The PECOS Mystery: Problems Solved & Your Questions Answered

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Program will begin at NOON Eastern Time (11am CT / 10am MT / 9am PT)

The January 3, 2011 Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) enrollment deadline for all Medicare providers who order or refer is now less than 3 months away. Physicians who were previously credentialed with Medicare must also be enrolled in PECOS, but you have either never accessed PECOS and do not know what to do, have problems getting through the online enrollment process, or have questions with no answers readily available.  We can fix that.

What are some of the issues surrounding the confusion with filing online PECOS enrollment?  Is PECOS really faster than paper applications?  Will you be able to complete PECOS enrollment in a timely proper fashion so you and your providers won’t have your claims denied or billing privileges revoked?  How do you determine if your application has been accepted and/or approved or denied?  What are some convenient ways to get through this process as easily and painlessly as possible and know when and what to do the next time enrollment files need to be updated? How do you determine if your providers are on the ordering/referring list or in limbo?

We encourage you to have members of your team – billing, credentialing, etc. – who interact with ordering/referring or any providers attend this Webinar so that they can guide your referral base to resources to streamline enrollment (and keep those referrals coming your way).

This event is being offered to HBMA MEMBERS ONLY as a free benefit of membership. 

Please note, YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT TO RECEIVE THE LOG-IN INFORMATION.  This information will be provided to all registrants 2 days prior to the meeting.

If you have specific questions you would like addressed and would like to submit them in advance of the presentation, please forward them to paul@hbma.org no later than November 8, 2010 and we will see that they are incorporated into the presentation or addressed.  There will also be a 30 minute Q&A session following the 60 minute presentation.

This 90-minute Webinar will include and allow you to:

• Understand the rationale behind PECOS and its requirements
• See examples of screen shots of the PECOS system and what information is required and why
• Learn tips and tricks on how to manage the online enrollment function
• Identify what requirements Medicare is placing on providers going forward and what to be prepared for
• Ask questions and obtain answers on the spot regarding PECOS online enrollment and troubles

SPEAKER: David J. Zetter, PHR, CHCC, CHCO, CPC, CPC-H, PCS, FCS, CHBC

David Zetter is a consultant with Zetter Healthcare Management Consultants in Mechanicsburg, PA.  Mr. Zetter’s firm works with medical and dental clients coast to coast.  He works with clients in all areas of practice management including start-ups, buy-ins, exit strategies, reimbursement enhancement, practice financial modeling, governance documentation, policy and procedure development and implementation, human resources staffing and management, compliance, coding and many other areas.

Mr. Zetter has conducted practice management, human resource, coding and compliance training and seminars in many states over the past twenty five years.  He is often called upon by DecisionHealth, Part B News, Part B Insider, and many others, to conduct audio conferences and webinars.  He has been published in Medical Economics and interviewed and quoted in many publications including Report on Patient Privacy and Report on Medicare Compliance.  Mr. Zetter publishes operations policies and procedures manuals, employee handbooks, compliance manuals for billing, HIPAA and OSHA and has published articles in various healthcare and human resource related magazines on subjects like coding and compliance, interviewing, recruitment, evaluations and disciplinary processes. 

Mr. Zetter is a member of the Board of Directors for the National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants and is a Certified Healthcare Business Consultant as well as a Certified Compliance Consultant and Officer. 

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