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1 Register online and SAVE $100! new Dates Added! 2009 Class Dates This course is an outstanding prerequisite to prepare for RAC audits. Overall, the course has exceeded my expectations, and I consider it to be invaluable for all financial employees and utilization/ case management personnel. Deborah Messina, Director Business Operations Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT Seattle, WA July NYC/NJ area July Dulles, VA August 3 7 Boston, MA August Philadelphia, PA September For information, call 877/ or visit

2 course agenda Medicare research: End your confusion over the CMS Web site and find what you need UB-04, ICD-9-CM, NPI, OCE, and other must-know billing fundamentals NCCI, MUEs, modifiers, and other must-know billing fundamentals Medical necessity and non-coverage: What to know when Medicare is not paying the bill Tools for understanding and predicting medicare outpatient revenue: Overview of the OPPS system The essentials of drugs, biologicals, and devices: How are they covered and how are they paid? Hospital provider-based departments: E/M services, critical care, and other hot topics New composite APCs: How you still get paid for observation services Surgical and radiology services under OPPS: Discounts, modifiers, and more Let s not forget about the lab: Coverage, blood products, and more From three days before admission to post discharge: What you need to know about Medicare s inpatient policies Tools for understanding and predicting Medicare inpatient revenue: Overview of the IPPS system When the DRG payment is not what you expect: Post acute care transfers and new technology add-ons explained Outlier payments: How far in the red do you have to be to qualify? The basics of graduate medical education payments: How to calculate direct payments and indirect adjustments Supports RAC Readiness* To register or for more information visit or call 877/ HCPro has determined this bootcamp meets one or more of the following criteria:» The main topic contains substantive information about a RAC-identified error» The boot camp will help you in your appeals preparation» The boot camp will help you operationalize your RAC strategy/process

3 2009 Dates and Locations Location Class Dates Lynnwood (Seattle), WA July Hampton Inn & Suites Seattle North/Lynnwood Alderwood Parkway Lynnwood, WA / Room Rate: $115/night; Room Rate Cutoff: June 16 Edgewater, NJ July Homewood Suites by Hilton Edgewater NYC Area 10 The Promenade Edgewater, NJ / Room Rate: $179/night; Room Rate Cutoff: July 5 Dulles, VA August 3 7 Hyatt Place Sterling/Dulles Airport North Ridgetop Circle Sterling, VA / Room Rate: $169/night; Room Rate Cutoff: July 7 Billerica (Boston), MA August Homewood Suites Boston Billerica/Bedford 35 Middlesex Turnpike Billerica, MA / Room Rate: $149/night; Room Rate Cutoff: August 2 East Norton (Philadelphia), PA September Hyatt Summerfield Suites Plymouth Meeting 501 East Germantown Pike East Norriton, PA / Room Rate: $154/night; Room Rate Cutoff: August 24 Class times: 8:00 am 5:00 pm Monday Thursday; 8:00 am 1:00 pm on Friday. Special room rates are available! Limited availability register early! For more dates and locations, please visit Hotel reservations We have negotiated a special rate for a limited number of rooms at each course location. Please note that the room block may sell out before the listed cutoff date, at which time the special rate may no longer be available. Please call the hotel directly to determine availability and to make your reservation. Be sure to identify yourself as a participant of HCPro s Medicare Boot Camp program and register early to receive the discounted rate!

4 Boot Camp at a glance Prevent missing revenue, denials, and compliance worries with Medicare Boot Camp Hospital Version Using a combination of lecture, class discussion, and hands-on exercises, this intensive four-anda-half-day course gives you the knowledge and tools to find the answers to your most pressing Medicare concerns. Help ensure your facility s revenue Hospitals are under increasing financial pressure, and Medicare can account for a large portion of their revenue. With the RAC permanent program well underway, hospitals will be scrutinized more closely than ever before. Get it right for revenue integrity on the front end. Understand the rules to protect that revenue from audits and recoupments on the back end. Avoid compliance pitfalls Medicare s billing rules are complex enough to keep reimbursement professionals up at night. The Medicare Boot Camp Hospital Version not only teaches you the rules and their application, but gives you the tools and skills to research your own Medicare billing questions long after the Boot Camp. Benefits for the organization Do you have compliance worries? Does your organization suffer from inadequate reimbursement? Need to defend your organization against RAC takebacks? Keeping yourself and your staff up to date on the latest Medicare regulations and rules is an important investment for your organization. Mastery of the complex Medicare billing rules will enable you to:» Submit accurate claims to Medicare» Prevent missed revenue and denials» Maintain compliance with the latest rules» Increase the productivity of your staff Register online and SAVE $100! This class has given me a better understanding of the Medicare regulations for beneficiaries, coverage, and reimbursement. The course materials are outstanding and give specific direction to official service documentation to reference for all subjects covered. Melissa Melton, Covenant Health

