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RACs & Medical Necessity: Ensure Revenue Integrity; Avoid Denials
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SUMMARY
CMS has now approved medical necessity issues for RAC review. What can you do to prepare for medical necessity audits, gain valuable tips for determining which claims to appeal and specific strategies to handle the appeals process? Join us for this 60-minute webinar to discover:
- What RAC auditors are looking for regarding medical necessity issues
- Strategies to reduce RAC medical necessity denials
- Ways to prepare for appeals specific to medical necessity
- Keys to improve documentation specific to medical necessity
- What to appeal & what not to appeal - how to know the difference
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
In this practical, 60-minute webinar, you and your colleagues will be provided with critical information on what you must do NOW to prepare for RAC medical necessity audits and strategies to handle these appeals.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- RACs & Medical Necessity: What is Being Targeted Now
- What are the RAC medical necessity targets
- How to overcome the challenges in preventing & responding to audits
- Specific strategies to reduce RAC medical necessity denials
- Medical Necessity Documentation: What You Need to Know
- Strategies to improve documentation to support medical necessity
- Keys to demonstrate a compliant process for certifying medical necessity
- What are the different levels in justifying medical necessity
- RAC Audits: How to Prepare
- Tips to determine which claims to appeal
- Keys to proactively defend against RAC medical necessity denials
- Specific strategies to implement a thorough appeals process
- Techniques to appeal RAC medical necessity denials
- Live question and answer session - Have your RAC questions answered
- RACs & Medical Necessity: What is Being Targeted Now
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SPEAKER
Joan L. Usher, BS, RHIA, COS-C, ACE is President of JLU Heath Record Systems and is a nationally recognized expert in the field of health information management.
- Joan has taught ICD-9 coding for over 11 years and has educated over 7,500 people nationwide.
- Joan has been Director of Clinical Information Services at Franciscan Hospital for Children in Boston for the past eleven years.
- She is the author, Rapid Reference Coding Guide www.jluhealth.com and ICD-9CM Coding for Home Health, A Comprehensive Coders Guide.
- Joan was a contributing editor to Schraffenberger & Kuhn, Effective Management of Coding Services, AHIMA, 2010.
- She is past president of Massachusetts Health Information Management Association where under her leadership; MA received 4 national awards from AHIMA in Continuing Education Programs, Support for Accredited HIM Education Programs, Legislative Advocacy and Electronic Communications.
- Joan received a professional achievement award from AHIMA in 2008.
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PROGRAM MATERIALS
The speaker's PowerPoint presentation slides are included with your audio recording purchase. All materials are accessible through the Internet and can be downloaded as a PDF file.
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PRICING
$199.00 for audio conference recording (CD or DVD) and program materials.
This is an outstanding program and therefore we offer purchasers a Money Back Guarantee. We are so confident that you will find the conference valuable that we offer a 100% money back guarantee from now until 30 days after the audio recording is shipped, making this a risk-free investment. If you should have any concerns, comments, or refund requests with this conference, please contact our customer service representatives at 800-964-6033. Audio recordings will be received approximately three weeks after the live conference.
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