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The Complete Guide to Revenue Cycle Management – A New Comprehensive Course from Manage My Practice

You spoke and we listened – you asked for a comprehensive course on Revenue Cycle Management and we brought it to you!

This series is for anyone who wants to understand the medical practice revenue cycle from the very beginning to the very end: physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, advanced practice registered nurses, practice administrators, office managers, consultants, vendors, students, coders, billers and those who want a RCM foundation to enter the healthcare field. Anyone who wants to know more about how reimbursement in healthcare works in the medical practice will find this comprehensive series indispensable.

You won’t find this comprehensive course anywhere else except at Manage My Practice. Webinar leader Mary Pat Whaley, FACMPE, CPC has developed this program from 25+ years of experience in medical practice management and from requests she gets weekly for education on the revenue cycle management process.

Improve Your Medical Practice's Revenue Cycle

The Complete Guide to Revenue Cycle Management – a Five Module Comprehensive Curriculum

Module I. The Foundation

  • Payer Contracting
  • Credentialing
  • Payer Matrix
  • Setting a Fee Schedule
  • Understanding Medicare Part B

Module II. The Data Build

  • Practice Management System Set-up
  • Allowables
  • Patient Demographics & Insurance Information
  • Eligibility & Benefits
  • CPTs, HCPCS, ICD-9

Module III. The Pre-Claim Process

  • Collecting at TOS
  • Documentation: Paper vs Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
  • Physician Coding vs. Abstraction Coding
  • The Superbill vs. Using the EMR to Bill
  • Claim Scrubbing: The Three Gates

Module IV. The Post-Claim Process

  • Write-offs, Denials and Appeals
  • Daily Reconciliation Process
  • Patient Collections and Payment Plans
  • Refunds
  • Recoupments

Module V. Monitoring

  • Monthly Reports
  • The Practice Dashboard/Snapshot Report
  • Strategies for Improving Revenue
  • Benchmarks for Staffing
  • Revenue Cycle Compliance and Auditing

Also Included! Action Pack – Handouts in Word/Excel

  1. Contract Reference Matrix
  2. Contract Review Template
  3. Fee Schedule Worksheet
  4. Medicare Resources
  5. Allowable Cheat Sheet
  6. Write-off Approval Form
  7. Daily Reconciliation Form
  8. Refund Request
  9. Monthly Report List
  10. Sample Snapshot Report
  11. Sample Revenue Cycle Compliance Plan

 

Here’s what one attendee wrote about a recent Manage My Practice Webinar “Information was right on! Great examples and real life experiences.”

 

5-Week Course for $799.00 (Two Options)

Option One : Every Tuesday for Five Weeks – March 12, 19, 26, April 2, and April 9

Click Here To Register!

Module I: Tuesday, March 12 @7pm ET for 90 minutes

Module II: Tuesday, March 19 @7pm ET for 90 minutes

Module III: Tuesday, March 26 @7pm ET for 90 minutes

Module IV: Tuesday, April 2 @7pm ET for 90 minutes

Module V: Tuesday, April 9 @7pm ET for 90 minutes

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Option Two: Every Thursday for Five Weeks – March 14, 21, 28, April 4 and April 11

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Module I: Thursday, March 14 @1pm ET for 90 minutes

Module II: Thursday, March 21 @1pm ET for 90 minutes

Module III: Thursday, March 28 @1pm ET for 90 minutes

Module IV: Thursday, April 4 @1pm ET for 90 minutes

Module V: Thursday, April 11 @1pm ET for 90 minutes

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Mary Pat Whaley

Mary Pat Whaley, FACMPE, CPC has 25+ years managing physician practices of all sizes and specialties in the private and public sectors. She is Certified Professional Coder, is Board Certified in Medical Practice Management and is a Fellow in the American College of Medical Practice Executives. Mary Pat has been providing free information and resources to physicians, care providers and medical practice executives since 2008. For questions about “The Complete Guide to Revenue Cycle Management” webinar, contact Mary Pat at (919) 370-0504.

Posted in: A Career in Practice Management, Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, Medical Coding Education, Medicare & Reimbursement

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Accreditation Countdown: If You Are Billing Medicare the Technical Component for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, You Better Get Started

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If you are a physician, non-physician practitioner or Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) who supplies imaging services and submits claims for the Technical Component (TC) of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging (ADI) procedures to Medicare contractors (carriers and A/B Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs)), you should know that you must be accredited by Sunday, January 1, 2012.  If your facility uses an accredited mobile facility, and you bill for the TC of ADI, you must also be accredited. The accreditation requirement is attached to the biller of the services.

Those not accredited by that deadline will not be able to bill Medicare until they become accredited.

For those planning on seeking accreditation to continue performing the technical component of ADI services, know that accreditation is dependent on the demonstration of quality standards, including (but not limited to):

  • Qualifications and responsibilities of medical directors and supervising physicians;
  • Qualifications of medical personnel who are not physicians;
  • Procedures to ensure that equipment used meets performance specifications;
  • Procedures to ensure the safety of beneficiaries;
  • Procedures to ensure the safety of person who furnish the imaging; and
  • Establishment and maintenance of a quality assurance and quality control program to ensure the reliability, clarity and accuracy of the technical quality of the image.

Additionally, the accreditation process may include:

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Posted in: Medicare & Reimbursement

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Congress Expected to Further Delay SGR Cut to Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

UPDATE: On June 24, 2010 the House and Senate passed legislation to further delay the Medicare cuts until November 30, 2010. More here.

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Congress has yet to pass a bill delaying the June 1, 2010 21.2% reduction in physician reimbursement, but most believe it will happen and be effective retroactively.

CMS has said it is anticipating a further delay in Medicare fee schedule cuts, so they have “instructed contractors to hold claims containing services paid under the MPFS for the first 10 business days of June.”

More information on my post here.

Stay tuned!

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