Format: Live Webinar | Presenter: Tracy Bird, FACMPE, CPC, CPMA, CEMC, CPC-I | Event Date: TBD
Time: 3 pm ET | 2 pm CT | 1 pm MT | 12 pm PT | Duration: 60 minutes | Location: Online Webinar
In today’s complex reimbursement environment, maintaining integrity and accuracy of information in the medical record is paramount to ensuring high quality patient care, compliance with regulatory standards and capturing the appropriate revenue for the services provided. This presentation is designed to review all the steps in an effective audit process.
According to CMS, E/M services comprise 40% of allowed charges in the physician fee schedule, 20% office visits and 20% other E/M services. Medicare’s expense is medical practice revenue, with the income from some primary care practices comprising 70% or more of total charges. To protect the organization, compliance professionals can focus on key components of E/M: During this training, we focus not only on the guidelines, but also on including the grey areas of auditing and how to address these with a policy for your organization.
Tracy Bird, FACMPE, CPC, CPMA, CEMC, CPC-I, has many years healthcare management experience in multiple specialties in the areas of practice operations, revenue cycle management, coding, documentation, staff training, communications, policy and procedure development, and workflow redesign. Her experience includes work with private practices, hospital-based practices, rural health clinics, and FQHC’s She is an ACMPE Fellow with MGMA, a Certified Professional Coder (CPC), a Certified Professional Medical Auditor (CMPA), a Certified Evaluation and Management Auditor (CEMC), a Certified Professional Medical Coding Curriculum instructor (CPC-I). Tracy is co-founder and past president of the NE Kansas Chapter of AAPC, a past president of MGMA-GKC, is the ACMPE Forum Rep for Kansas, and Kansas City, and previously served on the Certification Commission for National MGMA. Tracy is also an independent practice management consultant with national MGMA. Tracy presents to many healthcare organizations on a variety of practice management topics as well as being a National speaker for MGMA and AAPC.
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