Make sure that you're up-to-speed with the current MUEs.

The MUE table was most recently updated effective January 1, 2010. You need to be familiar with the MUE limits and rules that apply to procedures and tests you perform to avoid losing legitimate payments and/or delays in claim processing.

Join pathology-coding expert Dennis L. Padget, MBA, CPA, FHFMA for this 60- minute audio seminar and take a look at the most recent MUE limits that affect your practice.

PLUS: When a MUE hinders appropriate reimbursement, Dennis will show you how to handle the situation.

In 60 minutes you'll learn:

• Coverage policy frequency limit vs. MUE limit - There is a major difference that you need to know.
• Not all codes are affected by MUEs. Learn which pathology CPT/HCPCS have limits per the most recent table.
• Get the scoop on which CPT/HCPCS codes that are subject to Medicare coverage policy frequency limit.
• Which modifiers may be used to bypass an MUE limit when necessary.
• Appeal MUE limit denials? It is possible.
• The new unit of service definitions for special stains and immunohistochemistry.

• Skip the costly travel arrangements and wasted time. Our conferences are available from the comfort and convenience of your own office or meeting room.
• Multiple formats to fit your training needs. All of our conferences are available on CD or PDF transcript so you can train your staff around your schedule.
• Every conference includes the speaker's materials so you can keep learning long after the conference is over.
• Gather around a speaker phone or computer and train your team for one low price.
• Multiple locations? Ask our customer specialists about discounts for your whole staff.

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Dennis L. Padget is President and founder of DLPadget Enterprises, Inc. in Simpsonville, Kentucky, publisher of Pathology Service Coding Handbook. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association. He has an MBA degree from the University of Chicago and a BA degree from the University of Northern Iowa. Padget is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, the American Pathology Foundation, the American Health Lawyers Association, and the Editorial Advisory Board of Pathology/Lab Coding Alert. He is a frequent speaker at state and national pathology and laboratory professional association meetings and has published several articles on hospital and physician payment, compliance and accounting issues.

Prior to his retirement from active consulting at the end of 2003, Padget headed Padget & Associates, a pathology and laboratory financial management and compliance advisory firm. During its nearly 23-year existence Padget & Associates served several hundred physician practices, independent laboratories, medical billing agencies, and hospitals in about 40 states. The firm specialized in: healthcare compliance plan development and management; anatomical and clinical pathology CPT charge and ICD9CM diagnosis coding evaluation and update studies; third-party, managed care, and hospital contracting; laboratory and pathology joint venturing and outsourcing; and pathology group integration planning and implementation.