BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2140535:Event:80383 DTSTAMP:20260523T180816Z SUMMARY:CMS: Finalized Changes to Evaluation and Management Coding Req uirements for 2019 DESCRIPTION:Overview:\nThis presentation will address the changes to d ocumentation and coding requirements for evaluation and management ser vices finalized in the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule . These changes will have varying levels of impact depending on provid er specialties and other factors, however clinicians will be able to u se current coding guidelines during the transition process.The impact to revenue caused by these changes will be reviewed in detail and addi tional codes approved by CMS that may help to offset reductions in rev enue for certain specialties will be reviewed in detail.\nWhy should y ou Attend: A detailed understanding of evaluation management documenta tion coding rules is essential to all outpatient office-based practice s as these guidelines are used by CMS and other payers. Lack of unders tanding of these guidelines can lead to significant revenue loss and i n some situations accusations of fraud waste and abuse.\nAreas Covered in the Session:\nAn Overview of Current Evaluation Management Coding GuidelinesAnd in-depth Look at the Finalized Changes to Evaluation Man agement Coding for 2019A discussion of the add-on Codes Finalized by C MS for 2019Review of the Impact of these Changes per Specialty\nWho Wi ll Benefit:PhysiciansCliniciansCDI ProfessionalsCoding ProfessionalsCo mpliance OfficersRevenue Cycle ProfessionalsAuditorsEHR Professionals\ nSpeaker Profile Michael Stearns, MD, CPC, CFPC, is a physician inform aticist, certified professional coder (CPC), certified family practice coder (CFPC). He is the CEO and Founder of Apollo HIT, LLC, an Austin -based company that provides consulting services in the areas of healt hcare information technology and compliance. His company assists organ izations with meeting their documentation, coding, EHR optimization an d program goals, including their performance in the Merit-based Incent ive Payment System and Alternative Payment Models.\nDuring his career Dr. Stearns has received several awards for teaching and contributions to patient safety and patient privacy initiatives. He played a centra l role in the design and development of vocabularies at the National I nstitutes of Health (NIH) and provided a leadership to the development of the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms (SNOM ED CT). He has served in a leadership capacity for two leading EHR ven dors and as an advisor to several emerging HIT organizations.\nContact Info:Netzealous LLC - MentorHealthPhone No: 1-800-385-1607Fax: 302-28 8-6884 Email: support@mentorhealth.comWebsite: http://www.mentorhealth .com/Webinar Sponsorship: https://www.mentorhealth.com/control/webinar -sponsorship/Follow us on : https://www.facebook.com/MentorHealth1Foll ow us on : https://www.linkedin.com/company/mentorhealth/Follow us on : https://twitter.com/MentorHealth1\n\nFor more information visit http s://medtechiq.ning.com/events/cms-finalized-changes-to-evaluation-and- management-coding DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181126T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181126T110000 CATEGORIES:webinar LOCATION:Online WEBSITE:https://www.mentorhealth.com/webinar/cms:-finalized-changes-to -evaluation-and-management-coding-requirements-for-2019-801459LIVE?med techiq_nov_2018_seo URL:https://www.mentorhealth.com/webinar/cms:-finalized-changes-to-eva luation-and-management-coding-requirements-for-2019-801459LIVE?medtech iq_nov_2018_seo CONTACT:18003851607 ORGANIZER:Netzealous LLC - MentorHealth ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2562012320?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Roger St even":https://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/RogerSteven END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR