March 13th, 2012 - 12PM and 3PM EST
This is a 2-hour special event!

Add additional CEU certificates for only $25 more each per attendee

 

You will grasp and clearly understand:  

1. The new carrier application of modifier 25...for new and established patients
2. What the carriers consider a chart note that "does not support the service reported?"
3. Medical necessity...for E/M services and surgical procedures

• How many E/M services, what level, and how often?
• Key components versus the chief complaint - it is a new documentation paradigm
• What do your surgical note need...basics versus detail?
• When is a new patient new?

4. Common errors that lead to audits

• Incorrect Place of Service (POS)
• ICD-9 errors - same ones and ones not addressed during visit

• No signature

• No lesion site or size

• Procedure cannot be identified Illegible notes

5. Who is the provider?

• Supervising

• Ordering

• Incident to - again

• PAs and NPs

You will hear about recent audit nightmares and their outcomes and master Audit-proofing 101 in this intense and "wake-up call" session on what you will Have to Know in 2012 to stay fiscally healthy and legally prepared.  

 

What's Included:

• Unique logon ID for your computer via GoToWebinar to see the PowerPoint presentation

• Toll-free number to call to listen to the audio portion of the event

• Handouts will be e-mailed to you prior to the event, so you can follow along

• Attendees will have 7 business days after the conference for which to ask follow-up questions via fax or e-mail

• Continuing Education Unit (CEU) certification from the American Health Information and Management Association for 1 CEU (only for the registered participant)

Technical requirements (click here) 

About the Host:

Hosted by: Inga C. Ellzey, MPA, RHIA, CDC

Inga is the President/CEO of Inga Ellzey Practice Group, Inc., Dermatology Billing Associates, Inc., and West Coast Derm Billers, LLC. With over 38 years experience, Inga Ellzey is the quintessential "guru" of dermatology coding and reimbursement issues. In addition to her popular coding newsletters, coding and documentation instruction manuals, coding questions fax hotline, and her many lectures and published articles, she also operates two nation-wide billing companies that currently service over 100 practices in 28 states.

Questions and Answers:

There will be a 115-minute minute formal presentation by Inga, followed by 15 minutes of interactive Q&A (time permitting).

Due to time constraints, we will be unable to answer ALL questions live during the program.  Attendees will have a finite period of time in which to fax or e-mail questions after the conclusion of the event.