Review correct coding for procedures of the thyroid and other endocrine glands and address common trouble spots and pain points for medical coders. Learn how to secure proper and legal reimbursement for incisions, exploration, excisions and biopsies of the pineal gland, pituitary gland, thymus, and adrenal glands. Gain confidence that your providers are being paid on the first claim's pass for diabetes education, studies, tests, and therapies provided. Avoid inadvertent fraudulent coding practices like overcoding, undercoding, unbundling and upcoding. Know how to find medical policies and reimbursement guidance from federal and private payers.
Highlights:
- Application of best practices in endocrinology billing and coding
- Use of payer guidelines to reduce claim denials and rejections
- Billing for continuous glucose monitoring
- Coding for ultrasound evaluation
- Tips for reporting diabetes treatment with insulin or oral drugs
- Proper modifier usage
- How and when to use G2211
- Overview of risk adjustment coding to capture of the highest HCC codes
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Audrey Coaxum
CHC, CPC, CEMC, CMC, CMIS, CMOM, CMCO
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Audrey E. Coaxum is an influential leader with more than twenty-five years of relevant experience involving many facets of healthcare operations. She is recognized for having an exceptional ability to analyze systems and processes, create best practices, develop policy and procedures, as well as, diverse methods that are compliant, proactive and geared towards eliminating waste and revenue losses, while enhancing operational efficiencies and achieving strategic goals. Audrey has a sterling reputation across the healthcare community as a customer-service oriented strategic problem solver and trusted advisor. She has extensive knowledge and experience in leadership development, medical billing and coding, reimbursement and comprehensive clinical and business operations.
Audrey has served as a C-suite executive for many organizations where her skills as a progressive analyst afforded her the opportunity to champion initiatives involving the implementation of Value-Based Payment Models and the benchmarking of Key Performance Indicators in productivity, patient volume, budget performance and clinical quality outcomes. Motivated by her desire for change and to overcome concerns, she has overseen a range of activities directed towards the evolution and refinement of quality improvement, risk management and practice administration needed to diminish the day to day challenges facing today's medical practices.
Audrey's professional interests focus on various aspects of compliance that streamline operations and enhance profitability without compromising quality of care. As a strong advocate of hands-on, inquiry based learning, she currently spearheads activities related to compliance education and training. She conducts audits and reviews to identify trends, issues and potential areas of risk to assist her in developing technology-infused training programs geared towards educating clinicians, administrators and support staff.
Participants will learn how to secure proper and legal reimbursement for endocrinology services rendered and gain confidence that their providers are being paid on the first claim's pass.
No prerequisites required.
Self-paced online program includes unlimited review of previously recorded instruction and the downloadable PowerPoint handout for 6 months.
Comments from past participants:
"It will help you retain information that is needed for endocrinology billing."
"Excellent presentation. Good information provided."
"Very informative."
Prod ID: 492