Medicare Claims, FISS and Remittance Review

August 26, 2010

Course Description
Are your hospital’s Medicare claims being paid correctly?  Are you getting all the reimbursement you are entitled to? Are you using Medicare’s Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) to its capacity?  This program will help you answer these questions, and help your hospital improve Medicare payment timeliness and accuracy.

Preparing claims and reviewing remittance advices (RAs) is an important function in the billing and reimbursement cycle. Participants will learn what to look for on claims and RAs that may be affecting payments. FISS inquiry functions are powerful tools that can be used to monitor claims in the payment cycle and other status locations that may need investigation. Understand the inquiry functions and use them to your advantage.

Faculty
Angie Martin is the President of Excellence in Hospital Billing and Reimbursement LLC, which was formed in 2008. She was previously employed with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas for 32 years. She has worked with Kansas hospitals for the past 17 years conducting education and assisting with billing and reimbursement issues, primarily involving Medicare and Kansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield. She specializes in Medicare training and onsite review of billing and reimbursement. She conducts educational seminars for hospital systems as well as HFMA, the Kansas Association of Healthcare Patient Access and Account Managers, the Pioneer Health Network, and Great Plains Health Alliance. She has been a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) for 12 years. As a member in the local Sunflower (Kansas) Chapter she has served on the board as a director and held officer positions of treasurer, secretary, vice president, president elect, and president of the chapter.

Target Audience
Chief financial officers, patient accounts directors, business office managers, billing managers, reimbursement analysts and billers. 

Tuition
$95 per OHA member employee
$195 per non-member employee

*OHFMA members may register at the OHA member rate.

 

 

Dates, Times, and Location
Thursday, August 26, 2010  
12:30 p.m.—4:00 p.m.
Registration begins at 12:00 p.m.
Afternoon refreshments will be provided.

The program will be held at the Oklahoma   Hospital Association, 4000 Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City.

**Meeting rooms are often cool, so bring a sweater or jacket.

Cancellation Policy
The registration fee, less a $30 service charge is refundable if notice is received before 4:00 p.m. on August 19, 2010. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after 4:00 p.m. on August 19, 2010. The cancellation/refund policy applies to registrations that indicate payment is being mailed. No refunds will be issued for those who do not comply with this policy and the full registration amount will be due and owed to OHA.

Substitutions and Transfers
Registrants unable to attend may send an alternate. Report substitutions to Shelly Bush (bush@okoha.com) or Mary Winters (winters@ okoha.com) at (405) 427-9537, prior to the program. Transfers from one OHA educational program to another are not permitted.

Medicare Claims, FISS and
Remittance Review

Registration Form
August 26, 2010

$95 per OHA member employee
$195 per non-member employee
*OHFMA members may register at the member rate.

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OHERFT, 4000 Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK  73105

Registrations may be faxed with credit card payment information included to Shelly Bush at (405) 424-4507.  If you have questions, please contact Shelly Bush or Mary Winters at (405) 427-9537.

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ADA Policy
OHA wishes to ensure that no individual with a disability is excluded, denied services, segregated or otherwise treated differently than other individuals because of the absence of auxiliary aids and services. If you require any of the auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act in order to attend this program, please call OHA at 405-427-9537, fax 405-424-4507, or email bush@okoha.com or winters@okoha.com.
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OHA is authorized to award 3.5 hours of pre-approved Category II (non-ACHE) continuing education credit for this program toward advancement, or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program wishing to have the continuing education hours applied toward Category II credit should list their attendance when applying for advancement or recertification in ACHE.
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If you have not received a confirmation notice 48 hours prior to the program, please call Shelly Bush at (405)427-9537 to confirm your registration has been received.
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Medicare Claims, FISS and Remittance Review

 

August 26, 2010