AUA 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:

  1. Determine coding for the appropriate level of evaluation and management.
  2. Interpret and apply billing and coding for proper reimbursement.
  3. Identify and apply best practices in billing processes within an ambulatory surgery center to optimize revenue capture and ensure compliance.
  4. Identify the practice implications created by the expiration of the Public Health Emergency (PHE).
  5. 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.
  6. List the changes to Medicare Program for 2023.
  7. 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.
  8. Code complex urological issues and multiple procedures.
Course summary
Course opens: 
07/14/2023
Course expires: 
07/14/2026
Rating: 
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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

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COI REVIEW WORK GROUP DISCLOSURES

PDF iconCOI 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.

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This is a complimentary webcast upgrade provided to eligible registrants of the AUA Practice Management & Coding Program (2023)