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Roger Steven

Developing Hospital Billing and Chargemaster Policies and Procedures - 0 views

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    Overview: Hospital chargemasters are complex and represent a key component for the revenue cycle of hospitals. Chargemasters are intertwined with coding for services, billing for services, charging for services and even involve the cost reporting process. A myriad of decisions must be made concerning how the chargemaster is organized, impacts on coding and billing, charge structuring, cost accounting, and other processes within the revenue cycle. Whenever decisions are made, policies and procedures should be developed, approved and implemented. A proper system of billing and chargemaster policies and procedures can help to maintain an appropriate compliance stance in a world where ambiguous guidance is often the norm. The development of charges and charge structuring within the chargemaster is a major issue often referred to as transparent pricing. While even the Medicare program maintains that hospitals should charge for everything, the way in which charges are set and amalgamated at the claim level can vary significantly between hospitals. A key issue for the chargemaster is differentiating separately charging from separately reporting. The way in which hospitals make decisions about the bundling of charges at the line-item level within the chargemaster leads to many decisions, all of which need justification through proper policies and procedures. Due consideration must be given to departmental concerns about revenue generation, cost reporting implications, coding implications and any associate challenges with billing and claims filing. Why should you Attend: See Typical Questions - Here are some reworded marketing questions: Why are the chargemaster and hospital billing targets of compliance audits? How should we prioritize statutory and contractual compliance for the chargemaster and billing process? Will chargemaster and associated billing policies and procedures give us protection relative to compliance? How should we develop a system of chargemaster po
vbcuremart

The Role of Healthcare Facilitators in Medical Tourism - 0 views

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    Medical tourism is growing by leaps and bounds as people realize the benefits of cost saving and the excellent treatment they receive in countries other than their own. People from the CIS, for instance, had to look to European countries like Germany, France, and the UK for treatment and in all these countries the treatment is expensive not to speak of stay and travel. Asian countries like India, Thailand and Sri Lanka are proving to be the better alternatives. The deterrent is how to find the best facility at the best cost and proceed. This is where a healthcare facilitator steps in and takes care of everything much to the relief of the patient and his family. The vital bridge Healthcare facilitators act as the vital bridge between the patient and the treatment facility that matches their needs. If you are in the US, UK, Australia, the CIS countries or in any African country and wish to find the best facility in India, for instance, the facilitator is the one to get in touch with. They maintain a database of hospitals and surgeons across the country, know their specialization and how much treatment can cost. Healthcare facilitators put you in touch with a medical institution that will give the best in terms of quality of treatment and cost. They do this by first going through your medical records and getting their panel of medical experts to match the ailment with a hospital. Patients get the benefit of expertise and save time and a great deal of money in the process. Patients receive invaluable assistance in: * Travel to the hospital * Scheduling appointments * Recommendations so that they receive personalized care * Supervision by the facilitator's own doctor to ensure that everything is being done right and, if not, patients may be switched to another hospital * Assistance with documentation and paperwork * Assistance with the procurement of medications * Negotiating the best rate with a discount for stay and treatment * Assistance to fam
vbcuremart

Get operated from the best hospitals in India by leading surgeons in India - 0 views

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    Medical tourism is growing by leaps and bounds as people realize the benefits of cost saving and the excellent treatment they receive in countries other than their own. Hence, most of the people opt for such surgeries and treatments in countries where the cost is far more affordable. Medical treatment in India ranges in almost every field, like cardiology, oncology, neurology, dental care, orthopedics, heart bypass, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and liver, kidney, and several other fields too. As a healthcare facilitator company, VB Curemart realizes the importance of the decision you make to travel for your treatment and hence we are here to support you throughout your treatment cycle. We believe in complete pre and post surgery care and work on the basic value of trust and confidence. Cost is a major deciding factor for any medical treatment in India, and our intention is to help you save costs. VB Curemart is focused on providing its customers with the best treatment in India without any hidden costs. We aim at making the overall choice simple, and transparent for you. Irrespective of whether you are looking for best hospitals in India, or searching for the top surgeons in India, our platform gives you a chance to effectively make an informed decision. Be it treatment, surgery or an inquiry, our team of in-house clinicians is right here to help you identify and make the right choice.
Roger Steven

