2021 Advanced Specialty Coding, Compliance and Reimbursement Symposium
November 8–10, 2021 | Orlando, FL
Join us November 8–10, 2021, at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista—Disney Springs Area, for the specialty-specific training you need at the Advanced Specialty Coding, Compliance, and Reimbursement Symposium for anesthesia, orthopedics, and pain management.
Make sure you’re up to date on the latest coding, billing, and compliance changes, including:
- New 2021 E/M office visit rules
- A look ahead at new, revised, and deleted ICD-10 procedure and diagnosis codes for 2022 and how to navigate them
- Guidance from our experts on how to increase coding compliance and reduce denials
- Insight into documentation and coding fixes that can free up lost revenue in your practice
Learn all you need to know from our expert speakers as they provide you with important information about your medical practice specialty coding. You can expect tips and tools on coding and billing, improved documentation, reduced audit risk, and the most recent hot topics in the field. By attending this symposium, you’ll get all of the following:
- The lowdown on 2022 CPT® codes: Obtain specialty-specific updates and guidance on coding changes that will impact the way you report services and the way your practice is paid.
- Anatomical insights: Take the mystery out of the medical terminology in charts, speed up your coding, and spot documentation errors with detailed anatomical guidance.
- Expert advice: Get answers to your pressing coding and billing questions during each session.
- Tips to overcome the latest coding challenges: Clear up lingering questions about how to report new services or how to stop those denials that continue to clog your claims cycle.
Choose between one of three specialty tracks (NOTE: After registering, any changes to your selected track must be made prior to arrival onsite at the event location):
ANESTHESIA: Maximize your coding efficiency and conquer the most perplexing billing, coding, and compliance issues.
ORTHOPEDICS: Solve your most pressing musculoskeletal coding problems from shoulder to toe and gain expert insight and guidance to handle payer policy challenges.
PAIN MANAGEMENT: Use specialty-specific scenarios to improve your knowledge of anatomy and boost your coding prowess.
BONUS: All attendees will automatically be registered for a complimentary specialty coding virtual event! This companion virtual event will correspond to the in-person specialty track you’ve attended (anesthesia, orthopedics, or pain management). Attend the in-person event, then relisten and retrain as needed with the virtual event—gather your coding team for it once you’re back in the office, for example. Learn more about the virtuals below:
- Virtual Training: Anesthesia & Pain Management Coding & Billing Update (November 30, 2021)
- Virtual Training: Orthopedic Coding & Billing Update (December 7, 2021)
2021 Advanced Specialty Coding, Compliance and Reimbursement Symposium
Agenda
Choose from one of the following three tracks.
NOTE: After registering, any changes to your selected track must be made prior to arrival onsite at the event location.
Preconference — Monday, November 8, 2021
Track: AnesthesiaWhat’s New in 2022: Get Ahead of Coding, Billing, and Compliance Changes 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 1:40 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. 2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 4:10 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. |
Track: OrthopedicsWhat’s New in 2022: Get Ahead of Coding, Billing, and Compliance Changes 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 1:40 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. 2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 4:10 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. |
Track: Pain ManagementWhat’s New in 2022: Get Ahead of Coding, Billing, and Compliance Changes 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 1:40 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. 2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 4:10 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. |
Main Conference, Day 1 — Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Track: Anesthesia7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 1:40 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. 2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 4:10 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. 5:10 p.m. |
Track: Orthopedics7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 1:40 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. 2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 4:10 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. 5:10 p.m. |
Track: Pain Management7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 4:10 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. 5:10 p.m. |
Main Conference, Day 2 — Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Track: Anesthesia7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. 12:40 p.m. |
Track: Orthopedics7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. 12:40 p.m. |
Track: Pain Management7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. 12:40 p.m. |
2021 Advanced Specialty Coding, Compliance and Reimbursement Symposium
Speakers
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Christopher Acevedo, Chief Operations Officer of Acevedo Consulting Inc., is a healthcare industry veteran with over 15 years of expertise in combining the unique perspective of avoiding physician risk and liability with opportunities for optimizing reimbursement. Most recently he served as Vice President of Physician Operations for the nation’s largest privately held hospice as well as the Chief Operating Officer of the largest multi-state provider of palliative care services in the United States. In these roles he was responsible for day-to-day operations, strategic growth, oversight of clinical integration and excellence, financial performance and operational efficiencies. Acevedo remains highly sought after as a lecturer and his expertise in building highly integrated palliative care partnerships has been integral in transforming the way healthcare is delivered to the most vulnerable of patient populations. |
