Sunday, October 17

8:00 – 10:00 am

P1 Physician Clinical Documentation is Only Half of the Compliance Picture for Office and Inpatient Care ... Have You also Captured Your Medical Necessity?

Betty B. Bibbins, MD, FACOG, CHC, C-CDI, CPEHR, CPHIT, President & Chief Medical Officer, DocuComp LLC

presentation, evaluation survey

• The importance of knowing about the MACs – how inconsistent documentation can severely impact your physicians’ office compliance as well as for inpatient care.
• Discuss how clinical documentation captures the true severity-of-illness within the medical record, and medical necessity justifies the utilization-of-resources to 3rd party payers.
• Why Medical Decision Making (MDM) is becoming the most important component of E&M documentation.

10:00 – 10:15 am | Break

10:15 – 12:15 pm

P2 Compliance 101

Debbie Troklus, CCEP-F, CHC-F, CHRC, CHPC, Assistant VP for Health Affairs/Compliance University of Louisville

presentation, evaluation survey

• An in-depth look at effective compliance implementation and the management of ongoing operations
  
• Provides a thorough understanding of the seven elements and the method to incorporate them into your compliance program
  
• Provides an opportunity to interact with other compliance professionals to discuss compliance operations

12:15 – 1:30 pm | Lunch (on your own)

1:30 – 3:30 pm

P3 Physician Coding Initiative: Evaluation and Management

Bill Friedel, CPC, CHC, Institutional Compliance Manager, Corporate Compliance Department, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Leslie C. Bembry, CPC, Coding and Compliance Manager, Fornance Physician Services Inc.

presentation, evaluation survey

• Discuss the challenges surrounding educating providers on E&M services
  
• Why is it that E&M training is often ineffective?
  
• Learn about a different approach to physician education and training
  
• How much documentation is required

3:30 – 3:45 pm - Break

3:45 – 5:45 pm

P4 Impact of HITECH on Physician Practices

George B. Breen, Shareholder, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Danna Teicheira, Privacy Officer, St. Luke's Regional Medical Center
Herman Doering, HIPAA SME, Information Systems Security Officer St. Luke's Regional Medical Center

presentation, evaluation survey

• HITECH has raised the stakes when it comes to protection of patient privacy.
  
• EHRs introduce a new level accounting of disclosures which will directly impact physicians.
  
• Physicians and healthcare organizations must work together to address privacy concerns.