Understanding Medicare's Value Based Modifier Program - A Primer for Medical Practices - 0 views

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    Overview: This webinar is designed for medical practice leaders to gain a working knowledge of the Value-Based Modifier program and how your cost and quality metrics will be used to determine your Medicare payments in future years. Why should you Attend: Your future Medicare payments are at risk. 2018 payment rates may be cut up to 6% if you fail to report quality measures to CMS for the 2016 calendar year. Your practice can also see cuts of 1-4% if you are an outlier on costs or quality. On the other hand, practices that show they are significantly better than average on costs and/or quality can receive an increase over the standard Medicare payment rates. You'll want to understand how this program works, what the potential impact for your practice is, and what steps you need to take now to ensure success in 2018. Areas Covered in the Session: What types of medical practices are impacted by the VBM program and how much is at risk for practices of different sizes. What cost and quality metrics are used and how are they combined to yield your practice's future payments What are the timelines for submitting data and reviewing your status What actions you can take now to ensure the highest possible Medicare payments in future years Who Will Benefit: Practice Administrators Physicians, Podiatrists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, CRNAs Quality Officers Nurse leaders Finance Directors Speaker Profile Jeanne J. Chamberlin Jeanne Chamberlin is currently a Practice Management Consultant with MSOC Health. During her 30 years in the healthcare industry, Jeanne has worked in independent medical practices, health systems, state government, and software development. She holds a Masters Degree in Public Policy from Duke University and is a fellow in the American College of Medical Practice Executives. She has been a leader in both state and local MGMA chapters. As practice administrator of a 10-physician multi-specialty practice, Jeanne first began
Roger Steven

Understanding Medicare's Value Based Modifier Program - A Primer for Medical Practices - 0 views

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    Overview: This webinar is designed for medical practice leaders to gain a working knowledge of the Value-Based Modifier program and how your cost and quality metrics will be used to determine your Medicare payments in future years. Why should you Attend: Your future Medicare payments are at risk. 2018 payment rates may be cut up to 6% if you fail to report quality measures to CMS for the 2016 calendar year. Your practice can also see cuts of 1-4% if you are an outlier on costs or quality. On the other hand, practices that show they are significantly better than average on costs and/or quality can receive an increase over the standard Medicare payment rates. You'll want to understand how this program works, what the potential impact for your practice is, and what steps you need to take now to ensure success in 2018. Areas Covered in the Session: What types of medical practices are impacted by the VBM program and how much is at risk for practices of different sizes. What cost and quality metrics are used and how are they combined to yield your practice's future payments What are the timelines for submitting data and reviewing your status What actions you can take now to ensure the highest possible Medicare payments in future years Who Will Benefit: Practice Administrators Physicians, Podiatrists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, CRNAs Quality Officers Nurse leaders Finance Directors Speaker Profile Jeanne J. Chamberlin Jeanne Chamberlin is currently a Practice Management Consultant with MSOC Health. During her 30 years in the healthcare industry, Jeanne has worked in independent medical practices, health systems, state government, and software development. She holds a Masters Degree in Public Policy from Duke University and is a fellow in the American College of Medical Practice Executives. She has been a leader in both state and local MGMA chapters. As practice administrator of a 10-physician multi-specialty practice, Jeanne first began working wi
Stem Cell Center India

Stem Cell Therapy for Anti-Ageing in India: Cost, Success, and Benefits | Articles | st... - 0 views

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    At Stem Cell Center India, we provide cutting-edge stem cell therapy for anti-ageing at an affordable cost. Experience rejuvenation like never before with treatments designed to enhance your appearance and overall health. Our expert team and state-of-the-art facilities ensure you receive the best care possible. Why wait to turn back the clock? Reclaim your youth today with Stem Cell Center India!
Andreas Herbinger

