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Catch E/M blind spots before the Feds do...
You know how important it is to audit your evaluation and management claims — and that catching problems before your payer finds them, well, pays off. Although necessary sometimes, hiring an outside auditor is expensive — and isn’t enough to protect you from the day-to-day billing and record-keeping errors that can hurt you later. Solution: Gear yourself up for self-auditing strategies that will prevent billing and coding snafus before Medicare and other payers find them for you.
The challenge: You may not know where to start with an internal audit. That’s why you should tune in to this 90-minute audioconference with expert speaker, Suzan Hvizdash, CPC, CPC-EMS, CPC-EDS. She’ll give you the tricks of the trade when it comes to self-auditing your E/Ms. Learn everything from documentation requirements to developing your own compliance plan.
Here's what else you can’t afford to miss:
- How to determine what type of audit is most appropriate for your organization and how to get started.
- Protect yourself: Know when high level consults should be on your auditing radar.
- The #1 mistake managers make when it comes to follow-up.
- Retrospective audit or prospective audit? You’ll have no problem deciding which one to do after this conference.
- 7 Modifier red flags. Here are the mistakes most practices are making with 24, 25, and 57.
- 4 Key occasions to solicit an outside auditor’s expertise.
- 11 Fixable coding problems that will target you for an outside audit.
- Think your communication lines are open with your staff and patients? You’ll be surprised at what can fall through the cracks.
- Staff education 101: What staff should be doing to keep accurate records is just as important as their knowing why.
- How to keep your ongoing reviews and training running smoothly.
Your registration includes:
- Risk-free enrollment! Scheduling conflict? No problem! This session is also available on CD!
- Expert answers to your tough questions during the interactive Q&A period.
- Complimentary attendee package, including the speaker's complete presentation handouts. Keep this quick reference tool close by for future use!
- One low price for all the staff you can stuff into a conference room!
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Suzan Berman, CPC, CEMC, CEDC, Senior Manager of Coding Education and Billing Compliance for UPMC-Physician Services Division is responsible for teaching 500+ staff/faculty/physician extenders documentation and billing requirements. She supervises a group of auditors and works with groups to establish appropriate electronic medical record systems.
In addition to her position with UPMC, she serves on the Ingenix Coding and Referential Advisory Board and is also an Editorial Advisory Board Member for Eli Publishing. She is a former member of the AAPC National Advisory Board and currently sits on the as the AAPCCA Board of Directors as the secretary.
She’s been a technical consultant for the CPC-E/M Auditing Study Guide. She continues to be a guest lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh as well as a national speaker. She has recently acquired ACE-Med, an education and auditing consulting firm.
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