2015 Annual Meeting & Exposition

Sessions Speakers Exhibitors Floor Plan Buzz

501: How to Implement Centralized Coding: A Case Study (Room Delta B)

29 Oct 15
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Tracks: Clinical, Education Home Health Track, Educational Session

The year 2015 presents many challenges for home health agencies with new Face-to-Face guidelines, potential new conditions of participation, and implementation of ICD-10-CM. Outsourcing diagnosis coding is a viable option to help agencies manage day-to-day operations, reduce billing concerns and productivity implications, and stay ahead of the curve. This presentation will discuss the elements we learned as we progressed through the pilot at one location and additional lessons as more locations were included.