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Coding Roundtable - Maintaining Balance: Professional Coding of mental health and behavioral Health scenarios and Assessment and Diagnosis of Mental Health: Walking Through the Process

Our roundtable will cover issues in inpatient and outpatient obstetrics coding, presented by renowned coding expert, educator, and consultant Jana Mihaljevic.

Modifier Madness – A history of modifiers and a discussion on the guidelines for appropriate use of common modifiers, including 25, 57, 59 and the new X modifiers.

Review of 2020 ICD-10-CM and PCS changes.

Discover the top opportunities for improving inpatient coding accuracy on secondary diagnoses. This presentation reveals one health system’s findings from internal audits, and gives strategies for improving coding quality.

Coding Lunch & Learn Webinar: Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Its Role in Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence

Discover insights on the future of coding and challenges ahead. This presentation will reveal answers to tough questions about the coding profession from industry experts.

This timely webinar will provide an overview of the most significant CPT Code changes effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2020 as well as any notable changes to guidelines or the Appendices.

Get the latest information on the 2019 CPT code updates for interventional radiology procedures including fine needle aspiration biopsies, PICCs, and midline catheters.

This seminar will provide HIM professionals with alternative and non-traditional approaches to developing their career.

Now that ICD-10 implementation is completed, it’s time to revitalize your coding productivity tracking and monitoring processes. Learn key productivity indicators for your coding functional area. Discover how implementing tracking and key productivity measures can maximize performance. Make managing productivity a healthy habit, not a headache.

This timely presentation delivers an update of the most important healthcare privacy and security rule / guidance regulatory changes, including but not limited to, HIPAA.

This presentation will provide insight into how oncology analytics provided by the Cancer Registry can assist in the advancement and improvement of cancer care.

This presentation shares insights as to how every physician’s office or outpatient facility can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their reimbursement process – with coding and billing techniques that will ensure legal and ethical billing and optimize reimbursement.

This seminar will introduce coding professionals to the “World of HCC Coding”. Information will be dispersed regarding the CMS Risk Adjustment Program, including but not limited to guidelines, categories, documentation needs, and a high level explanation of the program.

Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Coding Best Practices

Leadership in a Changing HIM Environment”, leaders will explore best practices in leading through inspiration – a key leadership competency to motivate others in times of change.

This presentation will focus on the intricacies of inpatient rehabilitation facility coding. The differences between IRF prospective payment and inpatient hospital prospective payment.

This Coding Roundtable will include a brief review of what we as HIM perceive Sepsis is and how it should coded and what to look for when coding

A three-part webinar series will offer members an opportunity to learn how to analyze healthcare data using MS Excel, RStudio, anopen-source data analytics software platform and Tableau for data visualization.

Dr. David Conley will be: uncovering the definitions of engagement; discussing employee work passion; cognitions, emotions, and behavior; the employee and organization relationship; employees going above and beyond in the interest of themselves and their organization; where medical coders fit in and the related study conducted; and takeaways for the employee, manager, and executive.

Attendees will use MS Excel, the R statistical software package, and Tableau to prepare, describe, and visualize large healthcare datasets.

Join us as we discuss some areas in procedural coding where common errors have been identified.

In this session, there will be discussion over the current environment including compliance trends, issues, regulatory updates, and statistics related to healthcare breach.

On October 1, 2019 CMS shook up the skilled nursing world when they changed the payment methodology from the Resource Utilization Group, Version IV(RUG-IV) to the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM). This model places more emphasis on the characteristics of the resident and not the volume of therapy provided.

An online course for new GHIMA board members.

This webinar will give you the tools needed to correctly assign CPT codes and to understand the OPPS rules impacting reimbursement.

This webinar will give you the tools needed to correctly assign CPT codes and to understand the OPPS rules impacting reimbursement.

This webinar will give you the tools needed to correctly assign CPT codes and to understand the OPPS rules impacting reimbursement.

This webinar will give you the tools needed to correctly assign CPT codes and to understand the OPPS rules impacting reimbursement.