Read the FAQ on Personal Alarms for the Elderly in Ireland - 0 views

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    Read the FAQ on Personal Alarms for the Elderly versus a monitored alarm system and get the answers for its annual cost, service and its alarm features. Choice of panic alarms is best cost effective alternative, that alert up to 5 or more contacts when the panic button is activated, are simple to install, have no on-going subscription costs and start at just €99 which includes a user friendly telephone.
Roger Steven

HIPAA Breaches and help from Cybersecurity Insurance - 0 views

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    Overview: Remember spaghetti code? The HIPAA breach area is now almost as convoluted and overlapping and confusing as spaghetti code. Sometimes you think you are both coming and going at the same time when you think through an event to determine if your organization has had a breach. For example: Is a security incident always a beach? Is an ePHI breach a security incident as well? Is a cybersecurity event always a breach? What if it does not steal any clinical information, diagnoses or procedures information, or any payment information? A security incident? Or both? Are all the necessary kinds of notice in the Breach rule? What is Cybersecurity Insurance? Is it really the finger in the dike or itself full of Swiss cheese? Can the loss of patient or member data be a HIPAA breach and identity theft plus a fraud issue? Why should you Attend: HIPAA breaches now number in the multiple thousands, if not multiple millions. Your organization needs to be prepared for the initial sense of panic, a complete investigation, and the federal, state and reputational costs of a mega breach. A breach now costs in money approximately $225/record. And this does not include any fine of any type. The loss and theft of 1000 records may cost you organization from a quarter to $1 M, or more, and 6 months to a year to resolve. You need to know the basics of what PHI and ePHI really are; what puts the event into the breach safe harbor, what breach exceptions keeps the event out of OCR's hands, what the 4 factors are and how they are used. You need to know that your organization's breach plan and your policies and procedures include the need to notify when necessary the police, the FBI and other state and federal organizations beyond the Office for Civil Rights. Your organization needs to know how to protect itself after the fact by considering Cybersecurity Insurance. Areas Covered in the Session: Definition and reporting of a Security Incident Definition of a breach Breach Guidance Br
healthbeyondins

Breast Cancer: Revealing the True Cost of Chemotherapy - 0 views

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    248 Million. This is the annual cost of chemotherapy for breast cancer (UK). It includes £1,000 per patient as 'out-of-pocket' personal costs.
Senthil Dental Care

Affordable Dentures Implants Cost | Cheap Dentures Cost in Chennai - 0 views

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    Our experts offer you different solutions to maintain your oral hygiene. Find a replacement for your missing teeth with the most affordable denture implant cost in Chennai.
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Get New Lease on Life With Cost-Effective Cancer Treatment in India ~ Medical Tourism I... - 0 views

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    The #BestCancerDoctorsinIndia are notably expert, and with the method of offering the best comfort to the sufferers on the #BestCancersHospitalinIndia, they use revolutionary and secure techniques. The cancer treatment in India cost is extraordinarily less expensive than what you find everywhere else.
Stem Cell Center India

Stem Cell Therapy for Autism Treatment in India: Transforming Lives - 0 views

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    Are you looking for a breakthrough treatment option for autism? Look no further! Stem Cell Center India is proud to offer cutting-edge Stem Cell Therapy for Autism right here in India, at an affordable cost!
Roger Steven