5 additional courses and services Medicare Boot Camp See the HCPro difference for yourself. This isn t just any billing and compliance course; this is the most comprehensive course available today. Check out all the benefits of the HCPro Boot Camp. Focus on the actual rules The course focuses on learning how to find and apply CMS rules and guidelines to ensure that hospital services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries are billed accurately and appropriately. Hands-on learning At the conclusion of each course module, course participants work a set of exercises/case studies designed to ensure that they understand the concepts and know how to apply them to real-world situations. Resource materials Each participant receives a complete course binder full of current Medicare statutes, regulations, and guidelines. To further professional development, all course instructors contact information is provided, as well as Web links, enabling graduates to stay updated on changing regulations. Live instruction All classes are taught by an experienced, live instructor. No computer-based instruction or videotapes are used. Small class size The number of course participants is limited in order to retain a low participant-instructor ratio. This also allows us to provide individual instruction as needed when course participants find a topic to be particularly challenging. Participant-driven All course participants are asked to complete a course evaluation. We carefully review the evaluations and continually enhance our courses based on the evaluations. Highly rated Course participants consistently give the course an overall rating of 4.5 or higher (on a 5.0 point scale). Well-established program We currently conduct more than 24 Medicare Boot Camp Hospital Version courses each year. Bring the Medicare Boot Camp Hospital Version to your facility If you have a group to train, let us come to you! Holding a Boot Camp at your facility is easy and cost-effective. Eliminate travel costs and enjoy a group discount while ensuring your staff is up to date on the latest rules and guidelines. Call 877/ for more information. Additional Boot Camps offered by HCPro: Evaluation and Management Boot Camp Medicare Boot Camp Hospital Version Certified Coder Boot Camp Inpatient Version Medicare Boot Camp Physician Services Version For a complete course listing and more information, including a current class schedule, please visit our Web site, or contact us at 877/ HCPro s Revenue Cycle Institute offers successful strategies to manage today s healthcare revenue cycle management challenges. Find in-depth information, analysis, and guidance on Issues including patient access, charge capture, coding, billing, reimbursement, revenue recovery audits, and denial management, with a focus on regulatory oversight and compliance, at Judith is like the Meryl Streep of Medicare meaning the best in her field. In my 30 years of attending seminars and conferences this was by far the most comprehensive and informative seminar. The reference materials are outstanding and beyond compare. Judith made sure that we knew how to use them. Linda Ostermann, Senior Financial Analyst, Inland Hospital

6 Boot Camp information Course fee The total course fee is $1,699, which includes all HCPro, Inc., course materials. For more information regarding administrative policies for cancellations, transfers, refunds, and complaints, please contact us at 877/ or visit our Web site at Course participants will need to supply their own current edition of the CPT manual. Upon receipt of this form and your course fee, we will send confirmation of your registration, including hotel information and information about any manuals/texts required for class. (This information is also available on our Web site, We recommend against making travel arrangements until after we have confirmed your course registration. Registrations are accepted in the order they are received. Classes sometimes sell out before the registration deadline. The registration fees for our courses are subject to change. Check or call 877/ for our current course fees. We update this form whenever any course fee is changed. In the event that we receive an out-of-date registration form, we will contact you before processing. Prerequisites Due to the fast-paced nature of the course, it is recommended but not required that participants have at least one year of experience working in a hospital. However, the course starts with Medicare fundamentals and does not assume that participants have any particular background or experience. Familiarity with the ICD-9-CM and CPT coding systems is helpful but not required. This course is taught on a basic to intermediate level. Who should attend?» Finance and reimbursement» Chargemaster personnel» Billers and coders» Medical records/health information personnel» Clinical department personnel» Provider-based clinic personnel» Revenue managers» Compliance officers and auditors» Registration personnel» Fiscal intermediary personnel» Healthcare lawyers, consultants, and CPAs» Legal department personnel Class times All classes run from 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Monday Thursday and 8:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Friday. Continuing Education Visit us at for complete information about continuing education credits. The Medicare Boot Camp Hospital Version offers continuing education credits from the following organizations:» American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC)» Virginia State Bar» Healthcare Compliance Certification Board (HCCB)» American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)» National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)» Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)

