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Coding & Reimbursement for Vascular Surgeons

 

	Challenges in Vascular Surgery 2008 Coding & Reimbursement April 11 - 12, 2008 Washington, D.C.
	Program Overview   Learning Objectives    Who Should Attend?     Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit     AAPC Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credit   Program Schedule    Faculty    Faculty Disclosure  Hotel Accommodations  Meeting Registration Form

Program Overview
This program is intended for those who seek to improve and expand their knowledge of accurate coding and reimbursement for vascular surgery. The program will cover important topics such as 2008 coding and reimbursement rule updates, interventional procedures, the global surgical package definition, operative note dictations, component coding, bypass surgery, and evaluation and management (E&M) coding.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion, participants should be able to:

E&M Coding
1. Discuss the 2008 CPT, ICD-9-CM, and Medicare updates.
2. Demonstrate the application of modifiers to CPT codes for streamlined reimbursement.
3. Explain the documentation requirements for E&M codes.

Open Vascular Surgery & Intervention
1. Define the Global Surgical Package and how it impacts billing and reimbursement.
2. Understand the principals of component coding.
3. Discuss the correct coding for key vascular surgical and interventional cases.
4. Demonstrate the application of modifiers to CPT codes for streamlined reimbursement.
5. Understand how to code for vascular lab services.

Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for vascular surgeons and their office staff to include practice managers, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, surgery schedulers, coders, billing and any other office staff member who seek to improve and expand their knowledge of accurate coding and reimbursement for vascular surgery. Team attendance is encouraged.

Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The SVS designates this educational activity for a maximum of 10.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. The credit designation for this activity is as follows:

Day 1, E&M Coding:	3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Day 2, Open Vascular Surgery & Intervention:	6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAPC Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credit
This program has the prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) for 4 continuing education hours for E&M Coding and 7 continuing education hours for Open Vascular Surgery & Intervention.  Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by the AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.

*Program Schedule

 

Friday, April 11, 2008

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

E & M Coding

12:30 pm	Registration
1:00 – 1:45 pm	Coding and Reimbursement Essentials 2008 Updates   • Medicare Payment Update; 2008 • CMS Audit Priorities; 2008 and Beyond
1:45 – 2:30 pm	Evaluation and Management (E&M) Coding  • Evaluating your E&M utilization…are you an audit target? • Optimizing revenues through improved E&M coding • Consult codes vs. new and established codes • Consult codes vs. transfer of care • Inpatient and critical care coding guidelines • Documentation imperatives in selecting a level of service
2:30 – 2:45 pm	Break
2:45 – 4:30 pm	Evaluation and Management (E&M) Coding (cont’)  E&M Modifiers: Using Modifiers to Optimize Revenues • Modifier 24: Billing E&M visits during the post-op period • Modifier 25: Billing an E&M visit with a procedure • Wound care coding and E&M: Are they billable together? • Modifier 57: Decision for Surgery Documentation requirements for Modifier 26  Implementing an EMR: How it can facilitate E & M Coding
4:30 – 5:00 pm	Non-Physician Practitioner Billing • Incident to vs. direct billing  • Payment and policy essentials • Shared billing; Are you in compliance? • Maximizing effectiveness of your non-physician providers

Saturday, April 12, 2008

8:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Open Vascular Surgery and Intervention

7:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 9:15 am	Global Surgical Package: What’s Included? Operative Note Dictation Tips Applying Surgical Modifiers to Optimize Reimbursement • Dos and Don’ts of Modifier Usage • Modifier Reimbursement and Global Period Impact • Spinal Exposure – An Example of Modifier Use Unlisted Procedures: How to increase your chance of payment
9:15- 9:30	Wound Care Coding for Physicians
9:30 – 9:45 am	Break
9:45 – 12:00 pm	Open Vascular Surgery Bypass Grafts and Associated Add-On Codes • Lower Extremity Bypass   • Upper Extremity Bypass New 2008 Vascular CPT Codes Endovascular Coding • Component Coding for Diagnostic Angiography, Catheterization, Angioplasty, Atherectomy and Stenting   • Endovascular Aneurysms: EVAR and TEVAR
12:00 – 12:45 pm	Lunch
12:45 – 2:30 pm	Endovascular Coding (Cont’) • Carotid Stenting: Coding and Facility Requirements • Vena Cava Filters • Thrombolytic Therapy and Mechanical Thrombectomy • Accurate Coding for Hemodialysis Access
2:30 – 2:45 pm	Break
2:45 – 4:00 pm	Open and Endovascular Treatments for Venous Insufficiency   • Essentials of Vascular Lab Coding  • Update on the Deficit Reduction Act • Pay for Performance: How will it impact your practice

*Program subject to change

Faculty
Robert M. Zwolak, MD, PhD, Course Director, a vascular surgeon and professor of surgery at Dartmouth Medical School with extensive surgical case coding expertise.  Dr. Zwolak is an active member of the American College of Surgeons Coding and Reimbursement Committee, Chair of the Society for Vascular Surgery Government Relations Committee and an active member of the American Medical Association/Specialty Society Relative Value Update Committee (RUC).  In addition to these commitments, he maintains a busy clinical practice in open and interventional vascular surgery at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

Sean P. Roddy, MD, a vascular surgeon and associate professor of surgery at Albany Medical College is an active member of the Society for Vascular Surgery Health Policy Committee and Postgraduate Education Committee. He has lectured nationally on billing and coding issues. He is a practicing vascular and endovascular surgeon with The Vascular Group in Albany, New York.

Teri Romano, RN, MBA, of Karen Zupko & Associates is an instructor for coding and reimbursement workshops sponsored by several national medical specialty societies. She also provides customized coding and reimbursement courses to physician and hospital groups as well as chart review and surgical operative note review to assist physician groups in their compliance activities. Ms. Romano has worked extensively with surgeons and hospitals in the development of neurovascular, stroke, and vascular centers. She recently completed two nationwide studies to develop baseline criteria for neurovascular and vascular center development. Ms. Romano received a bachelor of science degree in nursing from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago.

Faculty Disclosure
Disclosure statements have been requested from the faculty and will be made available at the conference. All faculty presenters are also expected to disclose to participants any discussions of off-label and/or investigational uses of pharmaceutical products and/or medical devices during their presentations.

Hotel Accommodations
Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel
999 9th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Hotel Phone: 202-898-9000
Reservations: 202-962-4471
International Reservations: 801-832-4532
Online Reservation: http://marriott.com/wasrb?groupCode=svssvsa&app=resvlink
Room Rate: $229 single/double
Note:  Cutoff has been extended!  Please call asap to reserve a room as the room block is almost full! 

Please call 800-258-7188 or email education@vascularsociety.org if you have questions.