Proposed Physician Fee Schedule –
Prepare Now for New Code Values

Your Expert Presenter

Betsy Nicoletti, CPC

Betsy Nicoletti of Medical Practice Consulting in Springfield, Vt., has been speaking for DecisionHealth for over ten years. She is the author of a DecisionHealth bestseller, The Physician Auditing Workbook. Betsy started her consulting work in 1999, and is a Certified Professional Coder. Betsy simplifies complex coding rules for practitioners. Besides doing auditing and compliance work, she is a speaker, writer and consultant in coding education. She holds a Master’s of Science in Organization and Management from Antioch New England.

Get ahead of 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule billing and reimbursement policy changes.

Prepare now for the hundreds of changes to Medicare billing rules that are proposed for 2011. The new rules in the proposed 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule will include several mandates in the new health care reform law that both positively and negatively impact Medicare reimbursements.

You’ll learn:

• New rules proposed by Medicare that could cost your practice big money
• Proposed changes to codes covered in the multiple procedure payment reduction
• New PQRI measures and group practice registry options for 2011
• Proposals to tighten rules that could cost you billing privileges
• Any changes to the e-prescribing program so you don’t lose out on your incentive bonus

Plus, get ready to take advantage of new revenue opportunities released in the 2011 proposed physician fee schedule:

• New annual wellness visits – This new benefit will be billable once a year for the rest of a patient’s life, and be paid in full by Medicare without co-pays or deductibles.
• Preventive services – All preventive services with a grade of ‘A’ or ‘B’ from the U.S. Preventive Services Taskforce will be fully covered by Medicare, without patient co-pays or deductibles.
• Primary care pay boost – Providers of primary care services, including physicians and most non-physician practitioners (NPPs), will receive a bonus payment equal to 10% of the Medicare allowed charges they billed for primary care codes.

Join expert consultant Betsy Nicoletti on August 11 to receive focused training guaranteed to increase your productivity and ensure your practice is prepared for the regulatory changes to enrollment, quality of care programs.