December Webinar: Reimbursement and Coding Updates for 2019

Reimbursement and Coding Updates for 2019
ABOUT THE WEBINAR:
Reimbursement and Coding Updates for 2019
*this webinar has been approved by AAPC for 1.0 CEU credit

Get ready for 2019 with this overview of coding and reimbursement changes. Join Kim Huey as she reviews the ICD-10-CM and CPT coding changes – and discuss documentation updates needed to support the new codes. This session will also review the CMS changes for evaluation and management coding and reimbursement and help to analyze the impact on reimbursement. How will Fraud and Abuse efforts change in response?
This session will cover:
· CPT code update for 2019
· ICD-10-CM code update for 2019
· Fraud and Abuse Outlook for 2019
· CMS changes to evaluation and management coding and payment

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Kim Huey, MJ, CHC, CPC, CCS-P, PCS, CPCO, COC
Kim is an independent coding and reimbursement consultant, providing audit, training and oversight of coding and reimbursement functions for physicians.

Kim completed three years of premedical education at the University of Alabama before she decided that she preferred the business side of medicine. She completed a Bachelor’s degree in Health Care Management and went on to obtain certification through the American Academy of Professional Coders and the American Health Information Management Association. Recognizing the important position of compliance in today’s environment, she has also obtained certification as a Certified Professional Compliance Officer and has earned a Master of Jurisprudence in Health Law.

For thirty years, Kim has worked with providers in virtually all specialties, from General Surgery to Obstetrics/Gynecology to Oncology to Internal Medicine and beyond. She has spoken at the national conference of the American Academy of Professional Coders, the American Health Information Management Association, the Health Care Compliance Association, and has presented audio-conferences for AHIMA, DecisionHealth, The Coding Institute, Coding Leader, Intelicode, and Progressive Healthcare.