Register for Coding, Reimbursement Course

Managing Coding & Reimbursement Challenges in Vascular Surgery

September 15-16, 2006
Marriott Baltimore Inner Harbor at Camden Yards
Baltimore, Md.

Audience

This course is designed for vascular surgeons and their office staff to include practice managers, nurse practitioners, 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.

Program Overview

The program will cover important topics such as 2006 coding and reimbursement rule updates, interventional procedures, the global surgical package definition, operative note dictations, component coding, bypass surgery, vascular (CCI) edits and evaluation and management (E\&M) coding.

Learning Objectives

On completing this course, participants should be able to:

• Discuss the 2006 CPT, ICD-9-CM, and Medicare updates.
• Understand the principles of component coding.
• Discuss the correct coding for key vascular surgery case.
• Demonstrate the application of modifiers to CPT codes appropriately for streamlined reimbursement.
• Understand how to code for vascular lab services.
• Explain the documentation requirements for E&M codes.

Faculty

Dr. Robert M. Zwolak, PhD, is a vascular surgeon and professor of surgery at Dartmouth Medical School with extensive surgical case coding expertise. He 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. He also maintains a clinical practice in open and interventional vascular surgery at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

Ms. Teri Romano, RN, MBA, of Karen Zupko & Associates is an instructor for coding and reimbursement workshops sponsored by several national medical specialty societies. She provides customized coding and reimbursement courses to physician and hospital groups and 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, and has recently completed two nationwide studies to develop baseline criteria for neurovascular and vascular center development. She received a BS in nursing from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

CME Credit

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.The SVS designates this educational activity for a maximum of 10.25 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physicians Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he or she actually spent in the educational activity.

CEU Continuing Education Units

This program meets the Academy of Professional Coders' (AAPC) guidelines for 10.0 continuing education units (Index #SVS1014051243). Granting of this approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.

General Information

• Hotel: Marriott Baltimore Inner Harbor at Camden Yards
  110 South Eutaw Street
  Baltimore, MD 21201
  Phone: 410-962-0202
  Reservations: 800-228-9290
  Room rate: $179 plus tax, single/double
  Reservation deadline:
  Friday, August 25, 2006
• Registration Fees
  (Day 1) E&M Coding $200 Member**/$225 Nonmember
  (Day 2) Open Vascular Surgery and Interventi
  $400 Member**/$450 Nonmember
  
  All participants must register before the program date. Space is limited and onsite registration will not be available.
  **Applies to staff of a member
• To Register: download a registration form at www.VascularWeb.org
• Cancellation Policy
  Request for refunds/cancellations must be received in writing by September 1, 2006. No refunds will be given after that date. Refunds will be subject to a $50 cancellation fee.
• Questions?
  SVS Education Program Coordinator
  Phone: 312-334-2300
  E-mail: education@vascularsociety.org