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This 1½-day conference offers up-to-date information on the latest regulatory and legislative issues affecting the vascular ultrasound profession from industry experts in the know.
This conference is an excellent opportunity for vascular technologists as well as medical sonographers, vascular physicians, vascular lab medical directors, and lab/hospital billing / reimbursement managers and others involved in Medicare and private insurance reimbursement of vascular lab studies to get the current information on Medicare/private insurance reimbursement and other regulatory and legislative issues. The conference is filled with information and strategies on how to navigate your way through the complex network of federal government agencies and the federal legislators who impact the vascular ultrasound profession, especially in terms of Medicare reimbursement for vascular ultrasound studies. You will have direct access to several expert speakers with a generous amount of time for Q&A. You also will take home several valuable resources and critical information of value to your lab’s billing/reimbursement policy.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this Conference, attendees should:
- Analyze current regulatory issues affecting the vascular ultrasound physicians, vascular technologists, sonographers, and billing/coding personnel.
- Analyze Medicare reimbursement cuts for vascular studies under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and propose strategies for managing a vascular lab following these severe cuts.
- Interpret the latest coding changes for vascular labs, including a possible Pay for Performance Policy.
- Assess the various CMS policies/regulatory issues affecting vascular labs.
- Apply methods to keep your vascular lab in compliance and illustrate clinical and practice actions that could result in a possible government investigation.
- Describe the national reorganization of local Medicare carriers under the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) format.
- Relate the importance of having an accredited vascular lab and credentialed technologists/sonographers.
- Redesign your vascular lab following new changes from the Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs).
- Evaluate the importance of a credentialing and/or accreditation requirement in LCDs for reimbursement for vascular lab studies.
- Analyze consequences on the most recent update on the CARE Bill (H.R. 583 and S. 1042)
- Identify the latest legislative decisions affecting the use of imaging services, including vascular ultrasound studies.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Physicians, vascular technologists and medical sonographers who are working in the vascular ultrasound field and want to update and enhance their knowledge of the various regulatory and legislative issues affecting the vascular ultrasound profession.
- Vascular technologists, medical sonographers and lab/hospital billing/reimbursement managers who are seeking to further their understanding of the regulatory and legislative issues affecting the vascular ultrasound profession.
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