Target Audience:

• Chargemaster Coordinators
• Billing and Claims Generation Personnel
• Compliance Personnel, Surgery Personnel
• Patient Financial Management Personnel
• Cost Accounting Personnel
• Cost Report Personnel
• Financial Analysts
• Managed Care Contract Personnel
• Revenue Enhancement Personnel
• Chief Financial Officers
• Chief Compliance Officers
• Financial Planners
• All Other Hospital Personnel Interested in Pricing

Webinar Objectives:

• To review the various surgical services provided at hospitals and provider-based situations
• To understand the various way in which the chargemaster can be established to accommodate a wide range of surgical services
• To appreciate the challenges involving recovery services
• To understand different ways to approach technical component anesthesia charging
• To appreciate the challenges of specialty areas such as the ED and provider-based clinics
• To understand the objectives and constraints in developing charge structures for surgical services
• To appreciate the various compliance concern surrounding coding and billing for surgical services
• To understand the concerns surrounding charge for surgical supplies and devices

The following are a few of the topics to be discussed:

• Introduction and Brief Chargemaster Review
  • CPT/HCPCS Coding
  • Revenue Codes
  • Modifiers
• Hospital Surgical Services
  • Alternative Approaches to Chargemaster Setup
    • Levels
    • Time Units
  • Revenue Code Utilization
  • Recovery Services
  • Anesthesia Services
  • Surgical Supplies and Devices
  • Specialized Areas
    • GI Laboratory
    • Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology
  • Establishing Charges for Surgery Services
    • Surgical Supplies and Devices
    • Pre-Operative/Post-Operative Services
    • C-Code Utilization
    • Developing Consistent Charges
• Special Surgical Services Areas
  • Emergency Department
  • Provider-Based Clinics
    • Primary Care
    • Specialty - Wound Care Clinics
  • Interventional Radiology Surgical Services
• Related Issues
  • Post-Surgery Observation
  • Injections and Infusions
  • Equipment Utilization
  • Post Surgery Encounters
• Current Update Information

Webinar Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Contact Hours:

Upon attending this course you will receive a 1.8 Nursing Contact Hour Certificate or a 1.5 Contact Hour Attendance Certificate. There is usually a reciprocal agreement between state associations to allow these to count for each state. If you have any questions, please ask your state association.