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Healthcare Providers Can Get Reimbursed without Running Afoul of Conflicting Medical Reimbursement Regulations

New Book Provides a Logical Approach to Compliance Along With Information About Valuable Resources

NEW YORK (May 2, 2008)... While the vast majority of providers never intend to commit fraud or file false claims, complex procedures, changing regulations, and evolving technology make it nearly impossible to avoid billing errors. For example, if you play by HIPAA’s rules, a physician is a provider; however, Medicare requires that the same physician must be referred to as a supplier. Even more troubling is the need to alter claims to meet specific requirements that may conflict with national standards. Far from being a benign issue, differing guidelines can lead to false claims with financial and even criminal implications.

Compliance for Coding, Billing & Reimbursement, 2nd Edition: A Systematic Approach to Developing a Comprehensive Program provides an organized way to deal with the complex coding, billing, and reimbursement (CBR) processes that seem to force providers to choose between being paid and being compliant. Fully revised to account for recent changes and evolving terminology, this unique and accessible resource covers statutorily based programs and contract-based relationships, as well as ways to efficiently handle those situations that do not involve formal relationships.

Based on 25 years of direct client consultation and drawing on teaching techniques developed in highly successful workshops, Duane Abbey offers a logical approach to CBR compliance.

Compliance for Coding, Billing & Reimbursement, 2nd Edition --

• Addresses the seven key elements promulgated by the OIG for any compliance program
• Discusses numerous types of compliance issues for all type of healthcare providers
• Offers access to online resources that provide continually updated information
• Cuts through the morass of terminology and acronyms with a comprehensive glossary
• Includes a CD-ROM packed with regulations and information

About the Author
Duane C. Abbey, Ph.D., CFP, is a management consultant and president of Abbey & Abbey, Consultants, Inc., which specializes in health care consulting and related areas. His work in healthcare related areas now spans more than 25 years. He divides his time between workshops and presentations to various professional organizations, and performing chargemaster reviews, compliance reviews, providing litigation support, and conducting reimbursement studies. Dr. Abbey also uses his mathematical and financial background to perform financial assessments and develop complex financial models along with various types of statistical work.

About Productivity Press
Productivity Press is the premier source of authoritative information on organizational improvement, offering the broadest selection of books and learning tools about lean methodologies, based on the Toyota Production System. Our products are used by manufacturers, service business and growing numbers of healthcare organizations. For more information visit our website at ProductivityPress.com. Productivity Press is a division of The Taylor and Francis Group, www.taylorandfrancis.com.

Compliance for Coding, Billing & Reimbursement, 2nd Edition: A Systematic Approach to Developing a Comprehensive Program
Price: $75.00
Softcover
232 Pages
ISBN: 9781563273681
To request a review copy, contact Ralph Bernstein at 212-216-9864 or Ralph.bernstein@taylorandfrancis.com.