Attend this session to hear the latest information on Release of Information and ask an industry expert your toughest questions.

This presentation will explain the purpose of a query and when you should query the provider.

Addressing Root Causes through Data Analytics and a Team-based Culture

The Objectives / Goals of this Pre-Recorded Webinar are as follows : Learn about the OCR and its responsibilities Review recent OCR Enforcement Actions Analyze recent Resolution Agreements and Civil Money Penalties Identify the “takeaways” from the OCR Enforcement Actions Conduct an activity applying the lessons learned from the OCR Enforcement Actions.

Now that ICD-10 implementation is completed, it’s time to revitalize your coding productivity tracking and monitoring processes. Learn key productivity indicators for your coding functional area.

RAC audits include new DRGs for complex review. This presentation will cover CC and MCCs as they relate to: Anemia, Bone Mass Index, Chest Pain, Debridement, Decubitus Ulcers, Respiratory Diagnoses, Sepsis, Altered Mental Status & Encephalopathy, Lysis of adhesions, and Post-acute care transfers. Applications and scenarios for reporting the new codes, as well as reimbursement potentials, from a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services perspective, will be addressed.

The goal of the “Aging Care Continuum” is to coordinate and facilitate care to meet the patient’s highest independence while allowing the patient to age with dignity and to age in place so much as possible.

Moving from Denials Management to Denials Prevention

Outpatient Clinical Documentation Improvement: the Next Frontier in the Battle to Prevent Denials

Test your knowledge and gain helpful tips to outpatient surgery CPT coding. This presentation will cover modifiers, add-on codes, mutually exclusive procedures, and highlight important CCI guidelines.

This presentation will include arterial and venous procedures, specifically arteriovenous anastomosis creation, dialysis circuit interventions, and lower extremity revascularization. We will also cover the new 2017 dialysis circuit intervention codes: 36901-36909. Applications and scenarios for reporting the new codes, as well as reimbursement potentials, from a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services perspective, will be addressed.

This presentation will cover documentation elements needed to establish appropriate severity and DRGs. Applications and scenarios for reporting the new codes, as well as reimbursement potentials, from a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services perspective, will be addressed.

An HIM professional shares direct experience with HIM centralization, challenges that hinder progress, lessons learned, and strategies for ensuring a successful transition.

This webinar provides an overview of what Long-Term Post-Acute Care looks like, how patients’ move through the care continuum generally focused on care for aging and elderly patients, and how HIM supports the Aging Care Continuum.

A Healthcare professional shares direct experience with providing direction for how to transitions to a data – driven healthcare organization.

1) Understand HCCs and the importance across all care settings, 2) Understand documentation and coding guidelines as it relates to HCCs 3) Learn suggested steps on developing an HCC program

Join us for the this webinar on IPPS changes for FY 2020 and the 3rd and 4th quarter 2019 coding clinics. Become familiar with the good news and the challenges surrounding the changes that went into effect 10/1/2019.

In this webinar, Logan Frederick will focus on the multiple performance improvement methodologies that are available. He will review how they are all very similar and how you can implement them in your daily work.

This is a series of quarterly discussions on the AHA Coding Clinic publication. Here we will give you the questions and answers for each quarter and discuss any associated disease process or procedures.

This training will include the major revisions and additions to the CPT code set and guidelines for CY 2019. We will also discuss the impact of the new E&M rule on coding.

This training will include the major revisions and additions to the ICD-10-CM classification and guidelines for FY 2019.

This training will include the major revisions and additions to the ICD-10-PCS classification and guidelines for FY 2019, including 13 NTAPs.

A three-part webinar series will offer members an opportunity to learn how to analyze healthcare data using MS Excel and the open-source data analytics software platform, R.

As the healthcare environment continues to transform and become more data driven, health information departments need to position themselves to remain relevant.

Review the fundamentals of hospice coding.

Health care organizations can be subject to investigations by State and federal regulators.

This session will assist you through the plethora of healthcare privacy-related laws and regulations, to assist you creating or further developing your privacy program.

