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Special Presentation and Coding Tool: Crash Course in Medical Necessity for E/M Coders

Presenter Stephanie Cecchini, CHISP, CPC, CEMC
Broadcast Date 9/21/2016
Time 7:00am PT / 8:00am MT / 9:00am CT / 10:00am ET
Presentation Length 60 minutes
Price $65 (Non-members $85)
Special Presentation and Coding Tool: Crash Course in Medical Necessity for E/M Coders Webinar

Have you ever wondered if a level 4 or 5 office visit was really medically necessary—or if a service was actually more appropriately a level 3 versus a 2? Between EHR templates, Value Based medicine, and PQRS documentation requirements, medical records have swollen in size. They often support a level of service based on the 1995 and 1997 Documentation Guidelines, but leave no method for a coder to determine what was medically necessary. Only providers are qualified to make Medical Necessity determinations --- how can a coder be sure that they are selecting the correct code? This special presentation provides you with 3 simple solutions to ensure you’ve got the right level of service! This presentation highlights frequent (but problematic) methods used in code selection, which are adding to the problem. This presentation also provides you with alternate solutions that really work.

Stephanie Cecchini, CHISP, CPC, CEMC

About The Author

Stephanie Cecchini, CHISP, CPC, CEMC

Stephanie Cecchini, CPC, CEMC, CHISP

Vice President, Coding Operations at Aviacode

Stephanie joined Aviacode in 2012 where she continues her commitment to best serve the revenue cycle management needs of physicians and the healthcare community. She is an executive level healthcare operations expert with significant & broad ambulatory healthcare business experience with emphasis on multi-specialty physician groups, hospitals and payers. She has extensive experience in using data to drive payer audits. Stephanie has developed E/M audit selection algorithms to identify physician coding errors and recoup overpayments for both federal and commercial payers. She brings more than eighteen years’ involvement in healthcare regulations including: coding and billing compliance, HIPAA privacy, security, and transactions, and HITECH meaningful use compliance. Previously, Stephanie served as SVP at the American Society of Health Informatics Managers, working to fill the needs of physicians adopting Health IT and at its sister organization, AAPC as VP, Product Management. In prior roles she served as Chief Audit Officer for Parses, assuring physician audit accuracy and quality control for payer driven recovery audits of professional fees and was responsible for driving sales & managing new audit programs. As a public speaker and published writer, she is a nationally respected advocate of fair and proper payment for medical services.

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