Want more information on the outpatient PPS?
Want more information on the outpatient PPS?
A variety of resources is available to help Same-Day Surgery readers adapt to the outpatient prospective payment system (PPS).
The Health Care Financing Administration’s (HCFA’s) outpatient PPS satellite broadcast, Healthwatch: An Introduction to Outpatient PPS, will be rebroadcast Aug. 25, 2000, 12:30 to 3 p.m. EST and Sept. 29, 2000, 12:30 to 4 p.m. EST. For satellite coordinates, see HCFA’s Web site: www.hcfa.gov/ medlearn/broadcst.htm. The broadcast includes an interview with the HCFA administrator, a brief overview of outpatient PPS rates and copayments, a discussion of the challenge of outpatient PPS featuring hospital staff from Missouri and Georgia, and a discussion between HCFA experts and hospital staff around the country. Also, HCFA has set up a Medicare Learning Network on its Web site: www.hcfa.gov/medlearn /default.htm. This Web site includes information on joining an outpatient PPS e-mail mailing list.
An audiotape of the May 31, 2000, program Ready for APCs? Preparing for the Impact (HFM 016A) by HCFA is available for $75 plus $5 shipping. An audiotape of the June 14, 2000, program, New Provider-Based Status Criteria: Get the Informa-tion You Need to Comply (HSM020A) by HCFA is available for $75 plus $5 for shipping. An audiotape of the May 31, 2000, program, Ready for APCs? Preparing for the Impact (HFM016A) by the Healthcare Financial Management Association is available for $75 plus $5 shipping. To order any of these tapes, contact: Teach Em, 160 E. Illinois St., Suite 300, Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: (800) 225-3775. Fax: (312) 467-9271.
These other resources are available:
• An audio seminar series, Challenges of Out-patient/Ambulatory Surgery Coding for Hospitals, is available from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Tapes may be ordered for $135 per tape plus $15.75 for shipping and handling.
For more information, contact AHIMA, 233 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2150, Chicago, IL 60601. Telephone: (312) 233-1100. Fax: (312) 233-1500. Web site: www.ahima.org.
• An audiotape Provider-Based Designation Under the New Outpatient PPS (SPPSR00-00000) is available from the American Health Lawyers Associa-tion for $150 (members) or $250 (nonmembers) plus $6 for shipping and handling. For more information, contact the American Health Lawyers Association, 1025 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036. Telephone: (202) 833-1100. Fax: (202) 833-1105. Web site: www.healthlawyers. org/teleconferences.htm.
• The American Hospital Association has added a Web page with materials related to the outpatient PPS, and many of the materials are accessible to nonmembers. Web site: www.aha.org/opps.
• Oct. 18 — HIPAA: Protecting the Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security of Electronic Medical Records, telephone seminar. For more information, contact ECRI, 5200 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462-1298. Telephone: (610) 825-6000, ext. 5888. Fax: (610) 834-0240. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.ecri.org.
• Oct. 18-20 — California Ambulatory Surgery Association (CASA) 13th Annual Conference, Sacramento. For more information, contact: CASA, 1401 P St., Suite 412, Sacramento, CA 95814. Telephone: (916) 557-9070. Web site: www.calambulatorysurgeryassoc.org.
• March 4-6 — Seventh Annual SDS Conference — Successful Same-Day Surgery in a New Reim-bursement Era, Orlando. For more information, contact: American Health Consultants, Customer Service, P.O. Box 740056, Atlanta, GA 30374. Telephone: (800) 688-2421. Fax: (800) 284-3291. E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: www.ahcpub.com.
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