Last Chance to Register for theICD-10 Implementation Strategies for Physicians National Provider Call

Join Us:  Wednesday, August 3, 2011 from 1-3 pm ET Is your office preparing for a smooth transition to ICD-10 on October 1, 2013? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a National Provider Call on "ICD-10 Implementation Strategies for Physicians." CMS subject matter experts will discuss ways that physician offices can prepare for the change to ICD-10 for medical diagnosis and inpatient procedure coding. In addition to this presentation for Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) providers, there will also be an update on national ICD-10 implementation issues affecting all providers.  A question and answer session will follow the presentations. Agenda:·         ICD-10 requirements and resources overview·         Implementation strategies for physician offices·         Update on coverage conversion activities·         National ICD-10 implementation issues·         Update on bill processing, including claims that span the implementation date·         Update on Home Health Agency Home Health Resource Grouper Target Audience:  Physicians, physician office staff, provider billing staff, medical coders, health records staff, vendors, educators, system maintainers, laboratories, and all Medicare FFS providers. Registration:To register for this informative session, please go to http://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Tel10/itemdetail.asp?itemID=CMS1249632&intNumPerPage=10 on the CMS website.  Registration will close on Tuesday, Aug 2nd at 1pm ET or when available space has been filled.  No exceptions will be made.  Please register early.

Dallas L Alford IV, CPA is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of North Carolina and owner of Atlantic Financial Consulting, a consulting firm that provides comprehensive medical billing services, practice management consulting, coding audits, Medicare compliance, Medicare RAC support and other general medical practice consulting services.

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