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Melissa Billman is the director of billing services for CE Medical Group. With over 10 years of billing experience, Billman has developed a rare talent to get accounts with extensive account receivables back in order. Clients love her expertise in customer service and effective billing processes. As a team manager, she uses her team’s strengths to efficiently reach goals. Not only can she get a client’s billing into shape, but she can also assist with management consulting and auditing services. Billman speaks nationally, educating providers and billers about billing and coding compliance. |
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Doris V. Branker, CHC, CPC, CIRCC, CPMA, CPC-I, CANPC, CEMC, is a multispecialty coding, reimbursement, practice management, and compliance consultant. She is principal consultant and owner of DB Healthcare Consulting & Education. Her specialty areas include evaluation and management, anesthesia, pain management, critical care medicine, interventional radiology, and cardiology. She shares free educational content in her specialty areas on her YouTube page Doris Thecoder. |
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With 26 years’ experience in the business of health care reimbursement, Jessyka Burke, BSHA, CPC, COSC, CASCC, worked her way up from being a receptionist at an orthopedic clinic to lead coding and billing specialist/ physician and staff educator for a private orthopedic surgery practice in Auburn, Wash. She also serves as coding consultant and education assistant for the Ozark Coding Alliance, billing consultant for Rehab PhysioWorks in Kent, Wash. With coding and billing experience in both hospital facilities and physician private practice settings, Burke has experience coding not only orthopedics but pain management, PM&R, ASC facilities, PT, OT, massage therapy, podiatry and ENT, among other specialties. She is currently working toward a master’s degree in public health communications and leadership. |
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Kimberly Ross Clayson is the managing attorney and chief of operations at Maxwell Dunn, PLC, a boutique law firm that serves small businesses and entrepreneurs, including healthcare businesses and physician practices. Kim has been practicing law for 15 years working on the business aspects of healthcare businesses and physician practices and collaborating with Vicki Myckowiak on healthcare compliance issues. She graduated from University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and with a book award for legal research and writing. Kim is an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and has written on a variety of legal subjects for the Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education. |
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Daniel J. Crane, MBA, is the president for CE Medical Group. Crane's specialties are strategic planning and development for physician groups. He has been a faculty instructor for numerous national pain society conferences, including SPPM and ASIPP. His expertise in business management, marketing strategies, and practice expansion are why his team has managed over $350 million in revenue for private practices. Crane’s greatest professional joys are watching practices grow through the business strategies CE Medical Group implements and helping clients achieve financial success. |
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Kelly Dennis, MBA, ACS-AN, CANPC, CHCA, CPC, CPC-I, has over 37 years of experience in anesthesia coding and billing and speaks about anesthesia issues nationally. She is a certified coder and instructor with special qualifications in anesthesia and served as lead advisor for the anesthesia Board of Medical Specialty Coding. She has owned her own consulting company, Perfect Office Solutions, Inc., since November 2001. Dennis is a certified healthcare auditor and is currently studying for AAPC’s Certified Professional Medical Auditor (CPMA) examination. |
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Marcy Garuccio, ACS-AN, CANPC, CPMA, CPC, has a career that spans more than three decades and is built on a strong anesthesia foundation. She uses her years of experience in both the clinical and consulting arenas to explain the complexities of coding, billing, documentation, and compliance regulations such as HIPAA to clinicians and coders. Her medical consulting company provides a full suite of services, with a concentration in auditing and quality, and extends to practice management review and office policy creation. She has written articles for AAPC and has presented webinars for AAPC and DecisionHealth. She also is a speaker for DecisionHealth’s annual conferences. |
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Jillian Harrington, Ed.D., MHA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-P, CPC-I, CEMC, MHP, is a regulatory specialist for HCPro. She serves as an instructor for the Certified Coder Boot Camp®—Original (live and online), the Certified Coder Boot Camp®—Inpatient Version, the Medicare Boot Camp®—Hospital Version, and the Medicare Boot Camp®—Physician Services Version. She also co-developed the Codercise® CPT Operative Report. Dr. Harrington has more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare profession. She is an approved instructor of the Professional Medical Coding Curriculum, awarded by the AAPC, and teaches coding for physician and hospital services, as well as healthcare administration. She has spoken frequently on healthcare compliance and HIM issues at regional and national professional conferences. She holds a doctorate in leadership from Creighton University. |
