Early Registration

Get the Tools You Need to Succeed in Pediatric Coding

Stop wasting time appealing unnecessary denials by mismatching procedures and diagnoses. You'll come away from this session grasping the fundamentals of pediatric CPT and ICD-9 coding to get physician work paid with fewer hassels.

Presenter: Donelle Holle, RN

Registration, Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

Navigate 2009's Rehauled Inpatient CPTs & Denial Avoiding ICD-9s

Just when you thought you had 99477's uses pinned down, CPT throws you a curveball with revamped hospital newborn and pediatric codes. These tips will help you take advantage of these services and will halt truncated code denials for wart removal, fever and more.

Presenter: Julia Pillsbury, DO, FACOP, FAAP

Put a Curve in Your 99212s-to-99215s

Think there's no way, you'll ever have enough ROS to code a level-five office visit? Find out the exception to this requirement. Plus, get touchy-feely - and then scientific - with 99212-99215 to help your practice resist downcoding while still remaining safe.

Presenter: Donelle Holle, RN

Give Your Preventive, Vaccine Services a Check-up

You're not alone if your superbill contains only one immunization administration family. Get strategies that make sense - and get you paid - for reporting vaccinations. We'll debunk common myths of newborn well visits, V20.2 usage, sports exams and more.

Presenter: Julia Pillsbury, DO, FACOP, FAAP

Jump Outside the E/M Safety Zone Into Lost Procedure Land

Using 9921X for that splinter removal, nosebleed, fracture care could cost you a payment windfall. Open your eyes to opportunities to use minor procedural CPT codes and discover the work and documentation that will support them.

Presenter: Richard Tuck, MD

EM-25: Easy Ways to Spot Appealable Same-day Services

If your tactic for deciding whether to add an office visit onto a preventive medicine service or procedure ticket is trying to make a hoop using the waste basket, there's a better method. Review charts that scream "Yes" to E/M-25s and "No" to denial acceptance.

Presenter: Elin Baklid-Kunz, MBA, CPC, CCS

Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

Master Modifiers to Unlock Pediatric Payments

You could collect follow-up fracture care pay if you use this two-digit appendage. A sticky note system could alert you to needing this denial averting modifier. Pediatric Coding Alert's writer will reveal these best-practice secrets while team-solving real-world cases. Bonus: Submit yours today.

Presenter: Jennifer Godreau, CPC

Greet Audits With a Smile With Inside Info

Not knowing if your E/M documentation will standup on review is a terrifying position that you don't have to be in. You'll be on equal grounds with any auditor after you see how she'll breakdown HPI, count exam bullets and weigh risk - and who'll she'll allow to record the ROS.

Presenter: Donelle Holle, RN

Dr. Tuck's Top Ten

This ten-point coding checklist will put your practice on the path to increased pay with minimal liability. Detect charge ticket pitfalls, overlooked codes and front-to-back solutions that safely bring in the money.

Presenter: Richard Tuck, MD

Create an Appeals Cycle That Maximizes Results and Minimizes Work

Miscoding was responsible for errors in established patient office visit reporting almost 80 percent of the time. When administration only was allowed, vaccines were also charged in 13 percent of cases. But still studies find pediatricians more typically undercode than overcode. This workshop will spot top error areas and help you create a denial management system that gets results with minimal effort.

Presenter: Quinten A. Buechner, M.S., M.Div., CPC, ACS-FP/GI/PEDS, PCS, CCP, CMSCS

Understanding STARK: Avoid the Confusion for this Ever Changing Set of Regulations Once and for All

The seemingly ever changing Stark Self-Referral Regulations can be a very confusing concept for many practices. During this session, your expert will discuss key definitions under the rules, effective dates of the 3 different phases of Stark, and what your practice needs to do to protect itself from Stark violations. You will be provided with the tools to make your practice's operations more compliant under the law and much more.

Presenter: Jillian Harrington, MHA, CPC-I, CCS-P, MHP

Expanding Your Practice: Leading Advice for Winning Results

If Medicare cuts and insurer denials have your physicians searching for better horizons, there's hope. This session will have you exploring new ways of boosting your bottom line from internal strategies such as expanding your A/R methodologies to external strategies such as adding a second location or bringing ancillaries in-house.

Presenter: Jerrie K. Weith, MBA, FHFMA