Schedule	Ambulatory Surgery Track
	Pre-Conference Workshop- Thursday, December 1, 2011
11:00am – 1:00pm	Early Registration/ Exhibits
1:00pm – 5:00pm	ASC CODING AND BILLING CONCEPTS AND UPDATE
	Learn about changes in 2012, appropriate use of Medicare edits, modifiers and overview of CMS billing guidelines IN 2012.
Presenter:	Cristina Bentin, CPC®-H, CCS-P, CMA and Joanne Schade-Boyce
2:45pm – 3:00pm	Refreshment Break/ Exhibits
	Main Conference Sessions Day 1 – Friday, December 2, 2011
8:00am – 9:00am	Registration/ Refreshments/ Exhibits
9:00am – 10:00am	WHEN THE RAC COMES CALLING: ALREADY AT A FACILITY NEAR YOU!
	Many ASC facilities have already received demand letters requesting refunds of which many have been successfully rebutted. Learn the focus of the RACs to date, the rebuttal process, and proactive measures that will ensure your facility is compliant.
Presenter:	Cristina Bentin, CPC-H®, CCS-P, CMA
10:00am-10:15am	Refreshment Break/ Exhibits
10:15am-11:15am	DOCUMENTATION: THE PHYSICIAN QUERY
	How often does your ASC coding selections differ from the physician’s code selections due to documentation questions and/or deficiencies? Deficient documentation could result in erroneous payments, reimbursement delays or denials. Learn the ” how, what, when, and whys” to the query process, the financial impact when questionable operative documentation is not clarified, as well as review samples of correct versus incorrect physician queries.
Presenter:	Cristina Bentin, CPC-H®, CCS-P, CMA
11:15am-12:15pm	PREPARING FOR ICD 10: PREPARING YOUR STAFF AND PHYSICIANS
	ICD-10-CM: What Your Facility Should Be Doing Now – An Overview of the challenges your facility should consider now as well as the financial impact; physician education and documentation tips ; and a quick look at the increased specificity.
Presenter:	Cristina Bentin, CPC-H®, CCS-P, CMA
12:15pm – 1:15pm	Lunch/ Exhibits
1:15pm-2:15pm	Best Business Office Practices: Is Your ASC Running a Tight Ship?
	Would your ASC facility pass an internal business office audit of its daily functions? This session will provide tips of the trade to ensure your facility isn’t tempting fate! Areas of discussion include (checks/balances of job duties, denials and collections tracking: The patient accounting system, precertification/verification, payment posting, carrier contract grids, and electronic billing followup).
Presenter:	Cristina Bentin, CPC-H®, CCS-P, CMA
2:15pm-3:15pm	SHOULDER SCOPE CODING: MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
	Learn proper coding guidelines to accurately report your ASC’s Shoulder Arthroscopies. Coding directives from the AMA, AAOS, and Medicare will be provided as well as tips for coding arthroscopic procedures of the shoulder. Learn “when” a query is necessary so as to capture correct reimbursement for shoulder procedures. Understand correct application of the Medicare edits to avoid missed opportunities. This program will assist your facility with accurately capturing its orthopaedic procedures within a framework of compliance with individual carrier guidelines and policies.
Presenter:	Cristina Bentin, CPC-H®, CCS-P, CMA
3:15pm-3:30pm	Refreshment Break/ Exhibits
3:30pm-4:30pm	PAIN Management: Routine Injections; Avoiding Denials; Post-op Pain Block Reporting
	With Ambulatory Surgery Centers seeing an increase in RAC reviews, now more than ever it is imperative your ASC facility is coding and billing correctly! This session will review the essentials of proper reporting of pain management injections from an ASC perspective. Appropriate coding guidelines for an ASC facility’s more common pain injection procedures as well as post-op pain block reporting will be discussed to include Local Coverage Determination utilization.
Presenter:	Cristina Bentin, CPC-H®, CCS-P, CMA
5:00-6:00 p.m.	Reception and Fellowship
	Main Conference Sessions Day 2 – Saturday, December 3, 2011
8:00am – 9:00am	Breakfast/ Exhibits
9:00am – 10:00am	Can We Talk? Are Your Screening Colonoscopies REALLY Screenings? More, GUTS to BUTTS and Everything in Between!