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Alison Kuley, CPC, has been a Certified Professional Coder for more than a decade and is a noted expert in the field of spine coding. A member of the North American Spine Society Coding Committee, she is a regular speaker at conferences around the country. Kuley is currently on staff at National Medical Billing Services, where she works closely with her clients to make sure they understand what is needed to code cases accurately. Prior to that, she managed the revenue cycle staff at Litchfield Hills (Connecticut) Orthopedics. With her extensive experience, Kuley is an expert in process, procedures, and reimbursement methodologies for the complex and ever-changing specialty of orthopedics and spine. |
| Julia Kyles, CPC, joined the DecisionHealth editorial team in 2000. In that time she has written a wide range of articles and books for DecisionHealth including the Anesthesia & Pain Coder’s Pink Sheet and Pain Management Coding Answers. She also develops the agendas for the annual anesthesia and pain management conferences. To improve her coding knowledge and better understand her readers, Julia joined the AAPC and received her CPC certification in 2015. | |
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Pamela Linton, CPC, CANPC, has been in the coding profession since 1980 and has worked exclusively in anesthesia and pain management for the past 23 years. She is the corporate coding manager for the anesthesia and pain management division in the compliance department of Zotec Partners, a national revenue cycle management company. Much of Linton’s work is centered on training. She gives new clients feedback on how they can improve their documentation, creates education materials for coders and physicians, provides in-person training to physicians, and responds to questions from coders, managers, and providers on a daily basis. |
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Jennifer McNamara, CPC, CCS, CRC, CPMA, CPC-I, CGSC, COPC, Owner of Ozark Coding Alliance, has been a private practice anesthesiologist for more than 20 years and currently works on the cardiac anesthesia team at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. Before embarking on a clinical career, she worked as a medical research technician at the University of Pittsburgh and Chicago Children’s Hospital. She attended medical school at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago and served her rotating internship at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Illinois. Following her anesthesia residency at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Chicago Hospitals, Dr. McNeill studied cardiothoracic anesthesia for six months at Allegheny General Hospital. |
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Laura McNeill, MD, MD, has been a private practice anesthesiologist for more than 20 years and currently works on the cardiac anesthesia team at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. Before embarking on a clinical career, she worked as a medical research technician at the University of Pittsburgh and Chicago Children’s Hospital. She attended medical school at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago and served her rotating internship at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Illinois. Following her anesthesia residency at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Chicago Hospitals, Dr. McNeill studied cardiothoracic anesthesia for six months at Allegheny General Hospital. |
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Shelley C. Safian, PhD, RHIA, HCISPP, CCS-P, COC, AAPC-Approved Instructor, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer at Safian Communications Services Inc., Dr. Shelley C. Safian has been teaching health care administration, health information and informatics management, and medical billing and coding, both onsite and online, for more than a decade. Safian completed her PhD in Health Care Administration in June 2011. In addition, she holds a graduate certificate in health care management, a graduate certificate in health informatics, and a master’s degree in organizational management. Safian writes numerous articles each year on various aspects of coding, including ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and CPT. She is the author of seven textbooks, including: Insurance Coding & Electronic Claims for the Medical Office, The Complete Procedure Coding Book, The Complete Diagnosis Coding Book, You Code It! A Case Studies Workbook, Essentials of Health Care Compliance, Foundations of Health Care Administration, and Let's Code It! |
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Amy Turner, RN, BSN, MMHC, CPC, CHC, CHIAP, has a widespread background in clinical operations, revenue cycle, internal audits, risk management, and healthcare administration. Turner has 21 years of pain management experience and uses her unique blend of clinical training, coding education, and revenue cycle knowledge with an overlay of regulatory compliance expertise to offer insights that speak to both clinicians and executives. Turner’s experience includes working in large and small private practices, at academic facilities, and with hospital-based physicians. She is responsible for proposing, budgeting, staffing, leading, and conducting various consulting engagements covering a wide spectrum of healthcare-related needs. |
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Michael G. Warshaw, DPM, CPC, is a practicing podiatrist and certified medical coder who speaks nationwide on foot and ankle coding as well as durable medical equipment coding and compliance, among other topics. Dr. Warshaw is the author of numerous articles as well as the 2020 Podiatry Manual, published by the American College of Podiatric Medicine. In addition, he specializes in forensic medical coding and has served as an auditor and expert witness in civil and criminal healthcare cases across the U.S. |
2021 Advanced Specialty Coding, Compliance and Reimbursement Symposium
Location
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista—Disney Springs Area
1751 Hotel Plaza Boulevard
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
- Room rate: $199/night*
- Hotel cut-off date: Monday, October 18, 2021. Hotel rooms may sell out earlier than the cut-off date, so book early!
