Urgent Care Coding

• Presenter: Lynne Severn, CPC, CPMA
• Broadcast On: 6/27/2012
  10:00am PT / 11:00am MT / 12:00pm CT / 1:00pm ET
• On Demand Availability: Immediately following live event
• Presentation Length: 60 minutes
• Attendee Rating:
  
  
• 2 CEU

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  Coding Billing Auditing Compliance Mgmt

Overview:

Urgent care centers provide immediate care for acute, non-life-threatening illness and injury. Most centers treat fractures, provide IV fluids, and have X-ray and lab processing onsite. They are typically staffed with physicians, and may also have physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, medical assistants, and radiology technicians working with patients. During this webinar you will learn how to correctly bill for all of the services provided in the urgent care environment.

You Will Learn:

• The rules for determining patient status (new vs. established)
• How to choose the correct evaluation and management (E&M) code set
• The requirements for documenting and billing CPT® procedures typically performed in the urgent care setting
• The concept of the global surgical period and how it impacts coding
• Which supplies and services can be billed in addition to the level of service
• When modifiers should be added to the claim form

CEU approved for all CPCs, CPC-Hs, CPC-Ps and the following specialties: CEDC, CEMC, CIMC, CPMA, and CPEDC.

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About The Presenter

Ms. Severn has over 20 years of experience in the health care field, working in coding, billing, and consulting. She completed her MBA at Hood College. Since 1995 she has been the Chief Operating Officer at Medical Account Services. She works with hospital systems and individual practices helping them achieve and maintain best practice coding and billing standards. Her years of involvement with Maryland Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and AAPC have increased her knowledge of coding, billing, and third party payer regulations.

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