Events
Upcoming Events
Recovery Audit Contractor Defense: A RAC Readiness Summit
March 19-20, 2009
Renaissance Glendale (AZ) Hotel & Spa
The RAC demonstration program has swept through six states, taking millions of dollars away from providers. Now you must prepare for the nationwide rollout of the permanent RAC program.
Put your RAC worries to rest. Attend Recovery Audit Contractor Defense: A RAC Readiness Summit and learn from experienced hospital professionals from California and New York who have already been through the demonstration project. Our multidisciplinary faculty will:
- Demystify the rumors and show you where the permanent RAC program is heading
- Teach you from their experiences how you can avoid the same pitfalls
- Cover the full scope of denial types
- Master the intricacies and rules of the appeal process
- Help you defend RAC denials and reassess processes moving forward
- Share tested recommendations and valuable tools to help you prepare
Click here to learn more about the Recovery Audit Contractor Defense seminar.
Observation Status Symposium
October 22-23, 2009
The Westin Buckhead Atlanta
This day-and-a-half–long seminar will teach you how to:
- Tackle the wide-reaching effects of assigning inappropriate patient status
- Implement processes and strategies to bill correctly
- How Recovery Audit Contractors look at observation status and one-day stays
- Apply Medicare’s definitions of inpatient and observation
- Uncover the critical aspects of medical necessity, revenue integrity, and utilization review
Audio conferences
Over the past year, the Revenue Cycle Institute’s Bill Malm has been featured in a number of HCPro audio conferences:
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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.
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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.