The FBI has informed the healthcare industry to continue to expect both domestic and international hacker attacks, this session will provide best practices to prepare you and your organization for such events.

This session will provide OCR updates regarding focus for audits, outcomes of resolution agreements and building best practices around those items.

This session will offer a brief overview of compliance problems on the horizon, with a special focus on connected healthcare devices.

This live session will offer a platform for LHIMA members to address questions about the content delivered in the 5-part webinar series that covered the topics of OCR audits, patient access, telehealth, building a privacy program, information security and problems on the horizon. Privacy expert Rita Bowen, MA, RHIA, CHPS, CHPC, SSGB, Vice President of Privacy, Compliance and HIM Policy for MRO, will be live on the line to answer all your questions about the previously covered topics, in addition to any other hot topics submitted for discussion.

Telemedicine continues to gain traction in the healthcare industry. This session will cover key statistics about telemedicine.

Review top ten areas where hospices have errors in coding.

Terminology and documentation needed by the Medical Directors & NPP to code effectively

How is AI going to affect your job and your responsibilities under the current state of the law? Let’s find out!

An easy to understand approach to learning more about the Anatomy and Physiology Systems

An easy to understand approach to learning more about the Anatomy and Physiology Systems

An easy to understand approach to learning more about the Anatomy and Physiology Systems

An easy to understand approach to learning more about the Anatomy and Physiology Systems

An easy to understand approach to learning more about the Anatomy and Physiology Systems

An easy to understand approach to learning more about the Anatomy and Physiology Systems

It has been found that almost 100% of the prior authorization levels given by the Medicare Advantage Plans do not match the PDPM score calculated by the facility MDS. In many cases the difference is $200-$500 per day in reimbursement. NaviHealth is the approved vendor who authorizes SNF stays for Humana and Security Health Plan. In this session we will discuss the request for recalculation process and the financial ramifications.

SNF PDPM has been in effect for over 2 months, we have learned many lessons as well as identified coding practices which result in reduced reimbursement to the SNF. In this session, we will use case studies to review the impact of diagnosis coding on reimbursement.

Quality healthcare is more than visiting a provider and receiving treatment for an illness. Many people can’t even get to a doctor appointment, or if they do, they may be unable to follow their treatment plans. How can providers improve health for individuals that are facing barriers to accessing the healthcare system such as poverty, lack of transportation, or lack of adequate housing? Collecting Social Determinants of Health data is a first step to identifying people who need help and working to establish programs to assist them.

To provide an overview of the clinical disease processes for Heart Failure

To provide an overview of the clinical disease processes for encephalopathy.

This presentation will explore the latest trends and statistics related to PHI breaches, both on the state and national level, and recommend five best practices healthcare organizations can adopt to lower their likelihood of PHI breach.

To provide an overview of the clinical disease processes for pneumonia

To provide an overview of the clinical disease processes for Sepsis

This presentation highlights changes in coding/reimbursement opportunities and a review of ongoing primary care focused reimbursement methodologies.

A discussion of the current developments relative to coding compliance and regulations.

This is a series of quarterly discussions on the AHA Coding Clinic publication. Here we will give you the questions and answers for each quarter and discuss any associated disease process or procedures.

This is a series of quarterly discussions on the AHA Coding Clinic publication. Here we will give you the questions and answers for each quarter and discuss any associated disease process or procedures.

The session will cover ICD-10-PCS guidelines related to coding spinal fusions, and will provide an overview of spinal anatomy and required procedure documentation

Are you ready for AMA CPT 2020 update? If not join us for a lunch and learn to learn about the new CPT updates. 2020 will see 394 code changes, including 248 new codes, 71 deleted codes, and 75 revisions.

A three-part webinar series will offer members an opportunity to learn how to analyze healthcare data using MS Excel and the open-source data analytics software platform, R.

A three-part webinar series will offer members an opportunity to learn how to analyze healthcare data using MS Excel and the open-source data analytics software platform, R.

A three-part webinar series will offer members an opportunity to learn how to analyze healthcare data using MS Excel and the open-source data analytics software platform, R.

