COA/CBones Registration
7:00 AM-5:30 PM
South Registration
Ortho Expo
7:00 AM-5:30 PM
Foyer/Salon 9
Continental Breakfast
7:00 AM
Salon 9
Interactive Clinical Forum
7:30 AM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
Welcome/Daily Announcements
8:00 AM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
E/M Categories of Service and When to Use Them
8:15 AM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
New vs. Established Patient
What is a consultation? What about Medicare? What do you use when you go to the ER?
Margaret Maley, RN, CPC, Karen Zupko consultant
Medical Necessity:
8:45 AM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
Just because it is in the note, doesn’t mean it was necessary to make a diagnosis or treat a problem!
Margaret Maley, RN, CPC, Karen Zupko consultant
E/M Levels of Service and How to Document Them
9:00 AM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
History, Physical Examination, Medical Decision Making
Margaret Maley, RN, CPC, Karen Zupko consultant
Physician Assistant/APP Billing in Orthopaedics
10:30 AM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
Direct, Incident-to, Split/Shared
Margaret Maley, RN, CPC, Karen Zupko consultant
Payor Policies and Denials Based on Documentation and Diagnosis
11:00 AM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
Margaret Maley, RN, CPC, Karen Zupko consultant
Global Surgical Package
11:15 AM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
E&M Modifiers
Modifier 24 unrelated E&M service
Modifier 25 significant separate E/M service- # joint injections
Modifier 57 E/M resulting in urgent decision to operate: When do you need it?, Reoperative H&P-can this be billed?
Margaret Maley, RN, CPC, Karen Zupko consultant
Working Lunch
12:00 PM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
Margaret Maley, RN, CPC, Karen Zupko consultant
Fracture Care
12:15 PM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
What’s included and what is separately reportable
What do you report after the patient was seen in the ER?
Margaret Maley, RN, CPC, Karen Zupko consultant
Key Surgical Modifiers
12:45 PM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
51 vs. 59 - explained like never before, Tips for reporting arthroscopy with these modifiers
Modifier 58 planned anticipated, Modifier 78 return to OR to treat complications
Margaret Maley, RN, CPC, Karen Zupko consultant
Assisting in Surgery 80, 81, 82, AS
1:45 PM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
Co-surgery modifier 62
Margaret Maley, RN, CPC, Karen Zupko consultant
Break/Coding Q&A
2:00 PM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
Margaret Maley, RN, CPC, Karen Zupko consultant
Business Partners-Infomercials
2:15 PM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
Margaret Maley, RN, CPC, Karen Zupko consultant
CBones Business Meeting & Round Table Networking Topics
2:45 PM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 10
Margaret Maley, RN, CPC, Karen Zupko consultant
DWC 2018 Priorities
3:30 PM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 8
Moderator: Peter Mandell, M.D.
3:30 PM
Medical-Legal Update & Other Regulatory Changes
George Parisotto, Esq., AD Div. of Workers’ Compensation
3:55 PM
Q&A
A Walk Through an Efficient Medical-Legal Office
4:05 PM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 8
Moderators: Peter Mandell, M.D. and Lawrence Feiwell, M.D.
4:05 PM
Intake Form, Organizing Medical Records, Evaluation of Patient, Writing Reports, & Getting Paid
4:20 PM
Daphne Carrico, Feiwell Medical Group
Q&A
2018 Changes in Workers' Compensation Affecting Orthopaedic Practices
4:30 PM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 8
4:30 PM
2018 Changes in Workers' Compensation Affecting Orthopaedic Practices
Sue Honor-Vangerov, Esq. and Sarah Moray, DaisyBill
5:15 PM
Q&A
Adjournment/Raffle: Prizes
5:30 PM
Yerba Buena Ballroom- Salon 8
Peter Mandell, M.D. and Lawrence Feiwell, M.D.
CBONES Reception
5:30 PM-7:00 PM
Pacific J Room (4th Floor)
