Medicare Boot Camp®—Hospital Version (BLR) S

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Course Overview: Gain insight into the CMS initiatives affecting your revenue in 2019 by joining the nation’s leading Medicare experts for the Medicare Boot Camp®—Hospital Version.

From changes to the inpatient-only list to new guidance on charity care and pressure on drug payments, it’s the finest details of recent CMS updates that may cause compliance traps in 2019. Delve into the details of regulatory changes to understand the revenue implications and implement the new guidance. Medicare Boot Camp—Hospital Version unlocks all of the answers to your Medicare questions by teaching you the latest rules and their application.

Medicare Boot Camp—Hospital Version prepares you to better manage your revenue cycle and government audits by focusing on real guidance from CMS. You’ll leave class ready to make improvements that will strengthen reimbursement and compliance for your hospital or health system. And you’ll have the research tools and skills at your fingertips to answer your own Medicare questions long after the Boot Camp is over.

Comprehensive sections explain the complexities of:

• The 2-midnight benchmark and presumption
• Coverage under NCDs, LCDs, and CED
• Inpatient order requirements
• Inpatient-only procedures, including changes for 2019
• Outpatient coverage and physician supervision
• Observation coverage, billing, and payment
• Correct use of condition codes 44 and W2
• NCCI edits, including PTP edits and MUEs
• Payment under the OPPS and IPPS
• Patient deductible and copayment amounts
• ABNs, HINNs and billing non-covered services
• Medicare websites and resources

You will leave this program knowing how to:

• Prevent inpatient denials
• Conduct compliant “self-audits” for Part B inpatient payment
• Properly use and bill for observation services
• Research and resolve claim edits that delay revenue
• Prevent outpatient denials and missed revenue
• Implement best practices to get the revenue you deserve while staying in compliance

Who should attend?

• Finance and reimbursement personnel
• Case Managers
• Chargemaster personnel
• Billers and coders
• Medical records/health information personnel
• Clinical department personnel
• Provider-based clinic personnel
• Revenue managers
• Compliance officers and auditors
• Registration personnel
• Medicare Advantage and MAC personnel
• Healthcare lawyers, consultants, and CPAs
• Legal department personnel