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FALL WEBINAR SCHEDULE
Online registration is FAST, EASY and SECURE!
CODING & COLLECTIONS
The following are tentative dates, subject to change without notice.
DATE:Thursday, November 1, 2012
TIMES:
9:00 am -11:15 am PST - register online
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12:30 pm - 2:45 pm PST - register online
COST: $107 for first person and $57 for each additional attendee
Registration Deadline: October 25, 2012
DATE: Thursday, November 8, 2012 continued on Thursday, November 15, 2012
TIMES:
9:00 am -11:00 am PST - register online
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12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST - register online
COST:$157 for first person and $97 for each additional attendee
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, November 1, 2012
Or if you prefer, download a Fall Coding & Collections Webinars Registration Form to mail or fax.
PRACTICE BUILDING WEBINARS
This series will be held on Thursdays PST. Dates and times are subject to change without notice.
COST: $77 Per Attendee per module or Save 10% and pay $277 when the same person attends all four modules.
DATE:Tuesday, November 27, 2012
TIMES:
9:00 am -10:45 am PST register online
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12:00 pm - 1:45 pm PST - register online
Registration Deadline: Friday, November 23, 2012
DATE:Tuesday, December 4, 2012
TIMES:
9:00 am -10:45 am PST register online
or
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm PST - register online
Registration Deadline: Friday, November 30, 2012
DATE:Tuesday, December 11, 2012
TIMES:
9:00 am -10:45 am PST register online
or
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm PST - register online
Registration Deadline: Friday, December 7, 2012
DATE:Tuesday, December 18, 2012
TIMES:
9:00 am -10:45 am PST register online
or
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm PST - register online
Registration Deadline: Friday, December 14, 2012
Save 10% when you register for all four modules.
Four modules 9:00 am - 10:45 am PST
Thursdays starting November 11, 2010 -- register online
Registration Deadline: Friday, November 23, 2012
Four modules 12:00 pm - 1:45 pm PST
Thursdays starting November 11, 2010 -- register online
Registration Deadline: Friday, November 23, 2012
Unable to attend a Webinar in person? No problem! Purchase the CD recordings and notes via our website and watch them again and again. Additional information regarding the content and
registration is available on our website.
SYSTEMS FOR BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE (DVD and Workshop Package)
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GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• ICD-9 Up-Dates are usually released in October. The best way I know of to get the most current information is to join your you MAC's (Medicare Administrative Contractor) List Serve.
• 2013 Medicare Fees - It is not uncommon for us to start receiving information about the 2013 fees and Part B deductibles at this time of the year. Over the last several years fees have been announced in advance and then change within hours of days of the new year. Remember to check with your Medicare Administrative Contractor frequently for up-dates.
• HIPAA OCR Releases Audit Protocol - What does the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) look for when they conduct an audit? LEARN MORE
NATIONAL NEWS
• ACA's Investigation of ASHN Heats Up - According to an article by Julie Lenhardt, Associate Director, Insurance Advocacy which appeared in the June/July 2012 issue of ACA's on-line newsletter In Touch,
"The ACA has received information from not only providers and their staff, but also patients demonstrating their mounting concerns. We also have received information that other parties such as employers and regulators have begun to take notice of the egregiousness of ASHN's practices. In fact, ASHN ranks as one of the most frequently identified companies causing concerns for doctors of chiropractic and their patients in the emails and phone calls ACA has received recently."
More information on ACA's investigation of ASHN and efforts with other networks can be found on ACA's Chiropractic Network Action Center at www.acatoday.org/CNAC
• Anthem BCBS of California Reverses Policy - The ACA and the California Chiropractic Association (CCA) worked together to get an Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield policy that unfairly forced doctors of chiropractic to participate in its automobile medical coverage network reversed! Anthem decided to reverse its policy, and effectively allow DCs to opt out of the Automobile Medical Coverage Network Access Plan and maintaining their other Anthem contracts. Anthem has notified ASHN of its decision, and payer summaries will be updated during the next revision. Providers need to notify Anthem if they wish to opt out of the Automobile Medical Coverage Network Access Plan.
