3 Education Opportunities

Here are a few upcoming education opportunities from other chapters.  Please use the contact information included if you have questions as these are not sponsored by the Little Rock Arkansas chapter.

Springfield, Missouri     recurring

Hello Fellow Officers,

I am Michelle Stallings and I with the Springfield, Missouri Chapter. I am the current Educational Officer and I want to pass along a  registration  form and flyer for Review Classes our Chapter hosts. If someone in your area  is  interested in taking the CPC examination this is a great review class to prepare for the exam. If anyone has questions please let me know. Thank you for passing this along.

Here are some more dates for the Review Class:

5/11/2013

7/13/2013

·         Please note the locations will vary from the 3/2/13 location

Thank you for your time,

Michelle Stallings

Michelle Stallings, CPCCertified  Professional Coder, FERRELL-DUNCAN-BUSINESS OFFICE
CoxHealth

• Chapter Review Class Flyer

• Chapter Review Class Registration Form

Richardson, Texas     March 2, 2013

Hello AAPC Little Rock Arkansas Chapter Members,

We hope that you will join us Saturday March 2, 2013 for our 1st annual Symposium.

Please see the attached flyer for more information.

Sincerely,

Annie Lamberty, CPC 
Richardson Chapter Member Development Officer

• Symposium Flyer & Hotel Information

Jefferson City, Missouri     March 20, 2013

Good Morning!!This is Becky Tucker from the Jefferson City, MO AAPC Chapter. We are so excited to be hosting our Second Annual AAPC Seminar & Luncheon on Wednesday, March 20. Our brochure is attached, giving a more in depth details of the speakers and their topics. As an officer of your local chapter, would you please forward this information to your members. We really feel that this seminar would benefit any coder, biller, manager, etc. Thank you for your support and have a wonderful day!!  PIECING TOGETHER THE CODING PUZZLE ~ March 20, 20132nd Annual Jefferson City AAPC Seminar & Luncheon7 AAPC Approved CEUs for only $85. Hawthorne Bank Community Room
3600 Amazonas Dr
Jefferson City, MO 65109 Includes Complimentary Breakfast, Lunch and Seminar
MANY attendance prizes, such as coding books, manuals, publications, etc!!!We have an excellent panel of speakers to discuss current issues of the medical billing and coding industry.To find out more about our speakers, their topics, and this seminar,visit us at jcmoaapc.com. Here's our line-up of speakers for the day.  - Preparing for ICD-10 - Cynthia Stewart, CPC, CPC-H, CPMA, CPC-I, CGS-PAAPC, National Advisory Board President
  - E/M Auditing and How to Initiate a Self-Audit - Paul Chandler, BS-HRM, CPC, CPMA, CPCO, CPPM, CPC-I  - Denial Management – Why, Where, Who, When and What - Linda Martien, CPC, CPC-H, CPMA, CEDC
  - Navigating the AAPC Website - Cynthia Stewart, CPC, CPC-H, CPMA, CPC-I, CGS-PAAPC, National Advisory Board President
  - Federal Healthcare Reform: Why? What? When? Who? - Thomas McAuliffe
  - Documentation: Beyond Coding - Linda Duckworth, CPC, CHC
  - When Corporate Compliance is Non-Compliant - Anthony DeWitt
  Registration Deadline: March 8Registration Cost: $85 (This guarantees a nice tote and the presentations e-mailed to you a week prior to the seminar. We will not be providing print-outs of the presentation the day of the seminar.)Same-Day Registration: $100Make Checks payable to: Jefferson City Chapter AAPCMailing Address: Jefferson City AAPC                             PO Box 104192, Jefferson City, MO 65110 Payment can also be made through PayPal to: info@jcmoaapc.com We also has space for medical vendors/businesses to be available to show their products/services to this elite group of professionals. If you would like more information about being a vendor, please contact Becky Tucker at beckytucker1@hotmail.com. Please send to anyone that may benefit from this conference. If you would like information sent to you, don't hesitate to drop us a line. Becky Tucker, CCA, COBGCAAPC Jefferson City MO Chapterwww.jcmoaapc.com 

• Seminar Flyer & Registration
 

MAC Novitas Survey Results

Thanks to all who participated in the Novitas survey.  We had 23 responses, and here are the results:

Are you following Novitas' guidelines?
	Yes 21 91% No 0 0% Sometimes 1 4% Other 1 4%

Other: "Trying to" "Sometimes" Did your coders find the change difficult?
	Yes 11 50% No 10 45% Other 1 5%

Other: "Sometimes" Is it harder to get a higher level?
	Yes 10 53% No 8 42% Other 1 5%

Other: "Unsure of question" Have you seen an increase or decrease in revenue?
	Increase 0 0% Decrease 12 50% No change 6 25% Other 6 25%

Other:
"don't know-don't get eobs"
"Decrease, unsure"
"Do not know"
"don't see the revenue reports"
"Not sure yet"
"n/a"

Additional Comments:
"The change was challenging but getting better. I am glad we are able to call in for corrections. There are advantages and disadvantages."
"Can't get any answer concerning devices before a trial starts."

Excellent Meeting Turnout!

Thanks to everyone that came to tonight's meeting.  We had lots of members in attendance and it was great!  Dr. Brian Hughes enlightened us on colon cancer and we enjoyed snacks and door prizes.  I've taken pictures at 2 meetings so far and they are all blurry.  I think we could use a meeting photographer!

Here are the colonoscopy videos we watched tonight - by the divine Ms. Butt Meddler!




If you attended tonight's meeting, we would be so happy if you would complete a short survey for us...

If you cannot see the above survey, please click here.


posted by:  Jennifer Haddock, CPC

C is for...

Cookie!

Hooray!

and...

Colon Cancer.

Boo.

Don't forget - Dr. Brian Hughes will tell us everything we need to know about colon cancer tomorrow afternoon at 5:30pm.  March is colorectal cancer awareness month!  We're starting early so that we'll be aware of the upcoming awareness month.  Be one of the first at the meeting for a special awareness prize.  Put your name in the hat (sack) for one of four door prizes too.  The chapter is providing snacks from Chick-Fil-A and the above pictured tasty cookies and more.  Bring a snack to share if you can!  And yes, there will be at least one YouTube video.

posted by: Jennifer Haddock, CPC

MAC Novitas Survey

A member of our chapter has asked that I poll our chapter and the UAMS chapter on our Medicare Administrative Contractor, Novitas.  I'll keep the poll open until Sunday, February 10th.  All answers are anonymous.  I will post the results after the polls have closed.

Thank you!




If you cannot see the survey above, please click here.