Upcoming events

“Pencils, Pressure, and Panic: Mental Health at Back to School.”

Dr. Alicia Barnes, DO, MPH

July 15 12:15-1:00 PM 

Online Presentation. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants one day prior .

Anxiety affects 1 in 4 children and is now the most common mental health diagnosis in youth, prompting new recommendations for routine screening in pediatric and primary care settings.

Dr. Barnes will help our community prepare for the back‑to‑school season with a timely and practical talk to explore how schools, healthcare providers, and communities can better recognize anxiety, reduce stress, and support children as they return to the classroom.

Dr. Alicia Barnes, DO, MPH, is the Urban Child Institute Endowed Chair of Excellence in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Associate Professor at University of Tennessee Health Science Center.Chief of Psychiatry at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, she leads multisector mental healthinitiatives with a system of care approach, and serves in leadership roles on the Executive Boardfor AACAP and as President of the Tennessee Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

 

2025 Coding Preventive Services for Commercial and Medicare Plans Presented by: Karen Scott, MEd, RHIA, CCS-P, CPC, FAHIMA The focus for preventive medicine services is to promote and maintain the well-being and health of patients to reduce risk of disease and disability. But preventive care also allows an opportunity for proper reporting of chronic disease burden in your practice population, allowing payers to more adequately estimate future resource use and cost of care for your patients. This can figure heavily in shared savings contracts and MIPS fee schedule adjustment calculations. Karen will review What are considered preventive services for Medicare vs commercial plans and the proper codes to report Guidelines for documentation to successfully code/report all required parts of the IPPE/AWV Who may perform various parts of the AWV Special topics: Services that are bundled in the preventive codes Addressing preventive services and an acute problem discovered on the same day Immunizations, Injections, and Lab documenting and coding for medical necessity Date: Friday July 17 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Location: online only. Link will be emailed to registrants one day prior ***** 3 CEU clock hours are available. ***** Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

CODING CHRONIC DISEASE IN 2026: Diabetes, HTN, CKD, and Obesity 3 hour program Presented by: Karen Scott, MEd, RHIA, CCS-P, CPC, FAHIMA The prevalence of these four diseases in our part of the country, and their interactions merit special attention for documentation and coding to demonstrate a realistic picture of the health of so many of our patients. These four diseases have far-reaching effects not only in the care of our patients, but in the quality performance and cost valuations in commercial and government payer contracts. This session will discuss: Proper use of combination codes for reporting these interactive issues, which drive cost expectations by the payers Proper reporting of CPTII codes that can show treatment outcomes for quality Proper reporting of ICD + CPTII for obesity diagnoses and the effects of chronic disease on BMI level when choosing an obesity vs morbid obesity diagnosis and reporting a diagnosis without a BMI Specific questions regarding the number of combo codes you can report, reporting combo codes when all of these are present, how to report CPTII codes Date: July 17 Time: 1:00 to 4:00 Location: Online only. Link will be emailed to registrants one day prior to event. 3 hour CEU will be available for certified coding or mgt **This series of courses is open only to participating MetroCare Physicians members and their staff.

Patient Experience: Why It is More Than Customer Service
Rana McSpadden, FACMPE, CHPC, CPC – Medical Practice Consultant, SVMIC

As healthcare trends away from patient satisfaction toward the patient experience, it is important for physicians, practice executives and staff to understand how this shift in ideology will affect their practice. At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to identify the components to patient engagement; recognize the need to transition from measuring patient satisfaction to patient experience; and understand the importance of patient experience to the practice’s financial wellbeing.

Date: Thursday July 23
Time: 12PM- 1PM

For MetroCare members and staff only. 1 hour CEU available

Dissecting & Coding Op Notes 2026- Repeat

Presented by: Karen Scott, MEd, RHIA, CCS-P, CPC, FAHIMA

**** This is a repeat of our March class for those who missed it or want a refresher
CEU will only count for once a year attendance***

The operative report is a blueprint to communicate the specific details of a procedure. It relates to coders the pieces of the procedure such as approach, device, body area/part, final diagnosis, and more.  Understanding how to dissect the report in order to find the details necessary in selecting the correct codes is essential.  Join this class to review the process aiding in:

• Ensuring coding accuracy
• Relating risk factors through patient co-morbidities
• Reporting services correctly for appropriate reimbursement
• Being prepared for an audit

Bring your CPT4 and ICD-10 CM manuals to class for class exercises.

Date:               Friday, August 7

           

Time:               9:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

Location:         online. Link emailed one day prior.

 3 CEUs will be available

**This series of courses is open only to participating MetroCare physician members and their staff. ****