	During this session you will review various operative reports with Joanne and discuss the various coding opportunities, errors, and down right blunders! Take a serious look at why your physician’s stated screenings don’t always mesh with current coding guidelines. Does your facility issue ABNs? If not, why not? We know that with decreases in reimbursement for common GI procedures, ASCs can no longer afford to improperly code or overlook “codeable” procedures. If you’re ready for answers to some of your toughest GI coding challenges, then join us for a rundown of ASC coding nuances for common GI procedures.
Presenter:	Joanne Schade-Boyce, RDH, MS, CPC®, ACS, PCS
10:00am-10:15am	Refreshment Break/ Exhibits
10:15am-11:15am	Really Doc! How Do I Code This? Documentation Challenges with I-10 Just around the Corner…
	Does this sound like your day, EVERYDAY? Learn some unusal strategies that just might boost your facility’s procedures/case, overall revenue, and improve physician documentation to boot! The strategies Joanne will be reviewing with you aren’t going to be easy and change won’t occur overnight, but if your facility is in it for the longhaul, then don’t miss this hour packed session where Joanne will discuss “tested” techniques for “win-win” outcomes!
Presenter:	Joanne Schade-Boyce, RDH, MS, CPC®, ACS, PCS
11:15am-12:15pm	1 2 3…E N T…Go big Money, Go!
	What can we say? Joanne loves ENT and her unique presentation style shows it. Come to this session for an hour of action packed information. Are you the type that puts ENT cases at the bottom of the pile for coding? You’re not alone! ENT coding overwhelms even the most experienced coders because the operative reports are usually long and complicated. Learn the questions to ask yourself to ensure you code FESS correctly. For example: Was the procedure performed bilaterally? Is the code inherently unilateral? How many sinuses were entered? Which procedure do you report first? Are any procedures bundled via CCI edits or AMA guidelines? Will multiple procedure discounting apply? Don’t despair! Let our surgical coding expert walk you through the anatomical landmarks that assist with CPT code selection to ensure accurate claims and secure justified reimbursement.
Presenter:	Joanne Schade-Boyce, RDH, MS, CPC®, ACS, PCS
12:15pm – 1:15pm	Lunch/ Exhibits
1:15pm-2:15pm	General Surgery Woes and Foes with a Glimpse of ICD-10-CM
	During this session Joanne will present multiple General Surgery operative reports where she will compare and constrast the reported versus the corrected procedure(s) and ICD-9-CM code(s)…she’ll…even throw in a look at some ICD-10 coding to boot!
Presenter:	Joanne Schade-Boyce, RDH, MS, CPC®, ACS, PCS
2:15pm-3:15pm	Ins and Outs of Integumentary & MS Coding with a Little Twist of ICD-10-CM
	During this session with you will revew the differences between coding lesion excisions from the Musculoskeletal System versus the Integumentary System; what the CPT® guidelines require for proper documentation and coding of lesion excision and repairs; what CMS/LCDs require for benign lesion removal; and why you use pathology reports for diagnosis coding and NOT for lesion size!
Presenter:	Joanne Schade-Boyce, RDH, MS, CPC®, ACS, PCS
3:15pm-3:30pm	Refreshment Break/ Exhibits
3:30pm-4:30pm	Riders in the Storm….Into this World of LCDs We Are Thrown
	Joanne’s Broadway HIT last year that’s back for another round for your listening pleasure! Joanne introduces a relatively new “level” of coding compliance for most ASC coders, but it just might unlock the mysteries of why some of your cases aren’t being paid. Is your Billing Manager presenting you with “Remittance Advices” with “Remark Codes” and asking you to figure out what it is trying to tell you?? Come to this session to unvail all the wonders of Local Coverage Determinations and National Correct Coding Initiative edits!!
Presenter:	Joanne Schade-Boyce, RDH, MS, CPC®, ACS, PCS