Ensuring Compliant Billing for Non-Physician Practitioner (NPP) Services
Presented by Melody W. Mulaik, MSHS, CRA, CPC, COC, RCC, RCC-IR
Tuesday February 6th, 2024
10am PT / 11am MT / 12pm CT / 1pm ET
Webinar Level: Intermediate
This program is scheduled for 60 minutes and is valid for 1 CHBME credit.
Member Price: $49.00
Non Member Price: $99.00
Description:
As NPPs continue to expand in number and scope ensuring compliant coding and billing practices can be confusing and challenging at times. This session will address scope of practice and billing requirements for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as well as commercial payers. Evaluation & Management services will also be reviewed to ensure correct documentation and billing of incident-to and shared/split visits.
Webinar Objectives:
Course participants will be able to:
- Understand where to find authoritative resources for compliant coding and billing.
- Understand current CMS guidelines regarding incident-to and split/shared billing.
- Identify potential opportunities for increase revenue and compliance.
Speaker Bio:
Melody W. Mulaik is the President of Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies. She is a frequent speaker and author for nationally recognized professional organizations and publications. Melody’s areas of expertise include coding and compliance, management engineering, operations improvement and she is nationally recognized for her extensive radiology expertise.
Melody often speaks at national conferences on many topics including Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology
coding, Internal Audit Program Development, Coding Compliance and other healthcare compliance issues.
Melody is a frequent author for national publications and her work has appeared in AHRA’s Radiology Management, HBMA's Billing Journal, RT Image, Imaging Economics, Radiology Today, and Radiology Business Journal. Melody co-authored RCCS’ Coding Guides for Diagnostic Radiology and Interventional Radiology.
Melody holds a Master of Science in Health Systems (MSHS) degree and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (BIE) degree, both from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), in Atlanta, Georgia. She also holds the professional certification of Certified Radiology Administrator (CRA), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC) and Radiology Certified Coder (RCC), and Radiology Certified Coder – Interventional (RCC-IR). Melody has achieved Fellow status with the AHRA (FAHRA) and is a recent recipient of the prestigious AHRA Gold Award for her organizational and industry contributions.
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