Tougher Import Rules for FDA Imports in 2016- 2 day In person Seminar - 0 views

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    Course "Tougher Import Rules for FDA Imports in 2016" has been pre-approved by RAPS as eligible for up to 12 credits towards a participant's RAC recertification upon full completion. Overview: FDA's and the Customs and Border Patrol Service (CBP) have become increasingly sophisticated and equally demanding in the submission of information and adherence to government procedures. Firm's that fail to understand and properly execute an import and export program find that their shipment is delayed, detained or refused. In 2016 entries must use the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) entry filing system or face entry refusals and monetary penalties up to $10,000 per offense. A number of other factors can derail the expectation of a seamless import process. The course covers detailed information about the roles and responsibilities of the various parties with an import operation and how to correct the weakest link(s) in the commercial chain. The course will include tips on how to understand FDA's thinking and offer anecdotal examples of FDA's import program curiosities. Why should you attend: What happens when your product is detained? FDA will begin a legal process that can become an expensive business debacle. You must respond fully within short timeframes. This is not the time for you to be on a learning curve. You need to have a plan in place and know what you are doing. The FDA is steadily increasing the legal and prior notice information requirements. If you do not know what those requirements are and you initiate a shipment, your product is figuratively dead in the water. You must be accurate with the import coding information and understand the automated and human review process. If not, you can expect detained shipments. CBP is implemented a new "Automated Commercial Environment" computer program that changes import logistics and information reporting for FDA regulated products. Your shipment may be stopped before it is even loaded at the foreign port. What
Roger Steven

ICD-10 and Other Factors Affecting Your Cash Flow - 0 views

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    Overview: As the healthcare industry moves toward a value based reimbursement model rather than fee for service, it is crucial that the provider and ancillary staff understand how ineffective reporting can lead to dollars lost. We will review the 3 critical areas that require skilled management. Understand that patients are more educated about their healthcare and are increasingly responsible for more out of pocket costs. High dollar deductibles may result in self pay realities and bad debt increases. Learn areas that increase your chances for an audit. Are you ready for the challenge? Why should you Attend: Revenue is dependent upon proficiency in multiple areas. In today's environment, it is risky to maintain the status quo and increasingly important to obtain and maintain skilled business staff. The granularity of the ICD-10 code set requires understanding of the official coding conventions and guidelines, the ability to apply those guidelines, and the ability to recognize when reporting may lead to revenue delay, reduction or loss. Additionally, other factors affect your revenue stream. This includes patients with high deductible plans, collection of much more than a small co-pay, and staff understanding of regulations that govern telephone collection activity. Don't leave money on the table or invite an audit into your practice. Audits are often the result of weak billing and coding skills. This program will review several areas that will cost you money if poorly handled. Areas Covered in the Session: Required specificity in coding Documentation necessary for ICD-10 reporting Why coders must frequently query for clarification How ambiguous diagnosis reporting affects you r bottom line Internal collections versus outsourcing. What should you consider Staff effective in handling problem claims? Developing appeals? Who Will Benefit: Coders Billers Revenue cycle Physicians Mid-level providers Nurses Claims follow-up Managers Managers Speaker Profil
Roger Steven

How to Handle HIPAA Security Incidents, Breaches, Complaints, and Investigations - 0 views

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    Overview: This webinar will cover everything that you need to know about how to handle HIPAA security incidents, breaches, and complaints and the Department of Health and Human Resources Investigations thereof. Not all security incidents are breaches, but all breaches of confidentiality are within the broad ambit of security incidents. Privacy rule violations, such as failing to give a patient a copy of his or her medical records, may also constitute a breach as the $4.2 million fine assessed against Cignet Healthcare of Prince George's County, Maryland, dramatically proved. Handling an investigation properly is key to determining not only how to handle it to mitigate any harm and to take action to prevent it from happening again but also to determine whether it is reportable to affected individuals and to DHHS. HIPAA requires a complaint procedure (policy). The webinar will suggest what such a document should contain as it also will for the required report procedure (what is reportable, who reports, to whom, and required/suggested contents of the report) and the required response procedure (what do the responsible officials do after receiving the report or the complaint). Investigating a possible security incident is key. The webinar will cover how to conduct a thorough investigation of HIPAA security incidents, breaches, and patient complaints. Finally, the second largest HIPAA civil money penalty or settlement, $4.2 million, was in large part due to the offender's failure to cooperate with the DHHS investigation. The presenter has successfully defended his clients in seven such investigations and knows how to respond to them to avoid or minimize liability. Think of a gap analysis as an examination of: What you currently have in place for HIPAA compliance. Is that adequate? Can it be done better? Is it enough? And what am I missing? Asking these questions will help establish the direction and next steps to take. It lays the ground work for a good Risk Analys
Roger Steven

How to Handle HIPAA Security Incidents, Breaches, Complaints, and Investigations - 0 views

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    Overview: This webinar will cover everything that you need to know about how to handle HIPAA security incidents, breaches, and complaints and the Department of Health and Human Resources Investigations thereof. Not all security incidents are breaches, but all breaches of confidentiality are within the broad ambit of security incidents. Privacy rule violations, such as failing to give a patient a copy of his or her medical records, may also constitute a breach as the $4.2 million fine assessed against Cignet Healthcare of Prince George's County, Maryland, dramatically proved. Handling an investigation properly is key to determining not only how to handle it to mitigate any harm and to take action to prevent it from happening again but also to determine whether it is reportable to affected individuals and to DHHS. HIPAA requires a complaint procedure (policy). The webinar will suggest what such a document should contain as it also will for the required report procedure (what is reportable, who reports, to whom, and required/suggested contents of the report) and the required response procedure (what do the responsible officials do after receiving the report or the complaint). Investigating a possible security incident is key. The webinar will cover how to conduct a thorough investigation of HIPAA security incidents, breaches, and patient complaints. Finally, the second largest HIPAA civil money penalty or settlement, $4.2 million, was in large part due to the offender's failure to cooperate with the DHHS investigation. The presenter has successfully defended his clients in seven such investigations and knows how to respond to them to avoid or minimize liability. Think of a gap analysis as an examination of: What you currently have in place for HIPAA compliance. Is that adequate? Can it be done better? Is it enough? And what am I missing? Asking these questions will help establish the direction and next steps to take. It lays the ground work for a good Risk Analy
Roger Steven

Preparing to Comply with the New FDA FSMA Rules Planning Valid Preventive Food Safety C... - 0 views

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    Overview: Upon completing this course participants will leave with a preliminary preventive control implementation plan and will: * Understand US FDA final rules for the Preventive Controls for Human and Animal Foods * Define and review your current system to identify gaps in your preventive controls planning. * Be able to develop and implement a valid preventive control company food safety plan to close any gaps * Write and implement appropriate procedures. * Know your requirements for control over your supply chain * Be able to plan and implement HARPC * Be able to perform environmental monitoring * Know how cross contamination can impact your preventive control plan * Know the difference between validation and verification * Understand and be able to use statistical process controls basics * Be able to plan and implement a team approach to preventive controls * Be able to help your food importers to jump through FDA hoops * Develop a system to risk rank your suppliers * Have a plan in hand that will pass any validation check for preventive controls * Understand some of the technology and costs that can help you establish preventive controls * Prove that your system actually prevents food safety problems * Be able to document and report results to upper management, external food safety auditors and FDA auditors * Save your company money Establish simple, low cost complete data collection and reporting systems. * Establish teambuilding between food safety and quality personnel to develop and implement changes to your current system * Understand food safety, security and recall responsibilities in light of cargo theft, adulteration and temperature failures * Learn how to use your system to get some ROI and improve your marketing position * Review current and future technologies designed to improve and simplify data collection * Establish a completely documented system Why should you attend: Validation of preventive co
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Cancer Therapeutics Market to Accrue $178.86 Bn, Globally, by 2023 at 11.9% CAGR, Says ... - 0 views

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    Prevalence of cancer is on the rise throughout the world. Advanced therapeutics are being developed by pharmaceutical companies to address the growing burden of cancer. The time and costs associated with oncology drug development are also increasing; hence the key companies are collaborating with other pharmaceutical companies to reduce these costs.
Senthil Dental Care

Do Affordable Dentures Really Exist? - cheap dentures cost - 0 views

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    Dentures have always been known as a frustrating dental treatment as it becomes tedious to keep them in the mouth all the time. To have them perfectly fit feels like to be moving mountains. Moreover all of us have heard that dentures are not easily affordable by all. But what we look for is how to save money on implants and false teeth? Regardless of the fact that we pay for our smile, we always look to find cheap dentures cost in Chennai.
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