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Observation Status vs. Inpatient: Maximize Revenue Integrity; Stay in Compliance
Audio Conference Recording Price: 199.00 (U.S. Dollars) -
SUMMARY
Determining observation status 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 audio conference where you and your colleagues will discover:
- Observation or Inpatient: How and when to bill for each
- CMS guidelines for observation status - what's new in 2010
- Common compliance traps - and how to avoid them
- Specific tips to keep you off the RAC's radar screen
- Real examples of common scenarios - and what to do about them
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
This 60-minute audio conference will provide you and your colleagues with the latest information on the proper documentation, coding and billing procedures of observation services vs. inpatient status.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Specific Tips to Get the Payment You Deserve
- Specific rules on when not to admit or bill observation
- What you need to know about condition code 44
- Auditing tips & other considerations to help you stay in compliance
- What is in the OPPS payment system for Observation services in 2010
- Documentation Requirements for Observation Services vs. Inpatient
- 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
- When is an ABN appropriate - and when is it not?
- Keys to Observation vs. Inpatient Coding Compliance
- Observation Status vs. Inpatient: Tips to avoid common coding mistakes
- How to interpret the documentation - to code for proper reimbursement
- Critical guidance on proper HCPCS codes to use when billing observation
- Best practices & required procedures to stay under RAC's radar screen
- Live question and answer session - Have your specific healthcare questions answered
- Specific Tips to Get the Payment You Deserve
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SPEAKER
Christi Sarasin, CCS, CCDS, CPC-H, FCS is an independent consultant with over 29 years of experience in health information management.
- Prior to establishing Sarasin Consulting Group Ms. Sarasin worked as a healthcare consultant for three national healthcare consulting firms. Ms. Sarasin has over 15 years experience as a healthcare consultant and has specialized in DRG Validations, Ambulatory Surgery and Emergency Department (facility component) Coding Reviews, Coding Educational In-services, APC Payment Sampling Reviews, Inpatient and Outpatient Coding Compliance and Operations Reviews , Interim Coding Supervisory Consulting, Contract Coding for Inpatient and Outpatient Visits
- With over 14 years of experience at a 350-bed acute care hospital, Ms. Sarasin's 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.
- While a consultant with St. Anthony's Publishing, Ms. Sarasin was the technical editor for St. Anthony's Outpatient Reference Manual, co-author for St. Anthony's APG Implementation Guide, technical editor for St. Anthony's APG Source Book, contributing editor to St. Anthony's Gearing Up for APGs (Overview and Impact of your Operations and Impact of your Clinical Operations) and technical editor for St. Anthony's HCPCS Alert Newsletter.
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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. 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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