Catalog Number : cca1698
Title : Physician Supervision: As the Dust Settles
Speaker : Duane Abbey

Webplay Recording Date : 4-1-2014
Webplay Price : $ 125 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Objectives:

• Define the various requirements under the Provider-Based Rule (42 CFR §413.65) relating to physician supervision requirements
• Discuss the basic operational processes for provider-based clinics and hospital provider-based clinical activities
• Discuss differing requirements for in-hospital, on-campus and off-campus clinics and hospital operations
• Compare both the overt and the subtle changes being made by CMS relative to supervisory requirements for hospital-based operations
• Appreciate the steps that must be taken relative to documentation for meeting the supervisory requirements

Target Audience:

• All personnel involved with provider-based clinic and/or clinical operations
• Compliance Personnel
• Nursing Staff
• interested physicians are encouraged to attend

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

• Review of the Provider-Based Rule (PBR)
  • Development of the PBR
  • 42 CFR §413.65 and Related Entries
  • Rules and Regulations
  • Physician Supervision Concerns
• Compliance Issues for Provider-Based Clinics
  • Meeting Requirements and Conducting Audits
  • Supervision Requirements
  • Location Dependence
    • In-Hospital
    • Out-of-Hospital and On-Campus
    • Off-Campus
• Physician Supervision Requirements
  • April 7, 2000 Federal Register
  • CY2008, CY2009, CY2010 and CY2011 Federal Register Discussions
  • Policy ‘Change’ versus ‘Clarification’
  • New Supervisory Statements from CMS
  • Compliance Concerns in Meeting Supervisory Requirements
  • Special Areas – Observation, Infusions, Injections, Radiation Oncology
  • Provider-Based Clinic Challenges
  • Non-Physician Practitioner Involvement
  • Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Requirements
  • Establishing Who Is Providing Supervision
• Operational Concerns
  • Documenting Who Is Providing Supervision
  • Keeping Physician/Practitioner Logs
• RAC Audit Concerns
  • Supervisory Requirements Not Met – Recoup Payment
  • Retroactive Application of Policy Changes
• Case Studies
  • Infusion Centers
  • Wound Care Centers
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Provider-Based Clinics

Attendance Certificate:

Upon attending this course you will receive 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.

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.