Medicare Part B Billing 101 for Physician Practices

Kim Garner Huey, CPC, CCS-P, CHCC, is an independent coding and reimbursement consultant in Auburn, Ala., providing clients training, auditing and oversight of the coding function. Huey is an approved coding instructor for the American Academy of Professional Coders Professional Medical Coding Curriculum, teaching in Birmingham and Montgomery, Ala. For more than 20 years, Huey has worked with providers in virtually all specialties, from general surgery to obstetrics/gynecology to oncology to internal medicine and more.

Get all the basic know-how for Medicare Part B billing you need – from credentialing your providers to communicating with carriers to handling audit appeals – so that you can speed reimbursement, reduce denials and ensure your practice gets the full, correct reimbursement it’s legally due.

This comprehensive, full-day Medicare billing workshop is designed for billing managers, office managers and other professionals who need the basic know-how to handle Medicare billing, reimbursement, auditing and appeals issues with confidence. (This workshop covers Part B billing issues, not Part A billing).

Medicare Billing 101 Workshop – Partial Agenda

7 am– 8 am — Registration and continental breakfast
8 am– Noon — Morning Session (15-minute refreshment break at 10:15 am)
Noon - 1 pm — Lunch is on us
1 pm– 5 pm — Afternoon Session (15-minute refreshment break at 3:15 pm)

How to handle credentialing providers into the Medicare program, and what to do with claims while waiting for the enrollment forms to be processed
How the National Provider Identifier number works with the Medicare program
Basics of the CMS 1500 and electronic claims filing
Managing EOMBs (what to do with credit balances/refunds)
Understanding RBRVS – how it works (basics of payment methodology
Where to go for national Medicare policy answers
Tips on using modifiers correctly
What are National Correct Coding Intiative edits
What types of internal auditing is needed to comply with Medicare rules
Billing in Health Professional Shortage Areas
Importance of medical necessity
When you must use an Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN)
Medicare billing rules (supplies, injections and meds, CCI edits, global surgery, and more)
What to do if legitimate claims are denied - the appeals process
And more.

Plus, every attendee gets…

You get a valuable course materials book packed with Medicare billing rules, handy templates, charts and forms that you can take back to the office and put to use immediately (including auditing worksheets that you can copy and use for your own internal audits, appeals templates, incident-to billing charts, sample documentation for teaching physicians, CLIA waived lab tests chart, and much more.)

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