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ForwardAUA Practice Management & Coding Webcast Upgrade: Friday Session (2023)
AUA Practice Management & Coding Webcast Upgrade: Friday Session (2023)
Designed specifically with the practice administrator and coder in mind, this on-demand webcast addresses the hot topics facing today's urology practices and offers practical advice on how to survive and thrive in the current environment.
FEATURING COURSE CO-DIRECTORS
- Angela Gilfillan, CMPE, CASC
- Edna R. Maldonado, CPC, ACS-UR, ICD-10-CM AHIMA Trainer
CODING & REIMBURSEMENT HIGHLIGHTS
- Evaluation & Management (E/M) Services Update
- 2023 CPT Code Changes: Need to Know Updates and Clarifications
- Billing in the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ACS)
- Correct Use of Modifiers
- Strategies for Denials; Maximizing your Revenue Stream
- Public Health Emergency (PHE) Updates: Urology After the PHE
- 2023 Medicare Updates: Comment Period Hot Topics
Target Audience
- Practice Administrators
- Coders
- Physicians involved in managing a urology practice
- Other Office Staff
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Determine coding for the appropriate level of evaluation and management.
- Interpret and apply billing and coding for proper reimbursement.
- Identify and apply best practices in billing processes within an ambulatory surgery center to optimize revenue capture and ensure compliance.
- Identify the practice implications created by the expiration of the Public Health Emergency (PHE).
- Accurately identify and apply appropriate modifiers in urology coding scenarios, understand the impact of modifiers on reimbursement, and effectively navigate modifier-related challenges to optimize coding accuracy and revenue capture within their medical practice.
- List the changes to Medicare Program for 2023.
- Identify common causes of claim denials, implement proactive strategies to minimize denials, and develop effective techniques to maximize revenue by effectively appealing and resolving denied claims within their urology practice.
- Code complex urological issues and multiple procedures.
AUA 2023 Practice Management & Coding Program Agenda
Management, Leadership, and Coding for Your Urology Practice
Course Co-directors
- Angela Gilfillan, CPME, CASC
- Edna R. Maldonado, CPC, ASC-UR, ICD-10-CM AHIMA Trainer
9:00 – 9:10 AM Welcome and Announcements
- Angela Gilfillan, CPME, CASC; Edna R. Maldonado, CPC, ASC-UR, ICD-10-CM AHIMA Trainer
9:10 – 10:10 AM Evaluation & Management (E/M) Services Update
- Jonathan N. Rubenstein, MD
10:10 – 10:45 AM 2023 CPT Code Changes: Need to Know Updates and Clarifications
- Edna R. Maldonado
10:45 – 11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Panel Discussion: Billing in the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)
- All Faculty
12:00 – 12:30 PM Public Health Emergency (PHE) Updates: Urology After the PHE
- Mark N. Painter, CMPA, BS
12:30 – 1:15 PM Lunch Break
1:15 – 2:15 PM How Well Do You Know Your Modifiers?
- Edna R. Maldonado
2:15 – 3:00 PM 2023 Medicare Updates: Comment Period Hot Topics
- Mark N. Painter
3:00 – 3:15 PM Break
3:15 – 3:45 PM Strategies for Denials: Maximizing your Revenue Stream
- Edna R. Maldonado
3:45 – 4:15 PM How to Dissect an Operative Note - Challenging Cases
- Edna R. Maldonado
4:15 – 4:30 PM Ask the Experts: Open Mic Q&A
- All Faculty
4:30 PM Course Adjourns
EDUCATION COUNCIL DISCLOSURES
Education Council Disclosures.pdf
COI REVIEW WORK GROUP DISCLOSURES
COI Review Work Group Disclosures.pdf
For a full listing of all faculty disclosures, please visit AUA Practice Management & Coding Program (2023) Faculty Disclosures and click on the "Faculty" tab.
AUA Office of Education Staff has nothing to disclose.
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.