Your Expert Presenter:

Frank Cohen, CMPA, Senior Analyst, CPA Health Partners, Clearwater, FL

Frank is the creator of CorrectCodeChek, the most widely used software package for CCI compliance. He has developed a national reputation as a knowledge engineer, research analyst, consultant, speaker and trainer in health care. With more than 25 years of experience as both a clinical practitioner and health care analyst, he has an unequaled track record of helping physician organizations take advantage of statistical modeling, utilization review and profit analysis.

Curt Udell, CPC, Senior Advisor, Health Care Advisors, Inc., Annandale, VA

Curt Udell, CPC is a Senior Advisor with Health Care Advisors, Inc. and specializes in analyzing practice management issues, auditing medical records, coding and billing operations, with concentration on data quality, compliance and reimbursement enhancement. Mr. Udell also serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards for several national publications. He is a Certified Professional Coder (CPC), a Certified Patient Account Representative (CPAR) and a Certified Medical Practice Analyst (CMPA).

How the Audio Conference Works

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Explore the secrets of CCI 14.1 to boost your revenue!

Every four months, changes to the Correct Coding Initiative edits impact your revenue and billing. Don’t try to work your way through the 225,000+ code pairs in the latest version of the CCI on your own. Let Frank Cohen, creator of DecisionHealth’s CorrectCodeChek, take you inside CCI 14.1 and show you the hot-spots and new billing opportunities in the most recent release of the edits.

Frank analyzes this data before it reaches the public so he knows the secrets of the CCI that make it easier for you to make sense of the data. In addition, Curt Udell CPC, Senior Advisor for Health Care Advisors, Inc. will give you real life examples of how you can use the CCI 14.1 to file clean claims, get every dollar you’re due and avoid denials.

You’ll also learn how to:

• Use modifiers to override prohibited code-pair edits.
• Compile a “hit list” of new code pairs to avoid filing claims that will be denied.
• Spot and appeal improperly denied claims.
• Identify new modifier indicators so you can bill services no longer prohibited.
• Make sure you only bill approved codes for 11 specialties.
• Appropriately use such modifiers as 25 and 59.
• Get the most out of narratives included with the CCI 14.1

PLUS!  You’ll receive concise definitions of what Medicare means by mutually exclusive codes, separate procedures, most extensive procedures, sequential procedures, standard preparation/monitoring services, and other services prohibited by the CCI.

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Approved for 1.5 CEUs (ACS, SCP)

This program has prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders for 1.5 Continuing Education Units. Granting of this approval in no way constitutes endorsement by the Academy of the program, content or the program sponsor.

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