Observation status

We can help teach your team the importance of assigning correct patient status from the beginning — and how to make sure these services are billed properly to ensure accurate reimbursement.

Among other topics, our key concepts allow your team to:

• Identify the source of inpatient status regulatory guidance
• State differences between inpatient and outpatient status
• Understand the importance of correct status assignment

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• Observation status

  

  New guidelines on calculating time for observation, as well as difficult-to-understand coverage guidelines, make observation a perfect target for the new permanent RACs. Our experts will analyze the current regulatory environment related to observation status and help you determine the appropriate patient classification. Reimbursement dollars are at stake! Learn more about our December 12 audio conference.

• CPT 2009

  

  Do you have time to make sense of the hundreds of new CPT code changes for 2009? Our experts do. At the end of this live audio conference, your staff will be able to identify which sections of the 2009 CPT Manual saw the greatest number of revisions, demonstrate how and when to use the new CPT codes and explain the rationale for the changes. Learn more about our December 2 audio conference.