Medicaid and Medicare Regulatory Compliance Training - Live Webinars, Recordings & CDs

This training program will cover the proper methodologies of conducting a HIPAA risk assessment based on the formula used by federal auditors and based on the NIST (National Institute of Standard for Technologies) guidelines. The session will also cover the most important aspects to be aware of in terms of the federal auditing process as well as the new risks regarding patients suing for wrongful disclosures.

This webinar will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order before the imminent audits occur. It will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule and any other applicable updates for 2018. The primary goal is to ensure everyone is well educated on what is myth and what is reality with this law, there is so much misleading information all over regarding the do’s and don’ts with HIPAA.

This webinar will teach you all the requirements that must be in place for the HIPAA Security Rule and how to demonstrate compliance with all the required and addressable safeguards. After completing this course, a Covered Entity or Business Associate will be able to know what needs to be place when it comes to all of the HIPAA regulations.

This webinar will discuss the new standards on safe opioid use, IV medication and blood transfusion as well as the ISMP IV Push guidelines for adults, National Action Plan for ADR prevention related to the opioid recommendations, and the CDC final opioid guidelines.

This webinar will focus on methods to ensure best-practice strategies for aligning the case management department with hospitalists’ practices. Attendees will understand the role of the hospitalist, the hospitalist group and the collaboration responsibility with the case management department—RN case managers, social workers and leadership.

This webinar will provide an overview of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule requirements. Attendees will learn how to identify medical identity theft and steps for its prevention.

This webinar will cover Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) reporting requirements including the details of its four performance categories. Learn how to score the maximum amount of MIPS points to earn the highest Composite Performance Score (CPS).

This webinar will provide an overview of the "incident to" rules for the Non-Physician Practitioners (NPP) and Medicare patients. Also, diagnostic testing rules utilizing NPP's will be discussed with a focus on supervision and reimbursement in the physician's office and hospital setting.

This webinar will cover federal laws and DEA regulatory requirements for practitioners prescribing Schedules II controlled substances for a patient in a certified Hospice Program and the role of the nurse as an authorized agent of the practitioner.

This webinar will focus on the federal laws and regulations enforced by DEA pertaining to Schedules II though V controlled substances that is dispensed, or prescribed by a physician as part of a pain treatment plan. Upon completion of the webinar, attendees will be familiarized with the necessary documentation that should be noted in the patient chart and steps to prevent diversion of the dispensed or prescribed drugs.

The training program will allow directors and clinicians to establish best practices for thriving medical documentation patterns and practices. It will provide an overview of how the interdisciplinary team can successfully establish protocols and strategies for clear, concise and supportive documentation.

This training program will review the changes to the Medicare advantage program enacted in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA). It will provide a step by step approach to ensure accurate appropriate reimbursement.

This webinar will address coding along with billing and payments for the evaluation and management (E/M) services for the cardiology specialty. It will also cover reimbursement issues and best practices to maximize reimbursement opportunities.

This CMS compliance training will address the key changes in the new Conditions of Participations (CoPs) that will be effective July 13, 2017. It will focus on the change processes and policies for patient rights, aide services, evolving plan of care, infection control, emergency preparedness program, QAPI and more.

This webinar will discuss conditions under which certain compounded human drug products are exempted from compliance with cGMPs, labeling, market approval and reporting requirements. It will cover conditions that require an outsourcing facility to comply and the latest developments in drug pharmacy compounding.

This training program will provide an overview of how the interdisciplinary team can successfully navigate through Medicare claim reviews and request for additional developmental requests (ADRs). This course will offer a step by step approach to ensure accurate appropriate reimbursement.

Cardiology Coding 2017, mid-year update. We will cover in office diagnostics, to include any updated rules on EKGs, Holters, Stress Tests. Look at the new coding for 2017 Moderate Sedation Codes, and how they have impacted the first half of 2017. This webinar will also discuss on the new E/M symbols, rules, and new codes and deleted symbols that will impact provider reimbursement, for Cardiology services.

Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) forbids discrimination based on sex, race, color, national origin, age and disability. It builds on longstanding and familiar federal civil rights laws but is the first law to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex (which includes gender, gender identity and sex stereotyping) in covered health programs and activities. Sex discrimination also includes discriminatory treatment on the basis of pregnancy, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, recovering from pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, sex stereotyping, and gender identity.

This HIPAA training program will focus on the risks and issues of the use of portable devices for patient communications and accessing PHI. Areas covered will be texting, email, encryption, medical messaging, voice data and risk factors as they relate to IT.

This training program will discuss best revenue opportunities and how to get a Medicare DME PTAN number. Attendees will also learn to build a solid business process to prevent and attack audits, learn in-network and out-of-network capabilities and gain a better understanding of the Anti-Kickback Statue and Stark Act.