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Speaker |
Jan Rasmussen |
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Industry |
Medical Billing Coding Webinars |
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Speciality |
Medical Billing Coding Webinars |
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Available |
All Days |
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Duration |
90 Minutes |
Description
Every summer CMS publishes its proposed new physician payment and coding change guidelines for the coming year. On November 1, 2022, CMS published its final rule after reviewing comments from the physician community confirming or changing issues from the proposed rule. In some circumstances, provider comments can influence CMS to deviate from its original proposed guidelines. It is very important for providers and staff to know what items in the proposed rule will move forward to 2023 and to know what CMS has decided not to move forward on in 2023. The proposed rule issues that were not implemented for 2023 may identify issues still being considered for 2024. This year there are significant changes to EM services and prolonged services that will require a complete change in the way services are coded outside of the office setting as well as new times for determining prolonged services for Medicare patients.
Learning Objectives
Areas Covered
Background
Annually CMS publishes its final rule for physician practices outlining new policies, codes, coding guidelines, and fee schedules This rule is a must for physician offices to read and be aware of all the changes within the CMS system.
Why Should You Attend
All providers and offices that bill Medicare or Medicaid for services must stay current on CMS yearly changes. This program will detail all those changes.
Who Should Attend
(PCS, ACS-OB, ACS-GI)
Jan Rasmussen, PCS, ACS-OB, ACS-GI, – As a health care consultant Jan has more than 45 years of experience in physician billing, reimbursement, and compliance. Jan is currently the owner of Professional Coding Solutions, a healthcare consulting firm. She has been a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) since 1992. As a member of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) Jan previously served on their Advisory Board as the liaison to the AMA, has been a speaker for the AAPC annual conference as well as contributed to the development of the original AAPC’s independent study, university education programs, and proficiency tests. In 1994, she was honored by AAPC as Networker of the Year. Jan was also a Regional Governor for the American College of Medical Coding Specialists (ACMCS) serving as Chair of the Ethics committee and a member of the Examination committee.
In her role as a physician consultant, she has participated in physician coding and documentation reviews including OIG government PATH and Campus audits, and designed and conducted physician coding seminars nationwide. She has been a guest speaker for several conferences sponsored by United Communications, Inc//Decision Health, AAPC as well as Coding Institute Specialty Conferences.
In previous consulting positions, she was responsible for developing and conducting seminars for basic, intermediate, and advanced ICD-9-CM and CPT, teaching physician guidelines as well as special seminars for OB/GYN, Orthopedics, Urology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, ENT, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine and Evaluation and Management. In her role as an educator, she has been teaching E/M documentation and auditing to both physician and coding audiences since 1992 when RBRVS was first implemented.
Jan has also worked for several major health insurance payers in Wisconsin, was a coding advisor to the WPS Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee, and served as the coding and reimbursement coordinator for a 37-provider, staff model HMO clinic. As the coding and reimbursement coordinator, Jan was responsible for physician office, hospital, surgical, and nursing facility coding charge ticket development, fee development, reimbursement analysis, claims analysis, and physician education.