Event Information
| Product format | Pre Recorded Event |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Tricia A. Twombly, BSN, RN, HCS-D, HCS-O, COS-C, CHCE |
| CEU | 1 AAPC CEU Approved |
| Conference Date | Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
| Aired Time (ET) | 1 pm ET | 12 pm CT | 11 am MT | 10 am PT |
| Length | 60 Minutes |
Product Description
With the market already in financial turmoil, prepare today to save unnecessary loss.
The Medicare home health prospective payment system will be undergoing revisions effective January 1, 2012. It's never too soon to get up to speed on these changes so you can strategize your training before the new measures take place.
Join expert Trish Twombly for this 1-hour audio session when she will discuss the final coding specific changes to the payment system that home health providers will need to master
Here's a look at what Trish will cover:
- Health care reform and its impact on PPS
- Nominal vs. real case mix change
- Impact of removing hypertension from the case mix scores table
- Therapy changes and impact on coding
- Revision in ‘case mix adjustment variables and scores table’
- PLUS: The status of planned future PPS changes, including implementation of value-based purchasing and proposed HHRG ICD-10-CM codes
Ask a question at the Q&A session following the live event and get advice unique to your situation, directly from our expert speaker.
Who should attend? Owners, Administrators, Coding Professionals
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About the Speaker
Tricia A. Twombly, BSN, RN, HCS-D, HCS-O, COS-C, CHCE, AHIMA Approved ICD-10 CM Trainer, brings over 23 years of home care experience to her role as senior education consultant and coding specialist for Foundation Management Services. She serves as Advising Editor for the 2011 Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual and is a technical reviewer for both the Diagnosis Coding Pro journal and the on-line education courses for the Board of Medical Specialty Coding. Her interviews and articles can be read in Home Care Coding Expert, Diagnosis Coding Pro, Home Health ICD-9 Alert, and Homecare Outcomes.
She has presented coding education on behalf of Creative Solutions, Eli Research, Decision Health, Board of Medical Specialty Coding, HealthWare Corporation, Texas Association of Home Care, Oklahoma Association of Home Care, Southwest Regional Home Care Association, and the Missouri Alliance for Home Care. Her White Paper entitled, “The Advantages of Outsourcing Coding” published by Decision Health on December 1, 2010 can be accessed on line. As the Director of ‘Coding to Go’, Tricia manages a thriving nationwide home health coding service for Foundation Management Services.
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