Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert
Here's How Your Agency Can Thrive In 2008 And Beyond
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Get the latest information on wound diagnoses and the 2009 ICD-9 code updates. Sign up for these Eli audioconferences to learn without leaving the office:
• Differentiate Decubitus Ulcers: Diagnosis Tools For Survival in Today’s Reimbursement Era. Keep your wound diagnoses and treatments right on the money and out of court. Surveyors and plaintiff attorneys are having a field day with healthcare providers that have high rates of avoidable pressure ulcers. Nail down the key differences between a pressure ulcer, venous insufficiency ulcer, arterial ulcer, spider bite, MRSA infection or cancer lesion in this 60-minute audioconference. Join wound care expert Michael Miller, DO, Thurs. Aug 21 at 1 pm ET, 60 minutes www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=1136 or call 1-800-508-2582.
• 2009 ICD-9-CM Codes: What They Mean for Home Health. Now more than ever under the PPS changes, diagnosis coding drives home health reimbursement. Hundreds of new ICD-9 codes take effect Oct. 1, and many of them affect home health agencies. Not only that, but you no longer have a grace period to transition; you must be ready to use these codes on Oct. 1, 2008. Prepare now to avoid cash flow delays! Join expert speaker Judy Adams, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C. DO, Sept. Aug 18 at 1 pm ET, 60 minutes http://www.audioeducator.com/industry_conference.php?id=1204 or call 1-800-508-2582.
Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert
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Here's How Your Agency Can Thrive In 2008 And Beyond
Plan now for immediate staff training. Get the latest information on wound diagnoses and the [...]