Catalog Number : cra1403
Title : Charge Master: Optimizing the Coding Interface
Speaker : Duane Abbey

Webplay Recording Date : 4-10-08
Webplay Price : $ 225 for two weeks viewing

Teleconference/Webinar Presenter: Duane C. Abbey, Ph.D., CFP

Teleconference Webinar Title: Payment System Interfaces

Teleconference/Webinar Level: Intermediate/Advanced

Teleconference/Webinar Objectives:

a. To review the areas in which payment systems come together to create payment challenges.
b. To explore the APC to RBRVS payment interface.
c. To explore the APC to DRG payment interface.
d. To understand the SNF to hospital outpatient services interface.
e. To appreciate the DRG transfer to SNF process.
f. To understand the APC to ASC payment differences.
g. To appreciate how HHA payments relate to hospital and clinic payments.
h. To show how DME crosses various sites of service.
i. To discuss special payment issues with the various payment systems relating to cross coverage.
j. To discuss various compliance issues involved with payment system interfaces.

Teleconference/Webinar Outline/Agenda:

I. Brief Overview
a. Different Types of Service
b. Associated Payment Systems

II. Payment System Interfaces
a. APCs, RBRVS and Provider-Based Clinics
b. APCs, DRGs and ASC Payments
c. SNF and Inpatient/Outpatient Services
d. HHA Payment System Interfaces
e. DME In Various Settings

III. Special Situations and Arrangements
a. Contracted Services
b. Critical Access Hospitals
c. IDTFs

IV. Compliance Issues for Payment System Interfaces

Prerequisites for Participating: General knowledge of healthcare payment systems.

Target Audience: : Outpatient Coding Personnel, Coding, Billing and Claims Transaction Personnel, Internal Auditing Personnel, Financial and Compliance Personnel, Physicians and Other Interested Personnel

Attendance Certificate: Upon attending this course you will receive a 2 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.