2012 Coding Changes for Pain Management

• 2012 Coding Changes for Pain Updates 4 hours
  • 8 am – 10 am

Break 15 minutes

• • 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
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If you couldn’t make it to Orlando – Let Marvel Hammer fill in the coding gaps for you.

Your practice cannot receive the reimbursement it deserves if you don’t have a complete and thorough understanding of 2012 coding changes. Don’t risk denied payments by being out of the loop on the CPT’s 2012 Pain Management category I and category III code changes.

Review the anatomy, diagnostic conditions and coding for the interventional pain management procedures that changed for 2012, including SI joint injections, epidural injections versus infusions and paravertebral facet joint nerve destruction. Do you know when you should separately report radiologic image guidance and what to bill if your provider performs procedures without image guidance?

Don’t be caught without the facts – Find out the 2012 changes for the advanced pain management procedures – implanted infusion pump and spinal cord neurostimulator services

Review the 2012 NCCI edits that that may be causing denials now for your pain management provider’s services – Have you checked out the 2012 NCCI manual to be aware of the changes?

Check out 2012 HCPCS code changes that may be affecting your pain management office practice

Be proactive – What’s on the 2012 OIG Workplan that you should check into before you receive a payer request for records?

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch

• Urine Drug Screen Testing in Your Pain Management Practice 90 minutes
  • 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm
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Get the scoop on the status of coding and billing for urine drug screen testing for both Medicare and non-Medicare payers – Is it still billable in 2012?

Learn what the difference is between the different CLIA test methods – waived, moderate and high complexity. Does your office CLIA certification match the test method you are using?

What should be documented in your provider’s chart for this diagnostic study?

Don’t be caught in a payer review! Do you know what your Medicare contractor’s stance is on urine drug screen testing? Is there a published LCD or Coding Alert?

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• Medicare Incentive Programs for Pain Management: E-prescribing & PQRS 90 minutes
  • 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
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Has your practice gotten on board reporting for the various Medicare incentive programs? With the changes in reimbursement, this may be the opportune time to consider starting!

Do you know when the payment adjustments start for non-participating with Medicare’s PQRS program?

Learn if your providers are eligible for the E-prescribing incentive and if they may need to worry about the 2013 payment adjustment if they don’t consider implementing e-prescribing in their practice

Take a look at the potential PQRI measures for 2012 for pain management

• Interactive Q&A 30 minutes
  • 4:30 pm – 5 :00 pm
  • Bring your questions and/or de-identified notes for group discussion
  • Consider having attendees be able to send in de-identified notes prior to the meeting to be included in the session??