Catalog Number : ccma1383
Title : Chargemaster: Revenue Codes
Speaker : Duane Abbey

Webplay Recording Date : 9-23-2015
Webplay Price : $ 125 for two weeks viewing

Target Audience:

Chargemaster Personnel, Billing and Claims Transaction Personnel, Chargemaster Coordinators, Cost Report Preparers, Compliance Officers and Compliance Personnel, Auditing Personnel, Revenue Cycle Personnel, Clinical Service Providers, Financial Analysts, Compliance Personnel, Physicians and Other Interested Personnel

Webinar Objectives:

• To review the role of the National Uniform Billing Committee in the development and maintenance of the Revenue Coding system
• To review the organization and structure of the Revenue Coding system
• To discuss the various sections and availability of Revenue Codes and sequences of codes
• To appreciate the need to select correct Revenue Codes when developing and maintaining the chargemaster
• To understand how the Revenue Codes are utilized for claim adjudication
• To appreciate how Revenue Code assignment affects auditing of the chargemaster
• To appreciate special guidance for Revenue Code assignment from government programs
• To appreciate the contractual implications relative to the choice of Revenue Codes
• To appreciate the role of revenue codes relative to cost center accounting, the cost report, cost-to-charge ratios and charge compression

Webinar Outline/Agenda:

• Overview of Revenue Codes
  • Role of NUBC - National & State
  • Main Revenue Code Categories
  • Development and Maintenance of the Revenue Coding System
• Review of Revenue Code Categories
  • Organization of Revenue Codes
  • Historical Development of Revenue Codes
  • Categorization and Sequencing of Revenue Codes
• Special Sequences of Revenue Codes
  • Supplies
  • Emergency Department
  • Surgery
  • Radiology
  • Interventional Radiology
  • Provide-Based Clinics
  • Inpatient vs. Outpatient Areas
• Utilization of Revenue Codes
  • Claim Adjudication Processes
  • Reimbursement Impacts
  • Special Guidance on Using Revenue Codes
  • Revenue Codes, Cost Reporting and CCRs
  • Future Development of Revenue Codes
• Revenue Codes and the Medicare Cost Report
  • Cost-to-Charge Ratios
  • Charge Compression
  • Anticipated Changes for APCs and DRGs
• Sources for Further Information

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.