NPP Coding and Reimbursement: Non-Physician Practitioners

HEALTHCARE Sep 01, 2017 60 minutes
01:00 PM EST 12:00 PM CST 11:00 AM MST 10:00 AM PST

Description:-

Non-Physician suppliers give diverse services in the physician’s office and hospital as a whole, they can assist in making the profession lucrative. We will demonstrate to you how Ms. Fletcher will give a broad survey of the "Incidence to" regulations for the NPP and Medicare patients. Additionally, diagnostic rules for testing using NPP's will be talked about with an emphasis on supervision and repayment in the doctor's office and hospital environment.

Why should you attend ?

  • Due to the fact that health care organizations and doctors are always very busy, the total number of their patients has just expanded as repayments have reduced. Using an NPP in a Medical Practice can't just be beneficial, however, it can provide a solution for referral PR problems, take into consideration weekend call, add income to an enormous practice, and give room for higher referrals with the adaptability of patient access with an NPP.
  • This webinar will concentrate on the guidelines and Regs with NPP's as Medicare as stated, with some understanding with regards to the Commercial payers’ arrangements, and how to use them to augment repayment in a doctors practice.

Areas Covered in the Session :

  • Conversation of guidelines for lower level NPP's: RNs, MA's and so forth
  • E/M coding versus procedural
  • NPP guidelines for Medicare "Incident to"
  • NPP guidelines for administering Diagnostic Tests
  • NPP definition per Medicare: PA's, Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists
  • Reimbursement discussion for NPP's 
  • What can an NPP do in the hospital setting
  • The productivity of an NPP
  • To Feel positive about their coding and charging rehearses for NPP's
  • Can services be charged under the doctor or do they need to be charged under the PA and NP?
  • How to make your practice lucrative with an NPP
  • To take in the guidelines and consistence directions surrounding procuring an NPP for a doctor practice

Who will benefit :

  • Collectors
  • Front office
  • Administrators
  • Coders
  • LVNs
  • LPNs
  • Billers
  • Physicians
  • CMA's
  • NP's
  • PA's
  • CNS'
  • RNs
Presenter BIO

Ms. Terry Fletcher is a Specialty Coding Industry Coding and Billing Expert, Auditor and Educator based in Laguna Beach, California, with over 30 years experience. Terry is a past member of the National Advisory Board for AAPC, past Chair of the AAPCCA, and AAPC National and Regional Conference Educator. Ms. Fletcher is the Technical Editor for the Select Coder® from DecisionHealth, Editorial Advisor for Cardiology Coding Alert! & Practice Management Coding Alert! from The Coding Institute. Ms. Fletcher is an Educator for McVey Seminars, MGMA, Audio Educator, AAPC, AHIMA, Medlearn, OnlineAudioTraining.com, DecisionHealth, TCI, and PioneerEducator, teaching over 100 specialty coding Seminars, Teleconferences, and Webinars every year. Terry is the author of several coding and reimbursement publications, as well as a practice auditor for multiple specialty practices around the country. Ms. Fletcher moderates her own Coding Corner Network for online CPT/ICD-10-CM Coding Questions from physician coders around the country. Terry holds a bachelor’s degree (BS) in Economics, multiple certifications in coding, and her proficiency certification in ICD-10-CM: CPC, CCC, CEMC, SCP-CA, ACS-CA, CCS-P, CCS, CMSCS, CMCS, CMC. Her coding and reimbursement specialties include Cardiology, Peripheral-Cardiology, Gastroenterology, E/M Auditing, Orthopedics, General Surgery, Neurology, and Interventional Radiology.

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