Obstetrics & Gynecology Physicians & Practice Coders

Day 1

Hot Topics for Obstetrics & Gynecology 2020

■ The latest 2020 ICD-10-CM and CPT updates will be covered.

■ Are ALL your providers prepared for the sweeping 2021 EM changes for office

and outpatient services? Use this year wisely to prepare!

■ Full understanding of the new CMS/AMA E/M guidelines is essential to maximize

reimbursement.

■ Proposed 2021 payment hikes of 14-17% for office and outpatient E/M services.

■ While these changes lifting significant documentation burden are welcome news, they

apply only to new and established office codes / not hospital services.

■ Learn important MDM revisions and major changes to Table of Risk essential to gear

up for 2021 implementation.

■ Translate factors and co-morbidities to the medical record that impact the

provider’s decision making for moderate and high complexity encounters

■ Cloned EHR records remain on the OIGs target list.

■ Strategies to reduce “bloated” unnecessary documentation.

■ Records that are not properly signed and dated are considered services billed

but not performed.

■ We’ll bring you the latest Depression Assessment billing guidelines.

■ Painting an accurate picture of the patient’s condition and co-morbidities is

essential for quality, value and outcomes reporting necessary for MACRA.

■ We’ll teach you to look at your Coding Patterns through the hypercritical eyes

of an outside auditor. Know the hidden dangers of Audit errors across a “Paid

Claims Universe”.

■ Big changes are coming to the definition and reimbursement for Global Package.

We will bring you the latest.

■ Can New Synchronous Telemedicine fit into your Practice?

■ Your strong, accurate coding patterns are key to maximize current payment as well as

tomorrow’s.

Evaluation & Management and your Electronic Medical Record

■ Major changes involving Incident-to and Split/Shared billing guidelines are discussed.

■ Incident-to and Split/Shared Non-Physician Practitioner service errors are as high as 85%.

■ Learn techniques to customize the elements of your E/M services for quality clinical note.

■ Wellness services play an expanding / integral role in current and future plans for quality

cost saving measures.

■ How is the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit different from a “regular” Well Woman Visit?

Is it billable in the typical GYN practice?

Day 2

Maternity Care and Ultrasound Services

■ Maternity Care Services will be fully described with all recent updates.

■ Identify what is included in the OB package and what’s not.

■ The DOs & DONT’s of billing the “First OB Visit”.

■ Learn the “secrets” to reporting and getting paid for visits Unrelated to Maternity Care.

■ Documentation requirements necessary for Ultrasound services.

■ Other billing issues such as High Risk pregnancies, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Pregnancies

after Assisted Reproductive Technology…and more.

■ We’ll bring you the latest Depression Assessment billing guidelines.

Bring your favorite CPT and ICD-10 Coding Tools

Day Two:

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Procedures and Modifiers

■ Billing and documentation requirements for E/M and procedures on the same day.

■ Avoid the pitfalls of billing for supplies – NDC numbers, Pessary, IUDs, Lupron etc.

■ Contraceptive management and Urodynamics.

■ Reporting Colposcopies, Biopsies, Hysterectomies Robotic procedures properly.

■ …and more timely topics

ABOUT THE SEMINAR LEADER:ABOUT THE SEMINAR LEADER:

Arlene Morrow, CPC, CMM, CMSCS has served the healthcare industry for over 40 years withexperience as a Business Office manager, Practice Administrator and Consultant. She is owner of AM Associates based in Tampa, FL, a consulting firm that specializes in conducting individualized coding and reimbursement training programs for hundreds of physician practices, medical groups and clinics nationwide. As a McVey Seminar leader for 20 years, she is a nationally recognized speaker and author of many multi-specialty coding and reimbursement workbooks.

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