Observation Documentation:
Keys to Proper Coding, Billing & Reimbursement
| Thursday, June 29, 2017 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET
CREDITS: 1.5 AAPC CEUs
| | | | | | Distinguishing between observation services versus inpatient admissions is a struggle that you deal with every day.
This valuable training session will help clear up the ambiguities and provide you with guidance on how to document, code and get paid for observation services.
- What is observation & how does it differ from an inpatient admission
- Coding, billing & reimbursement for observation services
- How to use the observation log to assist in justifying observation
- What physicians need to document to ensure observation is supported
- How to make sense of the 2-Midnight Rule and care paths for observation
- Nursing & clinical documentation required for observation services
- When, how and why to use Condition Code 44
- The new NOTICE Act and the implications for observation services
- Strategies to conduct mock audits and how to develop audit guidelines
- Private payer considerations & important resources
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Dr. Duane Abbey is a management consultant and president of Abbey & Abbey Consultants.
- Healthcare consulting services for hospitals, physicians, and medical clinics
- Focuses his consulting on compliance, payment and deliver systems
- Well-known and sought-after speaker for hospital associations, medical societies and other groups
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