Description

This webinar will focus on several areas of clinial documentation that are repeatedly found to be deficient by payors.  Included will be physical, occupation, speech therapy,  surgical debridement, durable medical equipment, neoplasms.  We will review required documentation, how to support medical necessity and tips to avoid denials.

Additionally, we will review situatuations that may trigger Fraud & Abuse allegations and the Medicare Target Probe & Education Program.

Webinar Objectives

• Understand increased documentation requirements for durable medical equipment
• Understand docuentation requirements for physical therapy
• Understand docuentation requirements for occupational therapy
• Understand documentation requirements for speech therapy
• Understand documenation requirements for surgical debridementa
• Understand documenation requirements for neoplasms

Webinar Agenda

• Review of CPT codes describing surgical debridement
• Review of CPT codes describing physical, occupational & speech therapy
• Review of neoplasm codes
• Required documentation
• Supporting medical necessity
• Avoiding denials
• Potential fraud & abuse
• Review of durable medical equipment documentation requirements

Who Should Attend

• Chargemaster Maintenance Staff
• Physicians
• Practice managers
• Medical assistants
• Nurses
• Compliance staff
• Billers
• Coders
• Revenue Cycle
• Risk Management
• Charge entry staff