Revenue Cycle: Hospital Outpatient

(108 customer reviews)

$138.00

Description

This course introduces the concept of hospital outpatient revenue cycle, including hard and soft coding, outpatient bill presentation, revenue codes, payer mix, and the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS).  It includes an overview of the OPPS with a description of APCs, status indicators and packaging.  The outpatient code editor and NCCI and MUE edits are also covered along with hospital-approved modifiers and their usage.  Other concepts integral to the hospital outpatient coding process are also discussed, such as device C codes and pass through payments for devices and drugs.  The course rounds out instruction with a listing of official coding resources for the hospital outpatient coding setting, instruction on how to use the Medicare Coverage Database, and a description of the agencies employed by CMS to audit and investigate Medicare fraud and abuse.

 

Objectives:

Lesson 1

  • Differentiate between hard coded and soft coded codes
  • Recall the importance of bill presentation
  • Indicate how Medicare pays for services
  • Determine how often APC updates are released

Lesson 2

  • Match APC status indicators to their respective definitions
  • Determine when payments for certain services are packaged into payments for other services
  • Use the NCCI tables to determine when certain services are bundled into others
  • Identify modifiers that are applicable in the hospital setting

Lesson 3

  • Indicate the official resources for OPPS billing
  • Utilize the Medicare Coverage Database to locate coverage criteria
  • Identify agencies who investigate Medicare fraud and abuse

**The price of this product includes the AMA Royalty Fees.

Target Audience

  • Facility Outpatient Coders
  • Billing Professionals
  • Revenue Integrity Professionals
  • Charge Master Analysts
  • Coding Compliance Professionals
  • Students

CE Credits

AHIMA This program has been approved for 2 continuing education units for use in fulfilling the continued education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Granting prior approval from AHIMA does not constitute endorsement of the program content or its program sponsor.

  • Domain: Revenue Cycle Management

AAPC This program has the prior approval of the American Academy for Professional Coders (AAPC) for 2 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.

  • Specialty CEUs: COC, CPC, CPC-P, CPB, CPPM

Purchasing Details

  • The price of this product includes the AMA Royalty Fees
  • Upon purchase, you will have a 6-month subscription to this course. This will allow you the opportunity to complete and review as often as you like for 6 months.
  • Courses are accessed through www.haugenacademy.com.
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108 reviews for Revenue Cycle: Hospital Outpatient

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    This course was GREAT! Thanks

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    keep up the good work

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    I was hoping to have more details on APC’s this seemed vague to me. I already knew this much. If you have greater detail on APCs that would be helfpul.

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