Invest just 90-minutes to hear Betsy Nicoletti give you the inside
scoop on CMS plans for 2012.
The agenda:
- Incentive programs/penalties
- Last call to claim an e-Prescribing exemption for e-Prescribing is November
1, 2012. This session will describe the exemptions and how to claim one. CMS has
switched gears from claims based reporting for these new exemptions.
- Review of the PQRS program incentives and penalties for 2012 and overview of
meaningful use and EMR incentive payments.
- Minimize compliance risk
Keeping CMS out of your business by
staying involved in their business. For every dollar that the OIG spends on
compliance, it returns $16.70 to the US Treasury. This session will describe the
three most critical compliance activities every manager should perform to
minimize compliance risk.
2012 to do’s in ICD-10 implementation. The
countdown to ICD-10 has begun. This session will suggest a time line for
practices of activities for 2012.
Coding cleanup
CMS issued a handful
of transmittals in 2011 that clarified policy about billing for what were
consultation services, use of the subsequent observation codes and teaching
physician rules. There were no major policy changes: just “clarifications.” Hear
a quick review of these.
At the end of this session, participants will:
- Set their own priorities about participation in the three CMS carrot/stick
programs for 2012;
- Minimize their own compliance risk through three activities;
- Develop a time line for ICD-10 implementation activities;
Meet
Our Speaker
Betsy Nicoletti - is the co-founder of Codapedia.com, a website which is
dedicated to providing user-generated, free reimbursement information for
physician practices. She is also the author of the Physician Auditing Workbook,
published by DecisionHealth and The Field Guide to Physician Coding, 2nd
Edition, published by Greenbranch Publishing.
Betsy speaks nationally on
coding education.
In addition to writing and speaking, Betsy educates
physicians and coders and helps practices with complying with government
regulations while collecting all of the reimbursement they are entitled to
collect. The consulting firm is Medical Practice Consulting.
Moderator: Nancy Collins, Publisher of The Journal of Medical Practice Management®