• 2013 ICD-10 CM Codes & Mapping Files are Available - The 2013 ICD-10-CM codes and mapping files are now posted on the HYPERLINK ""
2013 ICD-10-CM and GEMs Web page. These files contain information on the new diagnosis coding system, ICD-10-CM, that is being developed as a replacement for ICD-9-CM, Volumes 1 and 2.
As a reminder, CMS recently posted the 2013 ICD-10-PCS files to the 2013 ICD-10-PCS and GEMs Web page. CMS has also posted the ICD-10 Medicare Code Editor v 29 (MCE v29 to be used with v29 Definitions Manual) on the ICD-10 MS-DRG Conversion Project Web page along with additional files for the the ICD-10 MS-DRG conversion project.
• ICD-10 Will become mandatory on October 1, 2014. HHS has announced the final rule that delays the ICD-10 compliance date from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014. CMS has a website that will help you find resources to help, Providers, Payers, and Vendors with the U.S. health care industry's transition to ICD-10 on October 1, 2014. As of January 1, 2012, all electronic transactions must use Version 5010 standards, which accommodate ICD-10 codes. LEARN MORE
• New Electronic Payment Rules May Save Billions
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Wednesday the release of a new rule that is estimated to save approximately $2.7 to $9 billion--over the next 10 years--in administrative costs for physician practices, hospitals, and health plans. As stated in the rule, "Many factors contribute to the high cost of health care in the United States. Administrative costs have a substantial impact on the growth of spending, and this is an area of cost that can likely be reduced." The regulation adopts operating rules for Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) and Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA). By automating these tasks, it is believed that time and labor spent collecting and reconciling payments in physician offices and hospitals will be decreased. The compliance date for operating rules for the health care electronic funds transfers and remittance advice transaction is Jan. 1, 2014. LEARN MORE
NATIONAL MEDICARE
• Medicare Secondary Payer Laws Reminder MLN Matters® Number: SE1227
What You Need to Know - It is against the Medicare Secondary Payer laws to accept payment from a beneficiary upon admission or when services are being rendered when another insurer is primary to Medicare. If you are performing this practice, you must stop immediately. LEARN MORE
• Effective 9/4/2012 CMS issues revised manual instructions for the ABN I suggest paying special attention to the following sections: Retention Requirement (50.6.4) and the Beneficiary Liability (50.7.3 A) and the Collections of Funds and Refunds (50.13). LEARN MORE
• PECOS-Digital Document Repository (DDR). CMS has updated Internet-based PECOS to allow all providers/suppliers the ability to submit electronic copies of supporting documentation to a Digital Document Repository (DDR). Prior to this enhancement, providers/suppliers were required to mail copies of all supporting documentation to their MAC.
The DDR will be accessible by providers/suppliers via Internet-based PECOS during the application submission process. The DDR will apply to any documents required to be submitted as part of the Medicare Enrollment application and requests from the MACs for additional documentation that may be essential to completely process the provider/supplier's enrollment application. LEARN MORE
CALIFORNIA MEDICARE
• Your Online Provider Services (OPS) Access Can Expire
Beginning July 5, 2012, Palmetto GBA will disable any user ID that has not been used in 90 days. If you are a provider user and have been given access to OPS by the provider administrator in your office, your user ID will be disabled if you or your provider administrator have not logged in within the last 90 days. If you are a provider administrator and you have not logged in within the last 90 days, your user ID and the user IDs of your provider users will be disabled. LEARN MORE
• Jurisdiction 1 Part B PC-ACE Pro32 Training Modules
Palmetto GBA is pleased to announce the availability of updated Web-based PC-ACE Pro32 training modules for Part A, Part B and Railroad Medicare providers. PC-ACE Pro32 is a complete, self-contained electronic processing system for health care claims submission and management. This claims entry software does not integrate into office systems, such as accounts receivable, inventory or billing. Pro32 provides you with the ability to enter patient, claim and procedure file information while creating summary reports of the claims you submit electronically. LEARN MORE
• The Online Provider Services (OPS) URL Has Changed. The new Web address, https://www.onlineproviderservices.com/ecx_improvev2/. You may also access OPS from the Palmetto GBA Web site
CALIFORNIA WORKERS COMPENSATION
• Reform Strikes Again -- SB 863 passed on August 31, 2012 and the Governor signed the bill into law on September 18, 2012. There are several changes that will directly impact chiropractors, applicants, insurers, other providers and employers. LEARN MORE
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