7 instructors Kimberly Anderwood Hoy, JD, CPC, serves as the lead instructor for the Medicare Boot Camp Hospital Version. She has served as a compliance officer and in-house legal counsel for hospitals. She has also developed and implemented corporate wide compliance programs for two hospitals. As a hospital compliance officer, she regularly provided research and guidance on coding, billing, and reimbursement issues for a wide range of hospital services. She has particular expertise in charge description master operation, development, and maintenance. She has experience conducting billing compliance audits and internal investigations. She has served as a speaker at compliance-related conferences in the areas of compliance program effectiveness and physician education. Judith L. Kares, JD, has extensive experience in the development of compliance programs, as well as training programs, risk assessments, compliance audits, and corrective action programs. Prior to beginning her current legal/consulting practice, she spent a number of years in private law practice, representing hospitals and other healthcare clients, and then served as in-house legal counsel. In that capacity, she served first as assistant general counsel and director of the legal department for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) and then as Deputy General Counsel, regulatory and contract compliance, with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of the National Capital Area (BCBSNCA) in Washington, D.C. Debbie Mackaman, RHIA, CHCO, is an adjunct instructor for the Medicare Boot Camp Hospital Version and is the compliance officer and director of Health Information for a healthcare system. She has over 16 years of experience in the healthcare industry, including both PPS and CAH coding and reimbursement systems. She addresses a wide range of coding and billing issues for hospitals, physicians and home health and develops and manages compliance programs, with a focus on high risk areas, auditing, and charge master maintenance. Debbie is an active participant with state and national committees and task forces on privacy, coding and payment policies, and education. Biographical information for HCPro s other instructors is available on our Web site. To find out which instructor is scheduled to teach a particular class, please contact us at 877/ or visit Faculty disclosure statement: HCPro, Inc., has confirmed that none of the faculty/presenters or contributors have any relevant financial relationships to disclose related to the content of this educational activity. What your Peers have to SAy... Kimberly Anderwood Hoy was extremely knowledgeable and personable. I was quite literally overwhelmed by just how much she knew about the subject matter and how easily she could cite reference materials. She did an excellent job with difficult material/subject matter. Jonelle Campbell, Alameda Alliance for Health Judith is an outstanding instructor! She held my attention the entire time. She is also very personable. I ve been working in the revenue cycle for many years, and this course greatly added to my knowledge. It filled in the blanks and presented the information in an organized fashion that will be valuable in the future. It s worth every penny! CAROL KENDALL, HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH

8 contact person name 2009 Course Registration Form Course Location Course Dates Name Nickname Organization Title Address City State ZIP Address Phone name of registrant (if different from contact) Name Nickname Organization Title Payment Type A check for my $1,699** course fee is enclosed (make payable to HCPro, Inc.) Charge my $1,699** course fee to (circle one): Visa MasterCard American Express Discover Name on Card: Signature: Cardholder Street Address: ZIP: Card Number: Exp. Date: HCPro, Inc., 200 Hoods Lane, Marblehead, MA tel: 877/ f a x: 800/ w e b : Upon receipt of this form and your course fee, we will send confirmation of your registration, including hotel information, and information about any manuals/texts required for the Medicare Boot Camp Hospital Version. For cancellation policy, visit or call 877/ We recommend against making travel arrangements until after we have confirmed your course registration. Registrations are accepted in the order received. Classes sometimes sell out before the registration deadline. **The registration fees for our courses are subject to change. Check or call 877/ for our current course fees. We update this form whenever any course fee is changed. In the event that we receive a registration using an out-of-date form, we will contact you before processing your payment. MT Hoods Lane Marblehead, MA Register online and SAVE $100! Please enter the source code on your address label when checking out.