Presentations

Various breakout sessions at AAPC national and local annual conferences and chapter meetings (topics by request):

• Compliant Provider Queries
  This session will cover how we identify errors and omissions, why we query, when to query and the benefits of early query. We will demonstrate some of the more common documentation and coding issues for which we query from the perspective of risk adjustment. We will talk through the barriers and best practices of the query process. Participants in this session will be encouraged, empowered and equipped to conduct compliant queries.

• Painting by Numbers, How to Create a Masterpiece
  This presentation discusses the importance of correct coding overall (risk, acuity, SDoH, quality, exclusions, member experience, etc.) and the synergy between the various code sets in satisfying payer reporting requirements.

• Documenting and Coding to Satisfy Reporting Requirements
  Every payer is looking for the same information from providers. As providers focus on providing high quality, cost effective patient care, they often do not document and code in a way that portrays that care or in a way that satisfies what the payer requires. In our time together, we will take a look at the 3 key metrics that drive healthcare, what the payer wants and how the provider can document and code in a way that satisfies those requirements. We will look at documenting and coding for the most prevalent chronic conditions in the geriatric population – examining the guidelines from a risk adjustment and a quality reporting perspective. Lastly, we will discuss the vital role that coders play in ensuring correct coding – coding that is both accurate and complete – and coding that satisfies reporting requirements.

• AAPC Teach the Teacher: Transition to a Virtual Classroom
  Many of us found ourselves driven from the classroom setting by COVID-19 and had to adapt quickly to a virtual environment. This session will detail that transition, some lessons learned along the way, and will demonstrate how that challenge became an opportunity for a different style of teaching and deeper engagement in the classroom.

• AAPC Teach the Teacher: Establishing Your School, Strategies for Success
  This session covers everything that you need to know to start your own medical coding school, from licenses, bonds and insurance to marketing, enrollment and teaching. I will share with you my personal journey to Medisense.

• Oh, the Places You Can Go in Coding
  An entertaining forum discussion with coders in various roles in healthcare, utilizing concepts from the famous book by Dr. Seuss

• Coding Feast Fiascos
  An interactive session coding mishaps at the holidays

• The Nuts and Bolts of Surgery Coding
  An in-depth look at coding operative reports and understanding CCI and RBRVS

• Sizzling Summer Scenarios
  An interactive session coding summertime accidents and injuries

• Surfing for Success
  An online demonstration using the Internet as a coding resource

• Making Modifiers Matter, How Modifiers Affect Payment
  A survey of E/M, surgery, and radiology modifiers and how they impact reimbursement

• Quality Coding on a Shoestring Budget
  An online demonstration of no cost and low cost coding resources

• The Changing Healthcare Environment
  A survey of current regulations and trends in coding

• Pay for Performance in the Private Payer Market
  An update of incentive programs that promote accurate and complete coding

• Tools of the Trade – CVT Surgery (aka CVT Surgery – Getting to the Heart of Coding)
  An in-depth look at coding cardiovascular and thoracic operative reports

• Consumer Directed Healthcare and Your Practice
  A discussion of the pros and cons, the various products (HSA, FSA, HRA, MSA), transparency and protecting your bottom line

• Top Ten Claim Submission Errors
  A review of the most common errors and how to avoid them to ensure timely payment

• Charting Unknown Waters
  A demonstration using online resources for accurate and complete coding

• How to Communicate Coding Concepts

A step-by-step guide for preparing and presenting to your peers and to providers

• Walking Your Way through Bundling Issues
  Training on understanding and using CCI & RBRVS and modifiers when billing multiple procedures