How to Create, Manage and Implement a Coding Compliance Plan

Overview: This session will provide a strategy and detailed examples how to create and implement a coding compliance plan. A plan is not a static document; it is working document that must be reviewed and implementing constantly and continually. Jeff will use his 15 plus years as an auditor, a coding training and documentation specialist to help you create a compliance plan that works for your practice.

Every Participant will receive a generic 40-page sample Coding Compliance Plan in Word or Text Format!

Why should you attend: Fraud, incorrect documentation, and coding is a major risk for any medical practice. This webinar will show you how to create a compliance plans and a strategy for implementation and ensuring your coding, billing and documentation is compliant. A formal compliance plan is critical to ensuring that coding, documentation and reporting is accurate.

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Learn the seven components of a Coding Compliance Plan recommended by the OIG
• The importance of a Coding Compliance Plan
• The importance of Provider education
• How to improve an already existing Coding Compliance Plan
• Creating a plan “with teeth”
• Establishing a Coding Compliance Team
• Why periodic audits are crucial to the Plan
• Obstacles to implementing a plan
• The Impact of Upcoding, Downcoding and “Red Flags”
• Tips for improving documentation
• Using Peer Audits and Reviews
• Why using a third-party may help
• The difference between getting paid and coding and documentation compliance
• The ten most common problems with implementing a Coding Compliance Plan
• How to sell the Plan to the doctors
  

Who Will Benefit:

• Coders
• Coding Manager
• Coding Auditors
• Compliance Director
• Providers

Jeffrey Restuccio is the principal owner of Ritecode.com, a healthcare consulting company specializing in online training, live seminars, webinars, chart audits, and specialty consulting. Jeff is certified as both a CPC and a CPC-H from the Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC).

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Roger Steven
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