Physician claims are being denied at increasing rates and providers continue to lose millions of dollars from payers' practices. In todays world of continually decreasing reimbursements and widely anticipated technology expenses, it is crucial that practices maximize their existing reimbursement rates. Do you know what a denied claim costs your practice? Do you know the most common practice errors? Most common payer errors?  Medical group practices need to track the reasons their claims are being denied and identify ways to reduce them and rework them in a timely fashion.

Hear Shelby Boggs give insight on immediate ways you can increase reimbursement rates and increase cash collections.  This program will give you the straight scoop on basic denial management and offers suggestions on how to implement an immediate program using either an internal or external billing model.

Learn the following:

· Assess your practices revenue cycle performance
· Identify appropriate benchmarking data and resources.
· Utilize revenue cycle terms and calculations.
· Understand and apply denial management concepts.
· Evaluate your revenue cycle management options.
· Determine the financial health of your practice.

Meet Our Expert Speaker:  Shelby Boggs

Shelby L. Boggs is Vice President, Marketing and Business Development for Practice Management Partners, based in Baltimore County, Maryland.  Ms. Boggs has held senior business development and managed care management positions at the Sinai Health System in Baltimore (now LifeBridge Health), Genesis Health Ventures, a national for-profit post-acute care company and with the State of Marylands Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.  Shes worked
extensively with physicians in the management and operations of their practices and she offers a unique and well-rounded perspective since shes been a payer, provider and regulator.  She is also adjunct faculty at the University of Baltimore, teaching in their Health Systems Management undergraduate and graduate programs and a frequent guest lecturer the Johns Hopkins Universitys Business of Medicine.