- Toll-free reservation center: 800-782-4414 (reference the DecisionHealth Advanced Specialty Coding Symposium room block and group code DEH)
- Reservations URL: https://book.passkey.com/e/50164835
- Hotel website: https://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/florida/hilton-orlando-lake-buena-vista-disney-springs-area-ORLDWHH/index.html
There is a similarly named hotel in the vicinity of the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista—Disney Springs Area, so please be sure to use the above information for directions to the venue.
*In addition to the room rate, the hotel is offering an OPTIONAL $20.00 daily resort fee that includes the following amenities:
- High-speed guest room internet access
- Unlimited movie rentals from DVDNow
- Disney bus transportation—daily to Disney Theme Parks (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Typhoon Lagoon, and Blizzard Beach) and nightly to Disney Springs (beginning at 7 p.m.)
- Two 16-oz Starbucks coffees or two 16.9-oz bottles of water
- Local, toll-free, domestic, and credit card calls (no access fee)
- Complimentary access to the 24-hour on-site fitness center
Simplify Compliance/DecisionHealth has no affiliation with any third-party companies or travel assistance providers. Rooms should be booked directly with the event hotel using the official information provided on the website and in the brochure.
Exclusive Disney Discount!
Disney World is offering a special discount on Twilight Tickets as well as discounted multi-day tickets for Nov 6-11, 2021. Multi-day tickets include a complimentary bonus visit to an additional Disney experience. Purchase the tickets here.
Offer ends November 5, 2021.
2021 Advanced Specialty Coding, Compliance and Reimbursement Symposium
Pricing
PreCon + Main Con (kit): $1,490.00
Main Conference
Retail Price: $1,095.00
Pre-Conference
Retail Price: $595
2021 Advanced Specialty Coding, Compliance and Reimbursement Symposium
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2021 Advanced Specialty Coding, Compliance and Reimbursement Symposium
COVID Safety
Simplify Compliance places the highest priority on the safety of our guests. In preparation for attendance at our events, we want to share the following measures to promote health and well being:
- The hotel is currently requiring face coverings for everyone regardless of vaccination status while indoors unless actively eating or drinking.
- Meeting rooms will be set to allow for social distancing.
- Food service will follow the safety guidelines implemented by the hotel.
To view all the safety measures that the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista has implemented, please see the information listed on their website: https://www.hilton.com/en/corporate/cleanstay/
Simplify Compliance will continue to monitor the COVID-19 environment and the recommended guidelines, and we will communicate any adjustments to the on-site policies and procedures as we approach the live event date.
2021 Advanced Specialty Coding, Compliance and Reimbursement Symposium
Continuing Education
All Preconference Tracks
AHIMA
This program has been approved for 7 continuing education units for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
AAPC
This program has the prior approval of AAPC for 7 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
BMSC
This program has been approved by the Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance for 6 CEUs towards the maintenance of the ACS, SCP and CCP-P credentials.
Anesthesia Track / Pain Management Track
AHIMA
This program has been approved for 11 continuing education units for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
AAPC
This program has the prior approval of AAPC for 11 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
BMSC
This program has been approved by the Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance for 9 CEUs towards the maintenance of the ACS, SCP and CCP-P credentials.
Orthopedics Track
AHIMA
This program has been approved for 11 continuing education units for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
AAPC
This program has the prior approval of AAPC for 11 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.
BMSC
This program has been approved by the Board of Medical Specialty Coding & Compliance for 11 CEUs towards the maintenance of the ACS, SCP and CCP-P credentials.
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