Care Management services allow healthcare providers to monitor and manage their patients in real-time leveraging technology and communication tools at a distance. The CMS (Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services) continues to invest and promote care management programs in healthcare. The underlying objective for care management services is to improve quality of care, increase positive outcomes, and reduce hospital readmission rates. The overall goal for these services is to improve quality of care, increase positive outcomes, reduce hospitalization and readmission rates. Reimbursement and reporting rules for these services are enormously complex including significant updates in 2024. Since many of the care coordination and care management services are time based, tracking service time is critical for compliant revenue cycle operations.
This webinar will drill down into the 2024 Medicare Updates for care management services extensively, highlight the key differences between the various care coordination services available to providers, and provide you with tangible information that can be put into action immediately.
Care Management billing and coding rules and clinical documentation requirements are complex and require ongoing education, monitoring, and oversight. Robust clinical documentation and a solid operational infrastructure are paramount to the vitality of care management programs in healthcare organizations.
Toni Elhoms, CCS, CRC, CPC, AHIMA-Approved ICD10-CM/PCS Trainer is a nationally known speaker and recognized subject matter expert on medical coding, reimbursement, and revenue cycle management. She is the Founder and CEO of Alpha Coding Experts, LLC. She holds multiple credentials with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). With over a decade of industry experience, she has led and supported hospital systems, universities, physician practices, payers, government agencies, and other entities on coding, billing, and compliance initiatives. She is a frequent contributor to various media outlets, speaker, and regular guest on industry podcasts. She created the Alpha Coding Podcast series to share her industry Pro-Tips. She also leads and mentors a network of revenue cycle management professionals across the country and serves as the President of the Orlando, FL AAPC Chapter.