Pre-Conference Workshop:
Secrets to a Profitable Pain Practice
Monday, June 22, 2009
Instructors:
Vicki Myckowiak, Principal, Myckowiak Associates
Devona Slater, President, Auditing for Compliance and Education
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
How Your Compliance Program Can Shut Your Practice’s Doors
Recently the government pursued compliance cases against pain management practices that put them out of business. Learn what got pain practices in trouble and what practical advice and procedures you can implement to protect your practice. As a bonus, you’ll receive auditing and monitoring tools to keep your practice compliant.
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment & Networking Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
The Top Coding Mistakes Made by Pain Clinics
Examine difficult real-life coding scenarios and get the latest on which mistakes auditors find most often in pain management records. Take away valuable tips for reviewing your own records and avoiding the mistakes of your peers.
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
A Stress-Free Audit: Tools to Survive
Prepare now for how your practice will be affected by an audit request letter. Learn who you need to notify, how to prepare records for the audit and how to defend your practice successfully in the review. Get the tools you need to ensure your documentation is defendable when the government or insurance company audits your practice.
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Refreshment & Networking Break
2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Winning Strategies for Negotiating Payor Contracts
See your contracts and their negotiations in a whole new light. Learn where you have leverage and what elements hold the most risk.
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Refreshment & Networking Break
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Expert Denial Management Strategies through E/M Documentation
Get your claims paid every time with the help of this thorough review of key E/M component requirements for documentation of pain management evaluation services. In this session, you’ll learn when to bill a service as a consult and when it is considered a new patient visit; the proper way to code if your provider is performing a procedure during the same visit; and how to handle the difference between a “shared visit” and an “incident-to” service.
5:30 p.m.
Workshop Adjourns
