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GuidePoint Reimbursement Webinars

These webinars are intended for physicians and for physician and hospital office staffs.
They are presented by outside consultants who are experts in their fields.

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Upcoming Webinars


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On Demand Webinars

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2012 New Coding for Peripheral Interventions: General Overview

Recorded: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Presented by: Carolyn Moora, CPC, President, Reimbursement Principals, Inc.

Ms. Moora is president of Reimbursement Principles, Inc. a full service reimbursement consulting firm specializing in medical device products. She is a veteran consultant to health-care professionals including hospital administrators, physicians, and others specializing in medical finance, reimbursement, and strategic business planning. Ms. Moora is a certified professional coder and has published and lectured extensively on successful reimbursement strategies.

Topics:

  • 2012 Rules, regulations and definitions relative to component coding.

  • Defining and assigning catheter placement codes (i.e. orders of selectivity).

  • Diagnostic peripheral, carotid and renal procedures

  • Diagnostic imaging case studies
     

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 2012 Reimbursement Changes for Gastroenterology

Recorded: Thursday December 15, 2011
Presented by: Glenn Littenberg, MD, FACP, is Chair, Practice Management Committee and CPT Advisor, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
While maintaining a private Gastroenterology practice and independent ambulatory service center in Pasadena, California, Dr. Littenberg has long represented GI and internal medicine to the AMA CPT Panel. In 2006, he completed an 8 year term on the Editorial Panel. In addition, he has chaired the Coding Subcommittee of ACP for several years.

Currently, Dr. Littenberg is the CPT Advisor for ASGE and chair of ASGEs Practice Management Committee. He wrote and edited many chapters of ASGEs Coding Primer: A Guide for Gastroenterologists, 204pp., 2009, and speaks widely on coding, Medicare compliance, and trends in GI Practice Management.

Topics:
 

  • Review of Key Coding Changes for Gastroenterology in 2012—Additions, Deletions, and Replacements
  • Summary of Medicare Payment Changes for GI Procedures in 2012
  • Health Care Reform: Update and implications for GI and ICD-10 update

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Upper Gastroenterology Endoscopic Procedures Coding and Reimbursement


 Recorded: Thursday, June 23, 2011
Presented by: Laurette Pitman, RN, CCS, CPC-H, CGIC
 

Mrs. Pitman is a Senior Auditor in the Hospital Audit Services division of Health Information Partners. She is responsible for hospital outpatient compliance reviews, facility education and staff quality assurance.

Laurette received a BSN from University of LA – Lafayette and has coding certifications from both AHIMA and AAPC. She is also a contributing writer to the Coding Edge and has over 30 years of combined nursing, coding and auditing experience.

Topics:

  • Obtain a basic understanding of the anatomy of the upper gastrointestinal and biliary tract
  • Increase your knowledge regarding upper GI tract endoscopy procedures
  • Review CPT coding guidelines for EGD and ERCP procedures and associated Medicare reimbursement

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