RC Billing works to stay current with developments in oncology care and treatment as well as oncology billing management and the broader field of medical billing services. To help you do the same, below are the latest dates and descriptions for industry-related workshops, speaking engagements, events and tradeshows.
Scheduled Events for 2008
FEBRUARY
ACE, San Francisco, CA
Revenue Cycle Inc. will be exhibiting at the 14th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
www.cancerexecutives.org
ACRO, Miami, FL
Revenue Cycle Inc. will be exhibiting at the 18th Annual Meeting. Ron DiGiaimo and Kelli Weiss will be presenting a Billing and Coding Seminar.
http://www.acro.org
MARCH
IGRT Symposium, Newport Beach, CA
Revenue Cycle Inc. will be exhibiting at the 2008 ASTRO Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT III) Symposium.
www.astro.org
MAY
Radiation Oncology Symposia for Therapists and Dosimetrists
Daytona Beach, FL
Sally Eggleston will be speaking on Coding Issues for 2008
JUNE
ACI Tenth National Conference on Comprehensive Cancer Programs & Services
Ann Arbor, MI
Scott Plemmons will be speaking on Hot Topics in Coding and Documentation for Radiation Oncology 2008. He will be covering a variety of topics such as physician supervision, specialty services and current topics in radiation oncology reimbursement.
AFROC
Washington DC
Revenue Cycle Inc. will be exhibiting at the 19th Annual Conference. Ron DiGiaimo will be participating in a panel discussion on billing and reimbursement.
AAMD
Cleveland, OH
Revenue Cycle Inc. will be exhibiting at the 33rd Annual Meeting.
Kelli Weiss and Sally Eggleston will be speaking on Coding and Reimbursement Guidelines for Radiation Oncology where they will discuss the importance of medical necessity, clear physician orders and appropriately documented work with emphasis on dosimetry services. These ladies will also be speaking on The Top 10 Billing Frustrations for 2008 – that will include topics such as denial issues, Medicare compliance, image guidance packaging, CCI/OCE edits and many more.
ION
Chicago, IL
Mitzi Wilson will be speaking at the Large Practice Program on Revenue Cycle Management for the Large Oncology Practice. She will be addressing AR Management and the processes that should be followed to ensure success.
JULY
AAPM
Houston, TX
Revenue Cycle Inc. will be exhibiting at the Annual Meeting.
SEPTEMBER
9th Annual Radiation Oncology Conference for Therapist and Dosimetrist
Niagara Falls, NY
Revenue Cycle Inc. will be exhibiting at the conference. Ron DiGiaimo will be speaking about various reimbursement items relating to radiation oncology.
ACCC
San Francisco, CA
Ron DiGiaimo will be speaking on IGRT: The Operations and the Economics, Can They Co-Exist? at the 25th National Oncology Economics Conference. Ron will discuss Mammosite; Raid-R Canal, image guidance and choosing equipment for the population you have and what fits your physicians’ treatment philosophy.
ASTRO
Boston, MA
Revenue Cycle Inc. will be exhibiting at the 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting in booths 1340 & 1342.
ASRT
Boston, MA
Revenue Cycle Inc. will be exhibiting in booth 203 at the 32nd Radiation Therapy Conference. Below is a listing of RCI speaking engagements at ASRT.
Kelli Weiss and Teri Bedard will be speaking on Creating a Healing Environment. Here they will discuss environmental factors that will promote a healing environment for the patient and enhance the patient experience.
Matthew Terry and Scott Plemmons will be speaking on The Baby Boomer Effect on Radiation Oncology. With an already overwhelmed Medicare, Matt and Scott will discuss how radiation oncology will be affected by the continued decrease in reimbursement coupled with the rise in patient load and growing shortage of physicians.
Matthew Terry and Tamara Syverson will be speaking on The Medicare Reimbursement Equation: How Does It Work? This lecture is designed to educate radiation therapy personnel on how the Medicare reimbursement equation determines their facility’s revenue. The differences between hospital-based and freestanding facilities, including where this information can be found, how it was derived and how it affects the overall reimbursement equation will be explored.
Teri Bedard and Judy Yarberry will be speaking on Teamwork with the Tumor Registry and the Radiation Oncology Department. Information will be provided to help facilities attain full compliance with statewide data collection requirements and receive approval by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.
Scott Plemmons and Teri Bedard will be speaking on The Humanity of Patient Orientation in Radiation Oncology. Scott and Teri will discuss the importance of creating an environment in the radiation orientation experience that will help alleviate the patient’s apprehension and stress thus allowing their focus to be on the healing process.
Kelli Weiss and Tamara Syverson will be speaking on Analyzing Your Workflow: Step One to EMR. This presentation is intended for all personnel who are, or will be, dredging through the EMR process and to give them a better understanding of all that is involved in the transition.
SROA
Cambridge, MA
Revenue Cycle Inc. will be exhibiting at the 25th Annual Meeting. RCI will be presenting the following speakers:
Ron DiGiaimo will be participating on the 2008 Radiation Oncology Panel and speaking on Legal Joint Ventures- Physician/Freestanding/Hospital. Ron DiGiaimo and Sharon Swann
will discuss when is the right time to consider joint ventures and possible return on investment comparisons showing the differences in hospital/freestanding payments around the country.
Judy Yarberry will be speaking on Acuity of Treatment Regimen – Staffing Models. Judy will discuss how to obtain acuity ratings from IMRT and IGRT using ARIA. This discussion will include options on assigning acuity to different type of treatment and how that affects the staffing models. She will share a template for administrators to access in their own department and support the staffing model they need to provide the service to the patients.
Kelli Weiss and Tamara Syverson will speak on 2008 Coding and Documentation Updates. This presentation is designed to educate the Radiation Oncology Administrator, Manager, Therapist and all other radiation oncology professionals on the 2008 codes and the documentation needed to support charging these codes.
Teri Bedard and Scott Plemmons will be speaking on The Humanity of Patient Orientation in Radiation Oncology. The focus of this talk will be the importance of creating an environment in the radiation orientation experience that will help alleviate the patient’s apprehension and stress thus allowing their focus to be on the healing process.
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