[PrvPracNP] Strategies to Appropriately Bill for Physician
Extenders -audioconference
Diego F. Perez NP
dfpnp at ameritech.net
Fri Jul 7 12:20:05 PDT 2006
DITTO
--- Paula Sumner <nurse_healer at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Arrgh-please stop calling us extenders,. I saw an
> earlier email asking that you not do this, yet, you
> persist, why??
> paula
>
> GIN11153 at aol.com wrote:
> A 60-minute LIVE audioconference
> at 12 p.m. (Eastern) on
> Thursday, August 10, 2006
>
>
> Use of physician extenders—nurse practitioners,
> physicians assistants, etc.—can significantly
> improve your practice's efficiency. However, billing
> incorrectly for them can cost your practice
> significant dollars and make you the target of
> audits from the OIG.
> Join us on August 10, for the 60-minute
> audioconference, Strategies to Appropriately Bill
> for Physician Extenders. Our experts will give you
> the information you need to bill properly and
> increase efficiency in your facility.
> At the end of this audioconference, participants
> will be able to:
>
> Identify what services physician assistants (PA)
> and nurse practitioners (NP) can and cannot provide
> in the practice setting.
> Explain how some commercial payers reimburse for
> physician extenders.
> Describe tri-care insurance and how to bill under
> it.
> Define incident-to billing.
> Distinguish between the roles of
> facility-employed vs. practice-employed extenders.
> Reserve your seat today!
> AGENDA
>
> State scope of practice
> What PAs and NPs can and cannot do
> NPs
> PAs
>
> The effect on billing of the state scopes of
> practice
>
> Medicaid and commercial payers
> Tri-care
> What this type of insurance is and when it
> applies
> How providers bill under it
>
> Incident-to and shared billing
> Shared billing
> Incident-to
> Carve-outs
> Billing under the physician extender's own
> number
>
> Facility-employed vs. practice-employed
> What documentation can be done/used by a
> facility-employed physician extender toward an MD's
> billed service.
> What the practice-employed physician extenders
> can do in-house
>
> Live Q&A
>
> ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
> Jennie Campbell, CPC, CCS-P, a shareholder with
> Pershing Yoakley & Associates, has held a variety of
> physician practice administration and consulting
> roles, including the design and implementation of
> compliance policies and programs in numerous
> physician practices. She regularly speaks and writes
> for a national audience on physician compliance
> issues.
> Suzan Hvizdash, BS, CPC, CPC-EMS, CPC-EDS, is
> responsible for teaching 200+ staff/faculty on the
> intricacies and importance of compliance with
> current documentation requirements as the physician
> education specialist for the Department of Surgery
> at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
> (UPMC). In addition to her position with UPMC, she
> is also actively involved as the senior auditor and
> an advisory board member for the American Academy of
> Professional Coders.
> Reserve your seat today!
> WHO SHOULD LISTEN:
> Coders and billers, office managers, practice
> administrators, physicians, compliance officers in
> the practice setting, auditors, and NPs and PAs.
> DIAL IN TOLL-FREE!
> You can call in toll-free to our live
> audioconferences. This added benefit means you can
> save on long-distance charges and receive even more
> value from this important program! Details on how to
> call will be sent to you via e-mail with your
> materials package.
>
> CAN'T LISTEN LIVE?
> No problem. Purchase a tape or CD of the program and
> listen when you can. It's also a perfect training
> tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran
> staff.
>
> PLEASE NOTE:
>
> Participation in the call is just $229 per site
> and allows access to ONE phone line for an unlimited
> number of people to listen. All materials must be
> retrieved from the Internet. Live orders are
> assessed a $5 processing fee. Tape, CD, and combo
> orders are charged $18 for shipping and handling.
> If you are registering within four business days
> of the audioconference, you must place your order
> over the telephone to ensure timely delivery of all
> necessary information.
> 4 EASY WAYS TO REGISTER
>
> Online at HCPro's Healthcare Marketplace
> Hit reply to this email and fill out the order
> form below
> Fax the order form below to 800/639-8511
> Call 800/650-6787 and mention source code
> EZ47774A
> Scheduling problem? No problem, you can order the
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> code D081006T for the tape or D081006D for the CD.
> >>> REGISTRATION FORM <<<
> Strategies to Appropriately Bill for Physician
> Extenders
> LIVE Audioconference: 12:00 p.m. (Eastern) Thursday,
> August 10, 2006
> Don't delay! Reserve your seat today!
> For your convenience, simply hit "Reply" and fill
> out the form below.
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Every gun that is made, every warship that is launched, every rocket that is fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those that are cold and not clothed."
-President Dwight Eisenhower
Diego F. Perez MSN RN CS ANP ACNP
Director - Occupational Medicine Services
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Emergency Department
University Medical Center
Medical University of Ohio at Toledo
3000 Arlington Avenue
Toledo, OH 43614-2598
Phone: 419.383.5403
Fax: 419.383.5458
Cellular: 419.360.4003
Page: 419.440.0189
dperez at meduohio.edu
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