Agenda
| City/Date | Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
9:00 a.m. - Noon |
1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. |
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
|
| Indianapolis, IN Oct. 8–11 |
NEW! Billing | Advanced Coding | HCS-D Study Session | HCS-D Exams | |
| Beyond the Basics | |||||
| Dallas, TX Nov. 12–15 |
NEW! Billing | Advanced Coding | HCS-D Study Session | HCS-D Exams | |
| Beyond the Basics | |||||
Billing Training |
Beyond the Basics | Advanced Coding
NEW Home Health Billing Training
Duration: 1 day
Locations: Indianapolis and Dallas
Speakers: Debbie Cunningham and Lisa Selman-Holman
Audience: Billers, billing managers and supervisors, coders, coding supervisors, administrators, directors, CFOs
Learn how to audit-proof your billing practices to ensure proper payment while avoiding ADRs and even worse, denials. Start your training with an overview of the constantly-changing Medicare regulations, including the home health PPS system and OASIS data collection requirements, while learning how they both impact billing and ultimately reimbursement. Then, move on to the specifics of proper billing, including how to check and confirm beneficiary eligibility, decipher the different bill types and their components, and navigate the Direct Data Entry (DDE) system to monitor claims that have been issued an ADR. Finally, learn how to effectively review an Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) and protect against medical review.
This training will prepare you to avoid the most common Medicare coding and billing mistakes that lead to cash flow interruptions, denials and overpayments, including:
- HIPPS codes on the RAP don't match the HIPPS codes on the episode claim.
- HIPPS codes indicate non-routine supplies are needed, yet none are listed in the claim.
- Bills are returned because of a coding error — learn which diagnosis codes need to go on the claim.
- HIPPS codes indicate therapy was provided but no therapy is listed on the claim.
- Missing physician signature for face-to-face encounter
- Not complying with the timely filing requirement.
Beyond the Basics
Duration: 1.5 days
Locations: Indianapolis and Dallas
Speaker: Tricia Twombly
Audience: Experienced coders, coding supervisors
Coders who have had a couple years of experience can delve right into the most-commonly diagnosed and miscoded diseases, as well as the most frequently-billed codes. During this interactive education — through practice scenarios — you’ll learn how to properly sequence cases with multiple diseases and disciplines, investigate combination coding issues and improve documentation. Bonus: Use this class to prepare for the HCS-D certification exam. During this workshop, you will:
- Code scenarios including neoplasms, multiple V codes, circulatory, respiratory and combination coding. Learn to quickly extract information that will help you accurately code and sequence.
- Learn how to sequence the most complicated conditions, such as CVA, HTN and neoplasms
- Walk through some of the toughest diabetes scenarios, such as coding diabetic ulcers, brittle diabetes, secondary diabetes as a result of pancreatectomy and osteomyelitis.
- Identify key OASIS-C coding interactions and new codes that impact home care.
Required materials: 2013 ICD-9-CM Manual
Advanced Coding Boot Camp
Duration: 1 day
Locations: Indianapolis and Dallas
Speaker: Lisa Selman-Holman
Audience: Expert HCS-D certified coders and coding supervisors
HCS-D certified coders this is your opportunity to expand your experience and receive continuing education at your expert level. During this advanced coding training, you'll work through practice scenarios to learn how to properly sequence the most problematic coding scenarios, including those with multiple complications and late effects. Work through:
- Complicated therapy cases with several co-morbidities
- Varied neoplasm situations to determine the focus of care
- Trauma wounds, late effect burns and complex ostomy cases
- Terminal conditions, such as ESRD and massive CVA with persistive vegetative state
Required materials: 2013 ICD-9-CM Manual
Required Materials
Each attendee MUST bring a 2013 ICD-9-CM manual to the conference in order to participate. We recommend DecisionHealth’s 2013 Complete Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual. Call toll-free 1-855-CALL-DH1 or click here to place your order for just $199 ($179 for AHCC members). Reference MUL12023.
Approved for BMSC HCS-D CEUs
Home Health Billing Training: 4 HCS-D CEUs
Beyond the Basics: 10.5 HCS-D CEUs
Advanced Coding: 6.5 HCS-D CEUs
Sit for your Home Care Coding Specialist — Diagnosis (HCS-D) certification or re-certification exam.
Exams are also offered online. Click here for more information.
Who Should Attend
- Agency Coders and Supervisors
- Home Health Billers and Billing Managers
- Accounts Receivable Supervisor
- Coding Educators and Trainers
- Clinical Managers and QI Staff
- Home Health Consultants
- Directors of Nursing
- Home Health RNs
- Directors of Patient Care
- Outcome Specialists
- CFOs, VP of Finance