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Observation vs. Inpatient: Clear Up the Confusion; Maximize Reimbursement
Webinar Price: $199.00 (U.S. Dollars) -
Thursday,
February 23, 20121:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Eastern)
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SUMMARY
Determining observation services versus inpatient is critical to getting the reimbursement you deserve. Done wrong, you can be faced with denials, reduced payments and a RAC audit. What can you do to make sure the documentation and coding is correct for these patients? Join us for this 60-minute webinar where you and your colleagues will discover:
- Observation or Inpatient: Tips to clear up coding & billing confusion
- CMS guidelines for observation status - what's new in 2012
- Critical guidance on required documentation - what you need to know
- Common compliance traps - and how to avoid them
- Examples of real scenarios - and what to do about them
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
This 60-minute webinar will provide you and your colleagues with the latest information on the proper documentation, coding and billing procedures for observation services vs. inpatient.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Proper Inpatient vs. Observation Designation: Get the Payment You Deserve
- What are the criteria to change status to inpatient from observation
- Specific rules on when not to admit or bill observation
- Active monitoring - How to comply with the calculation for units of service
- When is an ABN appropriate - and when is it not?
- Documenting Observation vs. Inpatient: Critical Guidance for Hospitals
- Specific checklist of reporting criteria for observation services
- How to handle a change of admit status - when the attending disagrees
- What documentation CMS requires to bill Observation status
- Tips to interpret the documentation - to code for proper reimbursement
- Coding Compliance - Best Practices to Get Your Coding Right in 2012
- Common coding mistakes & how to avoid them
- What to look for when auditing charts for compliance
- Proper HCPCS/CPT codes to use when billing observation
- Auditing tips & other considerations to help you stay in compliance
- Live question and answer session - Have your specific observation status vs. inpatient questions answered
- Proper Inpatient vs. Observation Designation: Get the Payment You Deserve
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SPEAKER
Christi Sarasin CCS, CCDS, CPC-H, FCS, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer
- Christi Sarasin is the Principal of Sarasin Consulting Group based in Friendship, MD with more than 29 years of health information management and consulting experience.
- Ms. Sarasin is a recognized expert and frequent national speaker to healthcare providers on various subjects that include hospital compliance for observation services, drug administration services, the three-day rule, Qui Tam, DRG and ICD-9-CM coding and annual updates, APC and CPT coding and annual updates for hospitals. She is also an active member of AHIMA, ACDIS, AAPC and ACMCS.
- Prior to establishing Sarasin Consulting Group, Ms. Sarasin worked as a healthcare consultant for three national healthcare consulting firms where she specialized in auditing, training and product development for coding and billing compliance. She was the technical editor for St. Anthony Publishing, based in Reston, Va., the leading publisher of coding, billing, reimbursement and managed care information in the United States.
- Ms. Sarasin has over fourteen (14) years of experience at a 350-bed acute care hospital. Her hands-on experience in the various operational processes of a health information department has given her a broad perspective of the global medical record workflow processes and the outside influences that impact coding, reimbursement and compliance.
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PROGRAM MATERIALS
Program Materials will be provided approximately one week before the program date via email with PDF links. Please download the PDF files before the day of the program.
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PRICING
$199.00 for live audio conference and program material.
This is an outstanding program and therefore we offer our attendees a Money Back Guarantee - We are so confident you will find the conference program valuable that we offer a 100% money back guarantee, 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.
PLEASE NOTE: Participation in the call is just $199.00 per site and allows access to one phone line for an unlimited number of people to listen. All materials must be retrieved from the Internet.
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