Webinars
Live webinars are offered several times each year and will be available on-demand following each event. Webinar registration and on-demand access is always FREE to CodingIntel members. Non-members may purchase access to live and on-demand webinars (see individual webinar descriptions for details.) Have a suggestion for a webinar topic? Email us using the contact link at the bottom of this page.
On-line digital services and remote monitoring | Webinar
The new CPT ® codes for non-face-to-face services include both on-line digital evaluations and remote physiological monitoring. Hold your celebration—the digital E/M codes are not office visits through your portal and have very specific documentation requirements. The webinar will start with a brief overview of Medicare covered telehealth, and then describe these two new sets of codes, with the documentation rules and clinical examples.
Read MoreICD-10-CM: Coding and Reporting Guidelines
Electronic health records and on-line ICD-10 look up have made it easy to find a diagnosis code, and quicker than using the index and ICD-10 book. But, is the code accurate and does using it follow the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting in ICD-10, including chapter specific instructions? This hour-long webinar will review the Official Guidelines FY 2020, used for coding outpatient physician services.
Read MoreIn-office GYN Procedures | Webinar
Clinicians in gynecology practices and family practices frequently perform in-office gynecological procedures. This webinar will describe the coding rules for the most common GYN procedure codes, including biopsies, LEEP, colposcopy, endometrial ablation and lesion destruction.
Read MoreCoding inpatient pediatric services | Webinar
Pediatricians and family physicians who care for newborn and older children in an inpatient setting need to select the correct category of code based on the condition of the patient. For newborns, this varies from caring for healthy newborns, to neonates who require inpatient care, intensive care or critical care. It is important to select the codes that reflect the condition of the patient, whether providing 24-hour care or stabilizing and transferring the patient. This webinar will explain the use of these codes, using clinical examples from CPT® Changes: An Insider’s View from 2008, 2009 and 2013.
Read MoreAnalysis of 2018 CERT report: use these findings to educate and audit high risk codes
This webinar will analyze errors for Part B payments and identify the types of services with the highest error rates and the reasons identified in the CERT report. The most common type of error is insufficient documentation, followed by incorrect coding. Some types of procedures, however, were denied for medical necessity.
Read MoreCoding Hospitalist Services | Webinar
Coding Hospitalist Services will cover selecting the correct category of code for inpatients, observations patients, and patients seen in the ED and sent home. It will review the first CMS frequency data for E/M services and describe the documentation requirements for inpatient and observation services.
Read MoreCoding Skin Procedures in Dermatology, Family Practice and Urgent Care | Webinar
This webinar will tell coders and practitioners how to document and code biopsies, destruction of benign and malignant lesions, and repairs. It includes specific examples of how to bill for multiple procedures with the correct modifiers, and when to use modifier -51, -59 and -58.
Read MoreHow to Soothe, Smooth and Improve Difficult People | Webinar
What can you do to prevent letting other peoples’ bad days become your bad days? We have the answer! Special guest and customer service expert Susan Keane Baker shares about specific behaviors you can use to reduce the number of difficult encounters in your life.
Read MoreUpgrade your Revenue Cycle Tools
Medical practices must collect revenue quickly and at the lowest possible cost. Manual systems, collecting months after the date of service and submit and hope for the best result in lower payments and net revenues. For each step in the revenue cycle, this session will describe the optimal processes and technology to yield results.
Read MoreDenial Management Strategies
Medical practices can decrease denials and accelerate payments by setting up work processes that use advance functions in their software systems to identify, quantify and categorize denials. The purpose is to identify patterns related to coding, enrollment, prior authorization and specific payer performance. This presentation will focus on using these systems related specifically to ICD-10, but the underlying strategy to understand the causes of denials, and reduce or prevent them in the future is applicable for all denial reasons.
Read MoreMedicare Rules for Incident-to Billing and Shared Services | Webinar
Incident-to services appear on the OIG Work Plan frequently. The stakes are high for the practice in terms of revenue and compliance. Ask around the office, and there is often significant disagreement over the Medicare rules for these services, including in what setting each can be provided. This 60 minute webinar will provide definitive answers about billing for Non-Physician Practitioners incident-to or as shared services.
Read MoreUsing Modifiers Correctly: Every claim line tells a story
Slapping a modifier on “just to be safe” (modifier 59 users, this one’s for you) can result in payment when none was due or denials. Coding denials due to incorrect or missing modifiers can cost a practice money. Appending modifiers often falls to coders who need to know the rules and be willing to make an assessment when the documentation calls for judgment. This 60 minute webinar will discuss the most commonly used CPT® and HCPCS modifiers.
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