staff
- Case management directors, managers, and staff
Meet the Speaker
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Kimberly A. Hoy, JD, CPC, is the director of Medicare and compliance for HCPro, a division of Simplify Compliance. She is a lead regulatory specialist and lead instructor for HCPro’s Medicare Boot Camp®—Hospital Version and Medicare Boot Camp—Utilization Review Version. She is also an instructor for HCPro’s Medicare Boot Camp—Critical Access Hospital Version. Hoy is a former hospital compliance officer and in-house legal counsel, and has 10 years of experience teaching, speaking, and writing about Medicare coverage, payment, and coding regulations and requirements. |
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Teri Rice, MSN, MHA, MBA, RN, CHC, is the lead instructor for HCPro’s Medicare Boot Camp—Critical Access Hospital Version and Rural Health Clinic Version and an instructor for the Medicare Boot Camp—Utilization Review Version. She is a regulatory specialist for HCPro’s Medicare Propel Advisory Services, providing guidance on coverage, billing, and reimbursement. A nurse with extensive experience in compliance, Rice has assisted an acute care hospital with documentation integrity, internal auditing, charge capturing, and education; played an active role in software implementation, process improvement, and establishment of workgroups; and co-designed physical therapy software to promote compliance with federal Medicare regulations. She has assisted with EHR rule-based functionality for accurate charge capture and presented department-specific educational programs on documentation, charging practices, and Medicare regulations. Rice has developed policies and procedures focused on Medicare regulations to promote compliance. She has collaborated on compliance work plans, internal organizational risk assessments, and root cause analysis. |
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Amy Inch, COTA, CPC, CPMA, is an instructor for HCPro’s Medicare Boot Camp—Physician Services Version and Denials and Appeals version. She has over 25 years of experience in healthcare, primarily in the roles of senior and lead investigator as well as lead investigations trainer with a Medicare Unified Program Integrity Contractor. Inch conducted extensive policy research and data analysis in the development of successful investigations. She also created and delivered education on a variety of Medicare and Medicaid topics to investigators, analysts, medical reviewers, and law enforcement. Additionally, she is an occupational therapy assistant with clinical experience in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. |
Continuing Education
ACDIS
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