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Speaker:

Andrea Stark

Full description:

Join Andrea Stark for this informative webinar and ensure your respiratory business is operating in compliance with the Medicare program.

Andrea will start the course by providing answers to some of the most frequently asked oxygen, PAP and RAD questions, including:

Oxygen

* When can I bill for maintenance payments, and what do I have to do to justify the claims?
* Which oxygen modalities/equipment qualifies for content payments, and when can I start billing for them?
* Which situations qualify for a new 36-month rental period?
* What are my obligations if an oxygen patient moves or travels outside of my service area? 

CPAP & RAD

* Who can conduct the required re-evaluation of a CPAP or RAD patient?
* What is considered compliant usage of a CPAP or RAD, and how must compliance be documented?
* What are my options if a CPAP or RAD patient is not re-evaluated within 90-days of initiating therapy?
* What if the patient fails their second CPAP trial?

Andrea will conclude the session with the latest respiratory billing updates issued by CMS, including:

* Clarifications to Oxygen Maintenance Payment Regulations
* Proposed Changes to the 36-Month Oxygen Payment Rule
* New Documentation Requirements for CPAP to RAD Upgrades
* How Competitive Bidding will impact Oxygen, PAPs and RADs

Attendees will be able to submit questions throughout the course and time will be allotted to ask live questions at the end of the event.

Seats are limited. Online registration will be available until 11:59pm on 9/29/10 or until each session is full.

Intended audience: Oxygen, PAP and RAD DME Suppliers

Technical requirements: • Hardware: Pentium III+, 256 MB RAM, DSL or cable modem • Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000®, Windows XP®, Windows Server 2003®, Windows Vista®, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 • Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0, Firefox 3.01 or later • Java: Sun Java 1.4.2_06, 1.5.0_06, 1.5.0_10, 1.6.0_01 or later • JavaScript and Cookies: Must be enabled. • Flash: Version 9.0 or higher (You may download a free version of Adobe Flash using the link below. http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash)