Accreditation Credit Designation
CME Certification Provided by
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Center for Continuing Education
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of Tulane University Health Sciences Center and Medical Business Solutions, LLC. Tulane University Health Sciences Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation
Tulane University Health Sciences Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Tulane University Health Sciences Center and Medical Business Solutions, LLC present this activity for educational purposes only and do not endorse any product, content of presentation or exhibit. Participants are expected to utilize their own expertise and judgment while engaged in the practice of medicine. The content of the presentations is provided solely by presenters who have been selected because of their recognized expertise.
Overview
Billing and coding policies and procedures continue to be updated as new best practices evidence emerges. The goal of this activity is to equip physicians as well as other allied health professionals with the knowledge and competences of the latest billing and coding guidelines and requirements in the ever changing health care environment. This activity will improve practice management protocols needed to provide high quality patient care.
Statement of Need
With advances in medical technology, the best practices in anesthesia are rapidly changing, requiring physicians, billing and coding specialists, and other public health professionals to modify their practices and increase their knowledge base on the subject.
Goal
Billing and coding policies and procedures continue to be updated as new best practices evidence emerges in anesthesia practice management. The goal of this activity is to equip physicians as well as other allied health professionals with the knowledge and competence of the latest billing and coding guidelines while also monitoring future trends and requirements in the anesthesia. This activity will improve practice management protocols needed to provide high quality patient care, while enhancing the understanding of the anesthesia marketplace.
Educational Objectives
After participating in this educational activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Identify anesthesia billing compliance issues, including the main compliance risk areas for anesthesia practices.
- Explain billing and coding for pediatric anesthesia, subspecialty anesthesia, acute and chronic pain management services.
- State the specific CPT codes to enhance practice revenues and maximize reimbursement.
- Identify future trends in the anesthesia marketplace with emphasis on hospital relationships, the sale and acquisition of group practices, and how groups will look like in the future.
- Describe the salient points of educating providers and billing companies to governmental quality programs including PQRS, QCDRs, MACRA and MIPS
- Describe how the perioperative surgical home will affect anesthesia groups, now and in the future.
- Identify the new trends in the anesthesia marketplace that will allow anesthesia practices to remain viable.
Predicted Outcomes
Predicted changes in practice as a result of participating in this activity may include the ability to:
- Implement correct billing and coding procedures in practice.
- Increase practice revenues and maximize reimbursement.
- Incorporate the most evidence based, up to date, coding and billing requirements into current office guidelines.
Physician Competencies
This conference is designed to address the issues of competence in the following areas:
ACGME/ABMS Competencies: Patient Care and Procedural Skills, Medical Knowledge, Practice Based Learning Improvement and Systems- based Practice
Institute of Medicine Competencies: Provide Patient centered Care, Work in Interdisciplinary Teams, Apply Quality Improvement and Employ Evidence-based Practice
Interprofessional Education Collaborative Competencies: Roles/Responsibilities, Interprofessional Communication and Teams and Teamwork
Who Should Attend
Anesthesiologists, CRNAs, Practice Administrators, Billing Managers, Professional Coders and other Allied Health Professionals.
Tulane Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of the Center for Continuing Education at Tulane University Health Sciences Center to plan and implement all of its educational activities in accordance with the ACCME's Essential Areas and Policies to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor. In accordance with the ACCME’s Standards for Commercial Support, everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ is required to disclose all financial relationships with any commercial interests within the past 12 months that creates a real or apparent conflict of interest. Individuals who do not disclose are disqualified from participating in a CME activity. Individuals with potential for influence or control of CME content include planners and planning committee members, authors, teachers, educational activity directors, educational partners, and others who participate, e.g. facilitators and moderators. This disclosure pertains to relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic. Any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of the presentations must be resolved prior to the educational activity. Disclosure of off-label, experimental or investigational use of drugs or devices must also be made known to the audience.
