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Preparing for a RAC Audit: What You Need to Know
Audio Conference Recording Price: 199.00 -
SUMMARY
Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program has facilities and physician practices in its crosshairs. In Medicare's eyes the program is a huge success and they will roll it out to all 50 states by 2010 as required by law. Join us for a 60-minute audio conference where you will discover:
- Medicare's latest timetable for RAC expansion
- How RAC auditors select their target services
- How to prepare your facility or practice for a RAC audit
- Strategies to manage the RAC appeals process - through all 5 levels of appeal
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
After this 60-minute audio conference, you will have clear guidance on how to properly prepare for a RAC audit, how to manage the appeal process as well as red flags to look for in your organization's billing.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- RAC Timetable and Target Areas
- Complete rollout of RAC program by January 1, 2010
- Top targets: Medical Necessity and one-day stays
- Coding and billing services on RAC hit list - How auditors select targets
- Preparing Your Facility or Practice for a RAC Audit
- Creating your RAC team - Who should be involved and why
- Deciding who will deal one-on-one with the auditor
- How to respond properly to RAC demands (requests)
- How the RAC Appeal Process Works
- The five levels of appeal - What are they
- Setting up a process to track appeals
- Keys to determine when - and when not - to appeal
- Live Question and Answer Session - Have your specific recovery Audit Contractor questions addressed!
- RAC Timetable and Target Areas
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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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