New Course! Successfully Navigating Reimbursement for Sleep Medicine
11/2/2013 - 11/3/2013
AASM National Office
Darien, IL
Course Chair: Charles Sherrill, MD
Advanced Registration Deadline: October 2, 2013
Cancellation Deadline: October 11, 2013
Course Overview
This one-and-a-half-day course will provide physicians with the knowledge of coding processes, current sleep medicine codes, incentive programs and working with payers.
Target Audience
This course is intended for physicians and their center staff to review and learn coding and reimbursement rules, trends and how to apply them to their practice immediately.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, attendees will be able to:
- Describe current procedural and diagnostic codes for sleep medicine services;
- Compare new models of health care payment;
- Discuss participation in quality incentive programs;
- Identify steps in the claims process and consider strategies for reducing denials; and
- Assess strategies for communicating and contracting with private payers.
Pricing
| |
On or Before October 2 |
After October 2 |
| AASM Member |
$450.00 |
$600.00 |
| Employee of an AASM Center Member |
$450.00 |
$600.00 |
| Nonmember |
$500.00 |
$650.00 |
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Successfully Navigating Reimbursement for Sleep Medicine has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Their Elements of the ACCME by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
The AMA Council on Medical Education mandates that accredited providers only offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to physicians. The AASM will issue non-physicians a letter of attendance for activities designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine designates the Successfully Navigating Reimbursement for Sleep Medicine as a live activity for a maximum of 12.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.