How to Create, Manage and Implement a Coding Compliance Plan
Overview:
This session will provide a strategy and detailed examples how to create and implement a coding compliance plan. A plan is not a static document; it is working document that must be reviewed and implementing constantly and continually. Jeff will use his 15 plus years as an auditor, a coding training and documentation specialist to help you create a compliance plan that works for your practice.
Every Participant will receive a generic 40-page sample Coding Compliance Plan in Word or Text Format!
Why should you attend: Fraud, incorrect documentation, and coding is a major risk for any medical practice. This webinar will show you how to create a compliance plans and a strategy for implementation and ensuring your coding, billing and documentation is compliant.
A formal compliance plan is critical to ensuring that coding, documentation and reporting is accurate.
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Learn the seven components of a Coding Compliance Plan recommended by the OIG
- The importance of a Coding Compliance Plan
- The importance of Provider education
- How to improve an already existing Coding Compliance Plan
- Creating a plan "with teeth"
- Establishing a Coding Compliance Team
- Why periodic audits are crucial to the Plan
- Obstacles to implementing a plan
- The Impact of Upcoding, Downcoding and "Red Flags"
- Tips for improving documentation
- Using Peer Audits and Reviews
- Why using a third-party may help
- The difference between getting paid and coding and documentation compliance
- The ten most common problems with implementing a Coding Compliance Plan
- How to sell the Plan to the doctors
Who Will Benefit:
- Coders
- Coding Manager
- Coding Auditors
- Compliance Director
- Providers