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Resource Based Relative Value Scale: Clear Up the Confusion Today
Audio Conference Recording Price: 199.00 -
SUMMARY
Changes to the Medicare Resource Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) system will be in effect on January 1, 2009. Take the mystery out of RBRVS and better project income, bill compliantly, and save time on your appeals for both Medicare and non-Medicare claims. Join us for this 60-minute audio conference where you will discover:
- Critical information to ensure compliant reporting
- How to avoid wasting time submitting claims Medicare won't reimburse
- Tips on increasing the number of successful claim appeals
- How to better develop your fees and project income
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
This 60-minute, audio conference will provide administrators, medical providers, coding, billing and collection staff with an understanding of the CMS fee schedule, various payment policy indicators in RBRVS and ultimately how to free staff up to work more efficiently.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- CMS' Resource Based Relative Value Scale-What You Need to Know
- Decipher the ABC's of CMS' 16 payment status indicators
- Why the organization of the RBRVS file is important to you
- What you need to know about "carrier priced" services
- Stop Trying to Collect for Charges Not Payable by Law-Know the Difference
- Translate "N/A" and the potential impact on your revenue
- Tips to determine when Medicare will pay for assistants during surgery
- Keys to identify "incident to" services that CMS will not reimburse
- Design Compliant Reports-Avoid Time Consuming Claim Submission
- How compliant reporting can assist you in successful claim appeals
- Tips for developing reporting to be used for income analysis and projection
- Specific reporting techniques to assist you in developing fee schedules
- Live question and answer session-Have your specific RBRVS questions answered
- CMS' Resource Based Relative Value Scale-What You Need to Know
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SPEAKER
Joanne Mehmert, CPC, CCC-PM, ACS-PM, President of Joanne Mehmert & Associates, LLC, in Kansas City, Missouri has specialized in consulting for coding, billing and reimbursement issues for Anesthesia and Pain Management for the past 10 years.
- A Certified Operating Room Technician and a Certified Professional Coder, she brings "walk in your shoes" experience directly to physicians' staff as well as an understanding of the clinical aspects of the practice.
- Joanne conducts billing seminars for medical billing professionals and physicians and office staff on coding issues for anesthesia and pain management services.
- She is a member of the Decision Health Board of Medical Specialty Coding and a faculty member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Coding, Compliance and Practice Management Board Review Course.
- Joanne is a regular speaker on medical billing and anesthesia and pain management topics.
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AAPC CREDITS
This program has prior approval by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) for 1 continuing education hour. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor. Additional information on obtaining your CEU will be included with your purchase.
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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. Audio recordings will be received approximately three weeks after the live conference.
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