As the healthcare environment continues to transform and become more data driven, health information departments need to position themselves to remain relevant.

Attendees will use MS Excel, the R statistical software package, and Tableau to prepare, describe, and visualize large healthcare datasets.

This presentation will review the targeted voluntary recommendations produced by our Joint Cybersecurity Workgroup. Introduce Framework terms to start educating the health sector professionals on important and generally-accepted cybersecurity terms.

Motivating Your Employees

Resonant Leadership

3 Keys to Increase Influence

Effective Communication

Diversity and Inclusion

This power point will discuss NCCI issues for arthroscopic shoulder procedures, discuss shoulder terminology, shoulder anatomy, surgical procedures and their coding and bundling issues.

This presentation is an introductory overview to AI, their current and proposed use, as well as recommendations for building your skills in this new field

This presentation will cover ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, related AHA Coding Clinic advice, and several case examples.

This presentation will outline and discuss the key differentiating elements between inpatient and outpatient CDI.

Through this presentation the participant will understand provider perspectives in documenting in electronic health records (EHR’s).

Ever wonder how CMS or OIG selects you for an audit? Are you curious about where your risk areas may be?

Learn how to recruit the best candidate in an expedited hiring process that will fulfill your short-term and long-term needs.

How to decipher the Revenue Cycle metric mystery, and impact performance.

This presentation will cover the uniqueness of documentation and coding interpretation & how claim data impacts revenue streams and patient care & services.

Listen to Lisa Daughtry, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, the experienced coding educator discuss the CDI and Coding issues related to clinical indicators; Review the issues between the Official Coding Guidelines and other diagnostic criteria; Discuss the necessity of CDI and Coding collaboration; and evaluate clinical validation query examples.

Listen to Lisa Daughtry, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, the experienced coding educator discuss the CDI and Coding issues related to clinical indicators; Review the issues between the Official Coding Guidelines and other diagnostic criteria; Discuss the necessity of CDI and Coding collaboration; and evaluate clinical validation query examples.

FY19 ICD-10-CM/PCS Updates

The Big Picture, MS-DRG Changes, DRG OR Designation Shifts, CC/MCC Designation Shifts, and more

Population Health Management (PHM) programs are a strategic component of future state of health care organizations. The goal of PHM programs is to keep a patient population as healthy as possible and minimize the need for expensive hospital services such as emergency department visits, imaging tests, and other preventable procedures.

Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC)

Coastal Region Virtual Coding Roundtable

A three-part webinar series will offer members an opportunity to learn how to analyze healthcare data using MS Excel and the open-source data analytics software platform, R.

A three-part webinar series will offer members an opportunity to learn how to analyze healthcare data using MS Excel and the open-source data analytics software platform, R.

A three-part webinar series will offer members an opportunity to learn how to analyze healthcare data using MS Excel and the open-source data analytics software platform, R.

This webinar will give you the tools needed to correctly assign CPT codes and to understand the OPPS rules impacting reimbursement.

This webinar will give you the tools needed to correctly assign CPT codes and to understand the OPPS rules impacting reimbursement.

This webinar will give you the tools needed to correctly assign CPT codes and to understand the OPPS rules impacting reimbursement.

This webinar will give you the tools needed to correctly assign CPT codes and to understand the OPPS rules impacting reimbursement.

Attend this session to hear the latest information on Release of Information and ask an industry expert your toughest questions.

In this session, Mr. Kesler will examine current events and trends that are affecting healthcare information security, including ransomware, biomedical device vulnerabilities, and advanced persistent threats.

Discusses the analytical basis for developing a Population Health based solution to moderating healthcare costs and optimizing outcomes for a given population or sub-population.

Learn how analytics, deception, and data streams are saving the security industry, or would have at least saved the Democratic National Committee.

This intermediate level session covers changes to 42 CFR Part 2 from both March of 2017 and January 2018. These changes have an impact on the privacy and security of both federally funded programs and those entities possessing substance user disorder records.

There are different types of diabetes, heart blocks, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN), and fractures, but were you aware that there are different types of myocardial infarctions as well?