The medical coding industry thrives on reimbursement, and as a medical coder you are the one who makes the difference. Your office’s revenue and reimbursements rely on how accurately you are able to apply the appropriate CPT, ICD-9, and HCPCS codes. That’s no easy feat when you also have to be aware of the updates and modifiers to code for every procedure or service performed. Sure, you can use coding books to help you — the only problem is, books can’t guide you through the frequent coding and compliance updates or tricky real-life coding scenarios. But a medical coding conference hosted by an experienced coding consultant can. Medical coding conferences are, in fact, one of the best ways to get access to the coding tips and compliance news you need.
Medical coding conferences enable you to keep up to speed with the constant changes in the medical coding industry. You get to interact one-on-one with nationally recognized medical coding experts and get fast, accurate answers to your tough coding questions. These conferences and live Q&A sessions with the speaker help you learn the finer details the books don’t teach you. By the end of the session, you’ll know how to deal with complex medical coding issues in a flash.
Our medical coding conferences cover a full range of medical specialties, including anesthesia, cardiology, emergency medicine, family practice, gastroenterology, general surgery, neurology, ophthalmology, ob-gyn, orthopedics, pediatrics, pain management, radiology, urology, and more. We offer current, newsworthy coding and compliance conferences for multi-specialty coders, hospital coders, physician practice coders — you name it. And with a full range of topics and specialties to choose from, you can easily cross-train in multiple specialties, or focus intensively on the one that interests you the most.
Certified coders: You can enjoy a full range of benefits from medical coding conferences – you’ll get to increase your coding knowledge and also earn CEUs to continue your accreditation. You will stay clear of claim denials and maximize your reimbursement with proven solutions and best practices – straight from industry experts with years of experience behind them.
Medical coding and billing conferences will help you get up-to-the-minute industry updates on your specialty, coding best practices based on real-life coding scenarios, one-on-one access to a coding expert during live Q&A sessions, and so much more. What are you waiting for? Earn CEUs, and get the reimbursement you deserve.
By: Angela Martin
Archive for August, 2009
Medical Coding Conferences – Your Surefire Path to Success
August 29th, 2009Tips and Tricks to Make Ophthalmology Coding Easy
August 29th, 2009Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine which deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the eye. Likewise, ophthalmology coding is the method of coding the diagnostic procedures and treatments involved in Ophthalmology. This specialty of medicine seems like an undersized specialty, but it actually includes a number of sub-specialties like anterior segment surgery, cataract, cornea, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology, ocular oncology, oculoplastics, ophthalmic pathology, refractive surgery, medical retina.
Ophthalmology pertains to the eye, but the range of sub-specialties it presents, it’s not uncommon for medical coders to get confused and face difficulty in choosing the correct code. For example, there are some common ophthalmology coding and billing problems that arise when billing for cataract co-management services. Many a times, the general descriptions of the codes do not correspond with the definitions next to the CPT codes.
Sometimes, you might not be aware of the narrative descriptions in the CPT, which are found at the back of the CPT under special ophthalmological services. A careful observation to optimize your coding and compliance efforts could get your office the reimbursement it rightly deserves. So, it’s worthwhile to go through the all the materials you have!
To move beyond the complicacies, you need to have resources that cover the all aspects of ophthalmology coding. The idea is to understand how the payers handle these codes. As with other specialty tracks, there are guidelines and real life examples which can help you code efficiently and correctly. Apart from coding, it’s sometimes a teamwork of physicians and office personnel that can drive in a reimbursement in easier ways. So, it also depends on how you convince physicians to capture and document consult services correctly.
By: Celena
Finding Used Medical Equipment and Affordable Medical Equipment in Online Auction Sites
August 26th, 2009There are many medical professionals and health care centers that do not have the resources to get medical equipments. The irony here is that there are plenty of hospitals in urban areas with an excess supply of medical equipments that usually go waste. These equipments could come of great use to health centers in rural areas where they are much needed. Recognizing this need, MedBay has developed an online auction site for buying and selling used medical equipment.
MedBay is a great online marketing platform where medical professionals can buy and sell medical equipments at discounted rates. These auction sites provide both new and used medical equipment. Medical professionals visiting the site to buy new equipments can also sell their used medical equipment online. This is a huge benefit for medical professionals as they get to invest in their used medical equipments and with that money buy new equipments, something that they might not have been able to afford.
MedBay offers its users a variety of new and used medical equipment; these include respiratory used medical equipment, radiation therapy, pumps, physical therapy, Ophthalmology, Neurology, Neonatal, monitors including ICU and CCU, laboratory, imaging, home care and rehab, exam room, Endoscopy, EMS/Rescue, Dental, Defibrillators, cosmetic, consumables and supplies, and Cardiology.
If you are looking for an affordable and wholesale provider of medical equipment, MedBay is your best option. The company is known all over the world as a reliable supplier of medical equipment, both new and used. The affordable prices of medical equipment you will find in MedBay’s auction sites are not available anywhere else. The company also offers discounted shipping rates.
Most users of MedBay have been thoroughly satisfied with the quality and price of medical equipment that are up for sale. Some of the new medical equipments can also be purchased at half their original cost.
MedBay has designed its online auction site in a highly user-friendly fashion enabling users to easily find their desired medical equipment that could be up for sale. One of the best things about this company is its energetic and dynamic sales staff that is ever ready to assist you with choosing the best new and used medical equipment on the auction site. Many medical professionals prefer to choose MedBay for buying and selling medical equipment.
Affordable medical equipment
Compared to other online auction sites dealing with medical equipment, MedBay offers its customers an attractive discount of up to 25% and more on selected items. This is much more than what most other online retailers are offering. MedBay fully recognizes the need for used medical equipment at discounted rates, and makes sure that they are available for health care centers with little or no resources.
Medical Equipment for all needs
If the new or used medical equipment that you are looking for is not available in MedBay, you can post a ‘want ad’ specifying your need for a particular medical equipment.
MedBay offers many services and facilities that make it a preferred online retailer for buying and selling medical equipment.
By: Vikram kuamr
