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Hospitalists: Keys to Documenting and Coding Their Services
Audio Conference Recording Price: 199.00 (U.S. Dollars) -
SUMMARY
Getting paid for hospitalists' care goes way beyond normal inpatient professional coding, particularly with Medicare's modifications to coding of consultations. Join us for a 60-minute audio program where you, your physicians, hospitalists and your coding and billing staff will discover:
- What is co-management v. split/shared service - in plain English
- How to code for observation when hospitalists are involved
- When hospitalists can transfer and discharge if they aren't the admitting physician
- What to do if multiple hospitalists see the same patient on the same day
- How to bill for consultations under the new Medicare guidelines
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
After this 60-minute audio conference, you will walk away understanding the basics of hospitalist coding as well as the keys to coding problem areas and complicated scenarios associated with having hospitalists in the facility.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Correct Coding and Documentation for the Biggest Problem Areas
- Observation vs. short stay - and how to bill for multiple physicians
- Procedure and E/M service on the same day - can you bill both?
- Who bills for what in co-management agreements?
- Medicare got rid of consultation codes - what to do now
- Tricky Coding Scenarios Involving Hospitalists
- Admits and discharges by different physicians - now what?
- Keys to coding and billing for multiple physicians seeing the same patient on the same day
- How to tell if it's transfer of care or co-management
- Wrapping It All Up
- What to do when a follow up visit uncovers a new problem
- How to handle transfers and discharges when hospitalists are involved
- Can you use prolonged service codes when multiple physicians treat patients?
- Live Question and Answer Session - Have your specific real-world hospitalist coding questions addressed!
- Correct Coding and Documentation for the Biggest Problem Areas
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SPEAKER
Caral Edelberg, CPC, CCS-P, CHC
President, Edelberg Compliance Associates
Baton Rouge, Louisiana- Caral is a widely recognized expert on emergency department (ED) and Hospitalist revenue cycle management, coding and compliance.
- She is currently president of Edelberg Compliance Associates, specializing in emergency and hospital medicine coding and compliance in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has personally managed coding, billing and compliance improvement projects in hundreds of facilities across the country.
- Caral has dual coding certifications from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). She is also certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) through the Healthcare Compliance Association (HCCA) and an active member of the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS).
- She is a three-term member of the AAPC national advisory board and is currently the President of the Greater Baton Rouge chapter of American Academy of Professional Coders.
- Caral authored two volumes of Procedure Coding for Emergency Medicine published by ACEP, co-authored the Emergency Medicine Study Guide and Emergency Medicine Specialty Examination for the Advanced Board of Medical Coding (ABMC); authored the Emergency Medicine Study Guide and Emergency Medicine Competency Examination published for Ingenix/AAPC; served as author/editor of the Emergency Department Answer Book published by United Communications; and co-authored the current Emergency Medicine Study Guide and Competency Examination for the AAPC.
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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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