ASCA NEWS
BY JOE HORNIG Learn Best Practices in Coding; Collect the Reimbursement You Earn ASCA’s 2014 Winter Coding Seminar will take place January 16–18, 2014, in Las Vegas. Plan now to attend this com- prehensive program designed for ASC coders, billers, managers and everyone concerned about collections in your ASC. This seminar will provide: ■
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the rationale behind and applications for the American Medical Associa- tion’s CPT changes that will take ef- fect in 2014;
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coding tips that can help you ensure accurate coding and reimbursements for the more commonly performed ASC procedures; and
networking opportunities with cod- ing and billing specialists from other ASCs facing similar reimbursement and specialty-specific challenges. This year’s seminar will last two- and-a-half days, instead of two as in the past, so that a full day can be dedi- cated to how to prepare for the ICD- 10 transition that will take place on October 1, 2014. In addition, the dates of the seminar coincide with the three- day weekend that includes Martin Lu- ther King Day on January 20. Take advantage of the federal holiday and extend your visit to Las Vegas to enjoy the city known as the “Entertainment Capital of the World.” Visit
www.ascassociation.org/2014 CodingSeminar for more information, including the agenda, session descrip- tions, speaker bios, registration and hotel discounts, continuing education information and more.
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Registration Opening Soon for ASCA 2014 Save the date for ASCA’s annual meet- ing—ASCA 2014—in Nashville at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Conven-
The Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center
tion Center, May 14–17, 2014. Regis- tration will open soon. Visit
ascassociation.org/ASCA2014 for all of the latest annual meeting up- dates. A preliminary schedule and a list of topics and speakers are available online along with hotel and travel in- formation, registration details and the current list of exhibitors and sponsors. The full annual meeting program will be posted soon. Year after year, ASCA’s annual meetings are the largest and most com- prehensive industry events of the year. Join ASCA in Nashville this coming May for a wide variety of educational opportunities, an extraordinary exhibit hall and networking opportunities with your colleagues from around the coun- try that you won’t be able to find any- where else in 2014.
Join ASCA’s Final Webinars of 2013 ASCA will host three more webinars this year: “Medicare’s Final Rates for 2014” on November 19; “CPT Changes 2014” on December 5; and “Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal” on December 17. All three webinars begin at 1 p.m. ET.
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a summation of Medicare’s final payment rule for 2014 as it pertains to reimbursements for ASCs;
Kara Newbury, assistant director of health policy at ASCA, will present the first of these three programs and explain the changes to Medicare’s ASC payment system and new services that ASCs can provide to Medicare beneficiaries effec- tive January 1, 2014. She will clarify how the Centers for Medicare & Med- icaid services (CMS) will implement payment penalties for centers that fail to successfully report the ASC quality measures that are now required and in- troduce the new measures CMS is plan- ning to include in its quality reporting program in the future. American Acad- emy of Professional Coders (AAPC) credit will be available for attendees. Cristina Bentin, president of Coding Compliance Management LLC in Ba- ton Rouge, Louisiana, will present the second webinar and update attendees on the new, revised and deleted CPT codes that will affect ASCs in 2014. She will discuss applications and scenarios for reporting the new codes as well as reimbursement potentials. AAPC credit will be available for attendees of this webinar as well.
Richard Best, technical director of
Stericycle Inc. of Washington, DC, will outline the various regulations con- cerning the disposal of pharmaceuti- cal waste in ASCA’s final webinar of the year. His presentation will define the differences between pharmaceu- ticals that are considered hazardous substances, hazardous materials and/or hazardous wastes and address how to dispose of all of these substances prop- erly, safely and in compliance with the regulatory standards that apply. Continuing education credit for nurses (CE) and administrators (AEU) are available for attendees of each webinar. Register online at www.
ascassociation.org/Webinars . Previously recorded webinars are available for purchase there.
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