Catalog Number : cga1755
Title : Critical Access Hospital Update for 2013
Speaker : Duane Abbey

Webplay Recording Date : 12-8-2011
Webplay Price : $ 200 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Overview:

The teleconference addresses a review of various compliance issues and associated activities relative to CAHs for 2012. This includes OIG Work Plan issues for hospitals, clinics and other health care providers. Various RAC initiatives, trends and approved issues will also be addressed. Also, issues such as observation, physician supervision. Medicare enrollment, telemedicine credentialing, and other current topics will be discussed relative to overall hospital compliance programs. Changes instituted by the Affordable Care Act of 2010 will address be addressed

Target Audience:

• Healthcare Compliance Personnel
• Hospital Chargemaster Coordinators
• Billing and Claims Generation Personnel
• Compliance 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 Compliance Issues

Webinar Objectives:

• To Understand and Review the Overall Compliance Issues for Critical Access Hospitals
• To Understand The Importance and Possible Application OIG Work Plan Issue for CAHs
• To Understand the RAC Development and Approval of Issues and Their Applications to CAHs
• To Identify OIG Trends For Issues and Their Relationship to RAC Issue Development
• To Discuss Changes That Are In Process as Well As Those That Are Anticipated
• To Discuss the Need for Comprehensive Critical Access Hospital Compliance Plans and Associated Annual Reports

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

• Review of CAH Compliance Issues
  • Currently Identified Issues
  • Anticipated Future Issues
• Review The OIG Work Plan Process and Issues
  • Issuance of Work Plans
  • Issuant of Reports Relative to the Work Plans
  • FY2012 OIG Work Plan Issues
• Review The RAC Process
  • Development and Identification of Issues
  • Gaining Approval for Issues
  • RAC Audit Issues As Applied to CAHs
  • Anticipated RAC Issues for the Future
• Current Hospital Issues
  • Observation Services
  • Provider-Based Rule and Supervision Requirements
  • Medicare Enrollment Challenges
  • Telemedicine Credentialing
  • Medical Secondary Payer Program
  • Hospital Coding, Billing and Chargemaster Issues
  • Physician Coding and Billing with Method II
• Identification of Action Steps For CAHs
  • CAH Concerns
  • Clinic and Physician Concerns
  • Annual Compliance Plan Reports
• Sources for Further Information

Webinar Level: 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.

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.