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PCA Course

PCA is again offering its highly recognized Provider Chart Auditing Course with Certification during November 2010
 
PCA audits over 500,000 records per year and has worked with providers and healthcare attorneys in 2009 appealing provider payer refund requests which ranged from $3,000 to $850,000.  Let us share our valuable audit knowledge and experiences with you so your practice can lower your risk to refund requests in 2010.
 
This course will provide the following education:

• Review, interpretation and application of the CMS NHIC Audit Tool used by most plans to determine overpayments, errors and refund requests.
• Elements of the HPI - Present factors, ROS, Past, Family, Social Hx
• Elements of the Exam - Body areas vs. Systems; 95 vs 97 guidelines Medical Decision Making vs. Medical Necessity Determinations
• What is Billable Time and Required Documentation
• What is and isn't acceptable documentation to uphold a CPT code Selected.
• What Triggers an Audit
• The CMS Appeal Process
• 2010 Modifier Definitions
• The Most Common Reasons for Significant Refund Requests from the Health Plans in 2009
• and much much more.... 

Course Fees and on-line registration: 

$1200 -  Individual registration - ($900 which includes all materials and $300 certification test and PCA registry listing fees).  All Students are automatically enrolled in PCA eNews which provides weekly updates on important billing, coding, and compliance information.  CEU Maintenance is 10 CEUs per year.  Renewal is every 2 years.  Maintenance fee is: $50.00.   PCA accepts all AAPC, AHIMA, HCCA and other major organizations program CEUs to meet your submission needs.

Individual registration and securely pay on-line using the following button:

$950 - Group registration - (2 or more) ($650 which includes all materials and $300 certification test and PCA registry listing fees).  All Students are automatically enrolled in PCA eNews which provides weekly updates on important billing, coding, and compliance information.  CEU Maintenance is 10 CEUs per year.  Renewal is every 2 years.  Maintenance fee is: $50.00.   PCA accepts all AAPC, AHIMA, HCCA and other major organizations program CEUs to meet your submission needs.

For group registration - 2 or more please register and securely pay on-line using the following button:

For more information or register and pay by check or company purchase order, send us your request to info@physicianchartauditors.com or use the "Contact Us" tab located on our home page.

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