Webinars

Hey everyone! If you’re like us we’re seeing an increase in patients now that Fall and some colder weather is hitting. I’ve been preparing for our upcoming webinar on Thursday covering some of the new 2012 coding changes. There are actually several changes this year that affect primary care physicians:

  1. RVU changes to several common E&M codes. That’s right! There are several codes that will actually see an increase in reimbursement from Medicare/Medicaid. Be sure you understand how these changes reflect in your practice and what the appropriate increase in your charges should be.
  2. Clarification of the definition of “other qualified healthcare professional.” It’s not what was hoped for.
  3. Changes in the time requirements of E&M codes. You know the rules for 15 minutes=99213, 25 minutes=99214, etc.? The interpretation of the time requirements has recently changed (and they are actually in our favor!)
  4. Revised terminology for new vs. established patients.

I hope that you all will be able to attend our webinar on Thursday November 10 at noon (CST). If not, you can go to our website and download it and view it at your leisure after the fact. To register go to our website.

The next webinar will be The Modifiers Every Primary Care Practice Must Know. It will be on Thursday, November 17th at 12 noon (CST). At every seminar we always get lots of questions about modifiers and in the past few years we have seen many practices get hurt financially for not using the correct modifiers.

Attendance is $99.95 per office. During the webinar you can have as many people as you like view and listen to the seminar. We will have a moderator that takes your questions as you type them and will have some time at the end of the hour to discuss them all. The webinar will be recorded and you will be sent the recording to watch again or have your employees or colleagues watch when they have time. If you are unable to attend at this time, you can order the recording on the website and it will be sent to you within 24 hours of the completed webinar.

Advanced Coding Strategies

This presentation is the follow-up to our popular Coding Growth Strategies presentation. After every live event or newsletter we release, we have many questions that come our way. Some of these are simple coding chores but often they are a little more challenging to figure out. Over time I have come to call these “advanced coding” topics. These bring up several “grey” areas that aren’t covered in our normal day-to-day coding. We have compiled these into a 4 hour session that we know will be helpful to your practice.

2012 Coding Growth Strategies

We are just about done finalizing our 2012 Coding Growth Strategies calendar. We will be holding 5 conferences from February through April of next year. Right now the planned venues include Dallas, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Chicago. We should have the final dates firmed up in the next few weeks and will let you know as soon as we do.