News and Announcements
MidSouth MGMA Event Open to NONmember Practice Administrators: Breakfast Meeting August 21 8:00 AM Featuring SVMIC Practice Services and speaker Gretchen Napier
The MidSouth Chapter of the Tennessee Medical Group Management Association invites nonmember administrators who have interest in leadership and professional development to join us for a breakfast program August 21 at 8:00 AM. Gretchen Napier of SVMIC will present Turning Workplace Friction into Function: Managing Challenging Coworker Dynamics and Medical Practice Services will briefly discuss their offerings for your practice.
MidSouth MGMA brings special programming, access to MGMA state level monthly webinars and biannual state conferences, training for certification, and networking opportunities with administrators from area practices. If you are interested in attending, please contact Donna Pendergrass, president MS MGMA donna.pendergrass@metrocarephysicians.com
MS Medicaid Change Effective July 1: No more UHC Community Plan
New plan: TrueCare click here for info
Cigna Removes 96 Codes from Auth requirements: click here
Summer Webinar Focus: Boost and Protect Your Revenue
Click on date for info/rsvp
1.Cleaner Coding for E&M: May 23
Evaluation & Management Coding: 3 hour Deep Dive
2. Take Care with Modifiers: June 4 & June 25
One Hour on Modifier 25
3. Audit Yourself Before "They" Do:
June 6 Chart Auditing for Coding and Documentation
June 13 Reviewing Practice Compliance Plans
4. Show Medical Necessity with Underlying Causes: June 13
Coding External Causes: Injuries, Adverse Effects, Poisonings & Other Consequences
5. Review the Guidelines: July 2 & 23 July
Understanding the Official Coding Guidelines for ICD- 10-CM
6. NCCI Edits and Modifiers August 20 Lunchtime
Succeeding with the Controlling Hypertension Quality Measure
Presented by: Laurie King, RN Provider Engagement Clinical Specialist, HealthChoice info/RSVP here
This 30 minute lunchtime webinar will focus on meeting and reporting the NCQA/HEDIS quality measure for controlling hypertension that is the same across all payer contract types, whether commercial or CMS. It is targeted for ANYONE who documents or codes in the charts- MAs, NP/PA, MD/DO, coders/billers.
Upcoming Specialty Coding Topics: click here to RSVP
Jul 11: 9 AM Basic Coding Principles (formerly Coding for NonCoders)
1 PM Basic Anatomy and Terminology
July 18: 9 AM Op Notes (Repeat)
1 PM Preventive Services
Aug 6: 9 AM Three Hours on Modifiers (Repeat)
1 PM Coding Integumentary (Repeat)
Aug 9: 9 AM Coding Pediatrics
1 PM Coding SDOH
Lunchtime Coding
Jun 4 & 25: One Hour on Modifier 25
July 2 & 23: Official Coding Guidelines
Aug 20: New Topic! NCCI Edits and Modifiers
SVMIC Practice Management Lunchtime Webinars
Thursdays at NOON click here
May 8th: Creating a Positive Payment Experience
June 12th: Payer Recoupments and Audits and the Role of Monitoring Your Revenue cycle
July 10th: Protecting and Educating Against Workplace Violence
August 14th: Revenue Cycle Management
September 11th: Dealing with Difficult Patients
October 16th: Supervising and Billing for Advanced Practice Practitioners _________________________________________
PAYER AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION click image for access
