The CMS has laid out almost 500 changes that will affect the codes hard coded in the chargemaster for 2007, including 70 deleted codes and over 100 new codes that need to be reviewed. The payment reforms also include provisions expanding quality reporting requirements for hospital inpatient services.

Listen in to this program with your staff members for a comprehensive review of the Medicare FY 2007 Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule changes and hear how it will affect your organization. All areas discussed will focus on both coding and reimbursement impacts.

Tina has over 14 years of experience and is responsible for a number of issues/projects related to Medicare/ Medicaid regulatory review for numerous types of healthcare facilities, such as acute care hospitals, psychiatric and rehabilitation facilities. More...

With over 25 years of varied healthcare experience, Vickie assists hospitals with the implementation of APCs, CPT coding guidelines and regulations, charge description master (CDM) reviews, chart to bill audits and collateral information systems analysis. More...

• The new 2007 Medicare code deletions, additions, and changes including:
• Big changes to radiology codes
• Infusion therapy changes again, the 3rd time in 3 years
• Respiratory care code changes
• The reimbursement impact of the changes
• The Q Status Indicator and how to use it with the new codes assigned to it
• The new changes in payment for pharmacy-as status indicator
• Outline of the new quality reporting requirements
• Review of per diem reductions for partial hospitalization services
• Drug, biological and radiopharmaceutical reimbursement for 2007
• Payments for emergency room services... find out what was finalized
• LIVE question and answer session

CEOs, COOs, CFOs, vice president of finance, director of reimbursement, patient financial services, chargemaster coordinators, coding supervisors, revenue cycle coordinators, financial planners, health information management, vice president of operations, strategic and implementation consultants, operations executives, executive directors, team leaders, planners, product managers, knowledge managers, department heads, medical directors, director of managed care, director of contracting, network development and provider services directors, strategic planners, healthcare management, TPAs, network managers, company executives, medical management directors, analysts, account services and administration executives.

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