Finding Lost Revenue and ABN Updates 

 Day Egusquiza, President of AR Systems and Linda Corley ,VP Compliance Quality and Assurance for Xtend Healthcare will present the latest updates on charge capture, patient status, 2 midnight rule, ICD-10, ABNs, and share actionable strategies on capturing otherwise lost revenue. 

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• Learn from charge capture audits common lost charges and ideas for how to 'find them!'
• Identify the most common lost inpt-2 MN benchmark-and how to document to find and keep it.
• Receive updates on the 2 MN rule-as compared to other payer 'unknown' inpt rules-it is easy!
  

3:00-4:30 pm Medical Necessity, ABNs for ICD-10

• Review the latest changes to ICD-10-CM codes that added a layer of complexity for identification of diagnoses meeting medical necessity
• Review the most common denials based on Medicare National Coverage Decisions (NCDs; and discuss narrative words required in the physician's order to meet medical necessity.
• Discuss the difficulty of "unspecified" diagnoses under ICD-10; and categorize the Medicare and Medicaid services most likely to require code digits beyond the three (3) digit "category codes." 
       -What changed about ICD-10-CM for physicians on October 1, 2016?
• Recognize best practice approaches for the utilization of Advance Beneficiary Notices (ABNs) now coded with ICD-10-CM diagnoses.
       -Physician requirements
       -Hospital outpatient requirements
• Recommendations for reducing medical necessity denials