Compliance & Coding/Billing Professionals
The main conference has prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders for 11.0 Continuing Education Units. Granting of this approval in no way constitutes endorsement by the Academy of the program, content or the program sponsor.
The pre-conference session has prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders for 7.0 Continuing Education Units. Granting of this approval in no way constitutes endorsement by the Academy of the program, content or the program sponsor.
This program
is preapproved by the Board of Medical Specialty Coding (BMSC)
for 7 total CEUs toward
maintaining any CCP-P, ACS, SCP credential. The main conference
is pre-approved for 4 CEUs;
the pre-conference for an additional 3 CEUs.
For more information: www.medicalspecialtycoding.com.
CPE
Credits
Amount of Recommended CPE Credit:
Pre-conference (Oct. 10): 8 credits
Main Conference (Oct. 11-12): 12 credits
Learning
objectives:
Enrollment Rules for Facilities pre-conference:
To understand and apply provider-based regulation to hospital
reimbursement; to establish compliance with Medicare enrollment
rules; to understand how to complete the 855A and its potential
effects on the way hospitals bill for services.
Medicare Provider Enrollment Workshop:
To understand and apply Medicare enrollment regulations to
physician practice reimbursement; to comprehend the appeals
process and know when and how it will be used; to learn
the correct way to enroll physicians, non-physician practitioners,
group practices and suppliers so they can bill Medicare
for services and items provided; to understand how to complete
the 855B, 855S, 855I and 855R, and its potential effects
on the way group practices bill for services; to comply
with revalidation processes for verifying enrollment information.
Instructional Method: Group-live
Course Level: Intermediate, no advanced
preparation required
Prerequisites: None
Complaint Policy: DecisionHealth® is a division
of UCG, LP. Direct complaints to UCG Conference Department,
11300 Rockville Pike, Suite 1100, Rockville, MD 20852-3030
or email to registrar@decisionhealth.com. Call 800-260-1545
with any questions or concerns.
DecisionHealth® is a division
of UCG, LP. UCG, LP is registered with the National Association
of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), as a sponsor of continuing
professional education on the National Registry of CPE sponsors.
State boards of accountancy have final authority
on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints
regarding registered sponsor may be addressed to the National
Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700,
Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Website: http://www.nasba.org.