Don’t Forget to Register for the CMS ICD-10 Conversion Activities National Provider Teleconference, Including a Lab Case Study

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a national provider teleconference on "CMS ICD-10 Conversion Activities". Subject matter experts will discuss the ICD-10 conversion process currently taking place within CMS, including a case study from the CMS Coverage and Analysis Group on their transition to ICD-10 for the lab national coverage determinations (NCDs). A question and answer session will follow the presentations.
When: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET
Target Audience: Medical coders, physician office staff, provider billing staff, health records staff, vendors, educators, system maintainers and all Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) providers

The following topics will be discussed:

• ·         ICD-10 overview
• ·         Lab NCDs conversion process from ICD-9-CM to 1CD-10-CM
• ·         Home health conversion
• ·         OASIS and procedure code reporting
• ·         Update on claims spanning the implementation date

• National ICD-10 implementation issues

Registration information: To register for this informative session, please go to http://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Tel10/itemdetail.asp?itemID=CMS1246998 on the CMS website. Registration will close at 1:00 p.m. ET on May 17, 2011, 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.
To learn more about Atlantic Financial Consulting you may visit their website at http://atlanticfinancial.us or contact Dallas L Alford IV, CPA directly at 1 888-428-2555 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            1 888-428-2555      end_of_the_skype_highlighting, Ext. 200.