Overview: This session will provide a strategy and detailed examples how to create and implement a coding compliance plan. A plan is not a static document; it is working document that must be reviewed and implementing constantly and continually. Jeff will use his 15 plus years as an auditor, a coding training and documentation specialist to help you create a compliance plan that works for your practice.
Every Participant will receive a generic 40-page sample Coding Compliance Plan in Word or Text Format!
Why should you attend: Fraud, incorrect documentation, and coding is a major risk for any medical practice. This webinar will show you how to create a compliance plans and a strategy for implementation and ensuring your coding, billing and documentation is compliant. A formal compliance plan is critical to ensuring that coding, documentation and reporting is accurate.
Areas Covered in the Session:
Learn the seven components of a Coding Compliance Plan recommended by the OIG
The importance of a Coding Compliance Plan
The importance of Provider education
How to improve an already existing Coding Compliance Plan
Creating a plan "with teeth"
Establishing a Coding Compliance Team
Why periodic audits are crucial to the Plan
Obstacles to implementing a plan
The Impact of Upcoding, Downcoding and "Red Flags"
Tips for improving documentation
Using Peer Audits and Reviews
Why using a third-party may help
The difference between getting paid and coding and documentation compliance
The ten most common problems with implementing a Coding Compliance Plan
How to sell the Plan to the doctors
Who Will Benefit:
Coders
Coding Manager
Coding Auditors
Compliance Director
Providers
Jeffrey Restuccio is the principal owner of Ritecode.com, a healthcare consulting company specializing in online training, live seminars, webinars, chart audits, and specialty consulting. Jeff is certified as both a CPC and a CPC-H from the Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC).
Jeff is an experienced educator and conducts training courses on CPT and ICD-9 coding and billing, auditing and compliance and has taught hundreds of live coding and billing seminars nationwide. He has audited over 10,000 medical records
Jeff teaches specialty seminars on topic such as carrier-specific rules, medical decision making, auditing, compliance plans and winning appeals. His clients include Hospital Corporation of America, Hospital Management Association, St Jude Children鈥檚 hospital, the VA, DOD. and hundreds of small practices.
Every Participant will receive a generic 40-page sample Coding Compliance Plan in Word or Text Format!
Why should you attend: Fraud, incorrect documentation, and coding is a major risk for any medical practice. This webinar will show you how to create a compliance plans and a strategy for implementation and ensuring your coding, billing and documentation is compliant. A formal compliance plan is critical to ensuring that coding, documentation and reporting is accurate.
Areas Covered in the Session:
Learn the seven components of a Coding Compliance Plan recommended by the OIG
The importance of a Coding Compliance Plan
The importance of Provider education
How to improve an already existing Coding Compliance Plan
Creating a plan "with teeth"
Establishing a Coding Compliance Team
Why periodic audits are crucial to the Plan
Obstacles to implementing a plan
The Impact of Upcoding, Downcoding and "Red Flags"
Tips for improving documentation
Using Peer Audits and Reviews
Why using a third-party may help
The difference between getting paid and coding and documentation compliance
The ten most common problems with implementing a Coding Compliance Plan
How to sell the Plan to the doctors
Who Will Benefit:
Coders
Coding Manager
Coding Auditors
Compliance Director
Providers
Jeffrey Restuccio is the principal owner of Ritecode.com, a healthcare consulting company specializing in online training, live seminars, webinars, chart audits, and specialty consulting. Jeff is certified as both a CPC and a CPC-H from the Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC).
Jeff is an experienced educator and conducts training courses on CPT and ICD-9 coding and billing, auditing and compliance and has taught hundreds of live coding and billing seminars nationwide. He has audited over 10,000 medical records
Jeff teaches specialty seminars on topic such as carrier-specific rules, medical decision making, auditing, compliance plans and winning appeals. His clients include Hospital Corporation of America, Hospital Management Association, St Jude Children鈥檚 hospital, the VA, DOD. and hundreds of small practices.
