Coding Guidelines: How Your Coding Will Change With ICD-10
Presented by: Jennifer Warfield of PPS Plus Software
April 18th in Baton Rouge; April 19th in Monroe
8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Objectives of this workshop:
- Understand current ICD guidelines and how important these are to agency survival
- Discuss how to get support and upper management buy-in for preparation
- Understand how to start preparing for ICD-10
- Review plan for organizing team and for implementation effort
- Decide what materials will be necessary to begin
- Different coding scenarios
2012 Palmetto GBA Home Health Workshop
Presented by: Tammy Tucci & Charles Canaan of Palmetto GBA
May 8th in Monroe; May 9th in Baton Rouge
8:00 AM to Noon
Topics for Home Health Billing:
- Medicare Updates
- HIPAA 5010 and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
- Billing Changes as a result of 5010
- Home Health 2% Reduction
- Data analysis
- J11 Home Health Provider Enrollment
- Revalidation Initiative
- The Internet-based Provider Enrollment
- Chain and Ownership System (PECOS)
Topics for Home Health Clinical Topics
- Aggregate Length of Stay Data
- Wound Documentation
- Home Health Denials
- Homebound
- Plan of Care
- Medical Necessity
- Orders
- Non-response to Request for Records
- Therapy
- Fraud and Abuse
