Lung Disease Management Conference

It is my pleasure to announce the 2 day course June 22-23, in fabulous Las Vegas, offered by Lung Center University.  If you are a health care provider that cares for patients with Lung Disease, you will not want to miss this conference.  Learn about the changes made in 2010 to Pulmonary Rehabilitation guidelines.  This program showcases the latest therapies and treatment options for patients suffering from chronic lung disorders.  You will learn how to manage costs better, improve quality of care, and grow your disease management program.  This was created for skilled nursing facilities, home health, and outpatient facilities to discuss hospital to home solutions for these chronically ill patients.

Read more and register at  Lung Center University  Please contact Lung Center University direct for any questions and information.

Speakers include Greg Shockey, President of America, Mel Arenas, RT & Sr. VP of Lung Centers of America, Jim Girard is the National Sales Manager for Schiller-America and Jan Jennings, President & CEO of American Healthcare Solutions.  This team of speakers has a very well documented and prestigious career in the health care industry.  You can read the extensive biography on each speaker under the agenda.

Angela Miller of Medical Auditing Solutions LLC has been in health care compliance, auditing, billing, collections and HIPAA for over 18 years.  Ms. Miller has made it the  focus of the business to help providers run their businesses efficiently, collect money, and maintain compliance with federal and state regulations and coverage criteria through compliance program development, management and training.  Ms. Miller is very experienced with Medicare & Payer audits.  Ms. Miller ran a very successful compliance program for over 5 years for the largest private held HME/Pharmacy provider in the US at the time.  Ms. Miller  also works as a contract compliance officer to provide an avenue to compliance training to staff, implementation of policies, as well as handling anything that affects cash flow from the initial intake to back-end collections. You can visit our website at Medical Auditing Solutions LLC.

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HITECH Compliance & Implementation Tips Happy Hour

Starts:	Wednesday October 27, 2010, 05:30PM CDT
Ends:	Wednesday October 27, 2010, 07:00PM CDT
Event Type:	Conference
Location:	BlackFinn 4440 Beltline Rd Addison, TX  US
Intended for:	Physicians, Office Managers, Information Technology Managers, Privacy Officers, Health Care Attorneys, Owners, Upper Management, Senior Level Management
Industry:	hospital, physician, dental, pharmacy, DME, home health care
RSVP:	kpearson@marjencapital.com or angela@medicalauditingsolutions.com
Organization:	Marjen Technology Group & Medical Auditing Solutions LLC

This event is exclusively for health care providers and health care attorneys due to the content of the program. Please RSVP as seating is limited to 35.

HIPAA HITECH Happy Hour Drink Coupons & Appetizers Provided

We will provide a short presentation on new HITECH HIPAA highlights 6:00pm-6:30pm allowing time for Q&A

Topics:  Meaningful Use, What is Encrypted, and Tips to encryption without breaking the bank

Speakers:   Karen Pearson & Raj Croager Marjen Technology Group

Angela Miller Medical Auditing Solutions LLC

There will be prizes worth showing up for such as a new WatchGuard firewall that protects PHI before it leaves and Consulting Certificates.

MARJEN Technology Group is a privately held technology services company located in Arlington, Texas, bringing over two decades of experience to Dallas/Fort Worth area businesses.  Our mission is to bring enterprise class technology and services, at affordable prices, to small and medium size businesses.

Angela Miller of Medical Auditing Solutions LLC has been in health care compliance, auditing, billing, collections and HIPAA for over 18 years.  Ms. Miller has made it the  focus of the business to help providers run their businesses efficiently, collect money, and maintain compliance with federal and state regulations and coverage criteria through compliance program development, management and training.  Ms. Miller is very experienced with Medicare & Payer audits.  Ms. Miller ran a very successful compliance program for over 5 years for the largest private held HME/Pharmacy provider in the US at the time.  Ms. Miller  also works as a contract compliance officer to provide an avenue to compliance training to staff, implementation of policies, as well as handling anything that affects cash flow from the initial intake to back-end collections. You can visit our website at Medical Auditing Solutions LLC.

Date of Death Audits for DME & Inpatient Facilities

Beware, this is just one region that has published the date of death audit for DME and inpatient facilities such as rehab, hospital, LTC, SNF facilities.  This audit is done periodically and most suppliers are hit with a few thousand to upwards of $20K in overpayment refund requests.  Be prepared with a reserve of cash based on the size of your business.  At a minimum, I would suggest a set back of $5K even if you are outside of Region A.  Region A tends to publish this type of information earlier than other areas. These audits typically take place about every three years which is why the dollar amounts are so high.

We all know that payment after date of death will never be paid; however accidents will happen.  Ensure your billing staff doesn’t just “resubmit” claims without working the denial, this can cause a fraud audit even if you are not getting paid!  Likewise, if payment does occur it is usually less than 90 days from date of death when family fail to contact suppliers because they think the equipment belongs to the patient.  It could be a pick up ticket was not entered or a facility span date was not stopped at date of death instead of the full episode.  Note these are being audited by the RAC!

Republished:
NHIC, Corp.
DME MAC A ListServe
For Immediate Release
August 12, 2010

CMS Approved Audit Issues Posted for Region A Recovery Audit Contractor

DCS, the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) for Region A, recently posted new CMS approved audit issues for RAC review.

The new CMS approved audit issues are listed below and apply to the states of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.

* Date of Death – DME
* Date of Death – Inpatient

See the CMS approved audit issues at DCS’ RAC website: http://www.DCSRAC.com for more information.

Region A includes the states of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.