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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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Calendar |
Nov 20, 2024 , 01 : 00 PM EST | 19 Days Left |
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Duration |
60 Minutes |
Description
Annually CMS publishes its new physician payment and coding change guidelines for the coming year which usually includes information regarding expanded or deleted telehealth services. The last few years have included significant updates to telehealth services. It is very important for providers and staff to know what telehealth services have been included in 2024 and changes for 2025. Telehealth provides essential additional access to healthcare for patients and efficient provision of healthcare services for providers. Do not miss this discussion of the evolution of telehealth services since the COVID pandemic with insight into some possible changes for 2025.
Learning Objectives
Areas Covered
Background
Telehealth services have continued to evolve since their beginning during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to protect patients and providers from exposure to COVID and other communicable diseases. It became very popular with both providers and patients and has now been accepted and expanded by most healthcare payers as a way to provide enhanced care to patients as well as improve access to providers. We will explore the advances in telemedicine and look at planned changes for the future of telemedicine services including telemedicine for FQHCs and RHCs.
Why Should You Attend
All providers and offices that bill Medicare/Medicaid/Tricare and Advantage Medicare plans need to understand billing for telehealth services. Services may be expanded or removed annually. Staying current on these changes is essential to identify additional billing opportunities and avoid risk from audits.
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.