Catalog Number : caa1880
Title : APCs: Assessing Financial Impacts
Speaker : Duane Abbey

Webplay Recording Date : 3-5-2014
Webplay Price : $ 125 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Overview:

What's new with APCs for 2014? What are the major trends for APCs in the coming years? What general trends are there for payment under APCs? To answer these questions and more come join us for this Webinar.

Webinar Objectives:

• Review the 2014 updates to the key features of the APC payment system
• Discuss the trends in modifications that have been made to APCs over the years
• Recognize the increased bundling through packaging under APCs
• Review specific areas in which financial analyses of APCs should be conducted
• Discuss the basic approaches for performing payment analyses
• Review the APC grouping software relative to developing historical data for APC financial analyses
• Review the development of representative models in order to project payment impacts under APCs
• Discuss the financial impact trends over the past 5 years
• Explain the potential financial impact as APCs evolve in the coming years

Target Audience:

Financial Analysts, Financial Officers, Outpatient Departmental Administrative Staff, Chargemaster Coordinators, Cost Reporting Personnel, Nursing Staff, Physicians, Outpatient Departmental Managers, Auditors, Internal Auditing Personnel, Financial Analysts, Compliance Personnel, and Other Interested Personnel

A few of the Topics that will be covered:

• General Review of the OPPS and APCs
  • APC Grouping Process
  • Coding, Billing and Payment Under APCs
  • The Use of Status Indicators
  • Data Collection Challenges For APCs
  • Other Associated Fee Schedules – MPFS and CLFS
• Review of APC Changes for CY2014
  • Coding/Grouping Changes
  • E/M Coding
  • Recalibration of APC Weights
  • On-Going Problem Areas
  • Cost Report Changes – Charge Compression
  • Drugs and Biologics
  • Cost Outliers
  • Interventional Radiology
  • Observation vs. Inpatient Admissions
  • Inpatient-Only Procedures
• APC Trends
  • Increased Bundling and Packaging
  • Shifts In Realigning Payments
  • Policy and Interpretive Changes
• Financial Analyses Approaches
  • Developing Models
  • Using Selected Historical Data
  • Year-to-Year APC Grouping Changes
  • Using Multi-Year Financial Assessment
  • Departmental Basis vs. Overall Hospital Impacts
• Typical Areas for Financial Impact Assessments
  • Provider-Based Clinics
  • Observation Services
  • CVIR (Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology)
  • Emergency Department
  • Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy
  • Electrophysiological Studies
  • Device Dependent APCs
  • Other Areas
• The Future for APCs
• Sources for Additional Information

Contact Hours:

• Nursing participants: Instruct-online has approved this program for 1.8 contact hours, Iowa Board of Nursing Approved Provider Number 339. Completion of offering required prior to awarding certificate
• All other participants: Must attend the entire Webinar and complete a Webinar critique to receive a 1.5 Hour Attendance Certificate for each program.

Full tuition is refunded immediately on request if the participant has not been sent the program materials and instructions. Once the instructions (including access codes) have been sent, a full refund will be issued only after the program runs and it is verified that the participant did not access the program.