Getting Familiar with State Sanction Screening Obligations (Webinar Replay)
Click here to see a replay of the Getting Familiar with State Sanction Screening Obligations Webinar and gain a better understanding of 2012 CPT changes as we cover the following topics: Healthcare providers, as a Condition of Participation, must screen all those with whom they employ or contract with against published sanction data.
Top 5 Reasons to Attend MediRegs User Group (MUG) 2012
When: Saturday, April 28th 2012Where: Caesars Palace, Las VegasCost: Only $99 before March 1st, 2012 ($199 after March 1st)Register Now!
ICD-10 MS-DRG Pilot Grouper Testing
The PILOT MS-DRG Grouper is available now in the following MediRegs products: Compliance & Regulation Suite, Audit & Revenue Resource Center and Coding & Revenue Resource Center. On the left-hand navigation pane, under Lookup and Payment Tools, notice 2 different links; the pilot version is marked "ICD-10", and it should be understood that this logic is for testing and predicting. Use the original grouper for current year ICD-9 grouping logic.
Need a Good Fraud and Abuse Presentation?
Are you looking for a short, yet comprehensive, source of training material for physicians regarding Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse? Look to the OIG.
2012 CPT Changes Overview
Click Here to view a replay of 2012 CPT Changes Overview. Viewing this webinar give you a better understanding of 2012 CPT changes, in this program we will cover the following topics:
- Overview of changes in CPT for 2012
- Review of each CPT change by section of CPT to include: Anesthesia, Surgery, Radiology, Pathology/Laboratory, Medicine and Category II & III codes
- Rationale for change
OPPS Final Rule Review (Webinar Replay)
Click Here to view a replay of OPPS Final Rule Review Webinar. This session will prepare hospital staff for compliance with Medicare outpatient billing guidelines in 2012 by reviewing the key provisions of the Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Final Rule. The session will discuss and summarize 2012 Medicare payment policy and billing guideline changes for hospitals.
MediRegs' ComplyTrack Discussed in Podcast
MediRegs' ComplyTrack modules are discussed as a model for legal technology and automation of compliance efforts in health and other industries on the November edition of Law Technology Now! Attorney Christian Liipfert, president of Houston-based Christian Liipfert Consulting, and Chicago-based Theodore L.
Make Way For The Medicaid RACs: CMS Announces Implementation Date
On January 1, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will officially implement the Medicaid recovery audit contractor (RAC) program—a very close cousin to the Medicare RAC program. Those states that haven’t already done so, and there are several that have, must hire Medicaid RACs to perform post-payment claim reviews and then identify and recover improper payments.
How to Avoid Penalties by Understanding and Reducing Your Hospital Readmission Rates (Webinar Replay)
Click Here to view a replay of the How to Avoid Penalties by Understanding and Reducing Your Hospital Readmission Rates webinar. The CMS readmission penalty is up to 1% of all Medicare IPPS payments in FFY 2013 climbing to 3% in 2015. Hospitals with higher readmission performance as compared to expected readmissions will face millions in lost payments.
ICD-10 Coding Examples Webinar Registration & Replays
Here is a great way to get started with ICD-10. To demonstrate how to use the ICD-10 Codebooks, MS-DRG Grouper, and ICD-10 Explorer search and mapping tool, we are holding periodic ICD-10 Examples 30 minute webinars.
OIG to Further Investigate Entities Who Declined to Enter into CIAs
Providers may choose to not enter into corporate integrity agreements (CIAs) after they have settled fraud cases. The OIG has decided to target these entities according to the OIG Work Plan for 2012.


