Schedule	Orthopedic Track
	Pre-Conference Workshop- Thursday, December 1, 2011
11:00am – 1:00pm	Early Registration/ Exhibits
1:00pm – 5:00pm	Effective Orthopedic Coding for the Office and Surgery to Maximize Reimbursement
	Efficient office and surgery coding continue to have an impact on the reimbursement for orthopedic surgeons. This session will look at curent trends, discuss common coding scenerios and update changes for the coming year. Bring your coding questions so that we can review them.
Presenter:	Lynn Anderanin, CPC®, CPC®-I, COSC™
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	Spine Surgery Coding
	Spine surgery coding is not as difficult as it seems when you understand the coding and have the tricks for choosing the appropriate codes. This session will break down spine surgery into 4 parts and review real examples of the procedures discussed.
Presenter:	Lynn Anderanin, CPC®, CPC®-I, COSC™
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	Foot and Ankle Surgery
	Whether your provider is an orthopedic surgeon or a podiatrist you are asked to code complicated foot and ankle procedures everyday. Knowing the anatomy of the foot and ankle help in the coding. Foot deformities and other conditions like bunions will also be dsicussed.
Presenter:	Lynn Anderanin, CPC®, CPC®-I, COSC™
12:15pm – 1:15pm	Lunch/ Exhibits
1:15pm-2:15pm	Hand Surgery
	Many hand surgery cases involve procedures performed in the integumentary, cardiovascular and nervous system in addition to musculoskeletal system. We will look at the proper coding of these traumatic injuries as well as the common conditions you come across everyday in hand surgery.
Presenter:	Lynn Anderanin, CPC®, CPC®-I, COSC™
2:15pm-3:15pm	2012 Coding Changes for Orthopedics
	As a new year comes upon us, there are changes to CPT that will affect Orthopedics. This session will review the changes and the appropriate use of the these changes in coding, as well as point out how this changes our coding practices for 2012.
Presenter:	Lynn Anderanin, CPC®, CPC®-I, COSC™
3:15pm-3:30pm	Refreshment Break/ Exhibits
3:30pm-4:30pm	Fracture Care
	Are you dealing with patients complaining that they were charged for a surgery they did not have? This is one issue that orthopedic offices deal with related to fracture care. We will talk about options and tips related to coding fracture care in the office or the hospital.
Presenter:	Lynn Anderanin, CPC®, CPC®-I, COSC™
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	Modifiers, it$ About the Money
	Modifiers are an integral part of CPT and a key to coding and being reimbursed correctly. This class looks at the different modifiers, where they can be used (with what codes) and how they can be used. Additionally, specific examples are reviewed for each modifier.
Presenter:	Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC®, CENTC™, CPC-H®, CPC-P®, CPC®-I, CHCC
10:00am-10:15am	Refreshment Break/ Exhibits
10:15am-11:15am	Writing Orthopedic Appeals
	Very often orthopedic claims are denied by insurance carriers inappropriately. This session will discuss how to write effective appeals to justify the coding and what should be be utilized to “prove your point”. There will be sample appeals for attendees to take home.
Presenter:	Lynn Anderanin, CPC®, CPC®-I, COSC™
11:15am-12:15pm	ICD-10-CM for Orthopedics
	With ICD-10-CM being over 69,000 codes and 60% of them Musculoskeletal, it is important for us to be familiarizing ourselves with the new coding system in preparation of the change.This session will review some of the likenesses and differences in orthopedic diagnosis coding between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM.
Presenter:	Lynn Anderanin, CPC®, CPC®-I, COSC™
12:15pm – 1:15pm	Lunch/ Exhibits
1:15pm-2:15pm	Incident-to & Shared Visits- Why the Increased OIG Focus
	Many of the recent overpayments, audits, civil false claims act and even criminal cases instituted by the federal and state agencies overseeing the Medicare and Medicaid programs involve allegations of improper billing for non physician providers (NPPS) and “incident-to” services. In August 2009, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report titled: “Prevalence and Qualifications of Non Physicians Who Performed Medicare Physician Services”. Learn how to correctly report these services and bring home audit tools.
Presenter:	Elin Baklid-Kunz, MBA, CPC®, CCS
2:15pm-3:15pm	Consultation Tactics Every Ortho Professional Needs to Know
	Medicare stopped paying for consultations services over a year ago, but are you ready for the RACs to look at your consultation services prior to 2010? Understand the risk areas for consultations and how to assess your risk for audit. Get the latest on consultations services and understand how to cross walk the consultations codes
Presenter:	Elin Baklid-Kunz, MBA, CPC®, CCS
3:15pm-3:30pm	Refreshment Break/ Exhibits
3:30pm-4:30pm	Understand the Global Surgical Package
	Understand the global surgical package and how to use modifiers to correctly bill for services during the global period. Review the components of the global surgical package and payment rules for minor surgeries, endoscopies and global surgical packages that are split between two or more physicians. Understand the differences between Medicare and CPT.
Presenter:	Elin Baklid-Kunz, MBA, CPC®, CCS