Conducting a Billing Audit

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When: Friday, December 10, 2021, 11:00am - 1:30pm MST

Where: Virtual (link will be provided upon registration)

Cost: 

  • $0 For AUCH Members
  • $25 Non-Members

Target Audience: Billing and Finance staff

Overview: 

Conducting voluntary audits of your health center’s billing ensures compliance, accuracy, and optimal reimbursement. Topics include:

  • Voluntary Audits (benefits of periodical auditing)
  • Preparing for the Audit
  • Gathering Information
  • Determining Your Audit Parameters
  • Performing the Audit
  • Gathering Audit Tools
  • Analyzing the Audit Results
  • Post-Audit Actions
  • Developing an Action Plan
  • Developing Education
  • Monitoring Progress
  • E/M Coding Processes Determining if the correct office visit level was billed under 2021 changes to guidelines.
  • Learning Lab

Presenter Bio: 

Shellie Sulzberger, LPN, CPC, ICDCT-CM, is a Licensed Practical Nurse and a Certified Professional Coder. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Mid America Nazarene University. Ms. Sulzberger received her nursing license in 1994 and was a practicing clinician at Saint Luke’s Health System for several years before transferring to the internal compliance/audit area. She became credentialed as a Certified Professional Coder in 1996 and assisted the Saint Luke’s Health System with performing medical record chart audits to verify the accuracy of the internal coding and claims processing. Ms. Sulzberger spent approximately six years as a coding/billing consultant with national accounting and consulting firms (BKD, Grant Thornton) before becoming the President of Coding & Compliance Initiatives, Inc. (CCI) in April 2003.

Ms. Sulzberger assists her clients with improving their operational performance in a variety of critical outcome areas, including coding/billing, corporate compliance, charge capture processes, etc. Ms. Sulzberger works with a variety of health care providers including hospitals, physician practices, and rural health clinics in their daily compliance and operational activities.

For questions regarding the event, please contact Kaitlynn Drollinger.

If you need assistance registering, please contact Austin Rives.

Start Date + Time December 10, 2021 @ 11:00 am
End Date + Time December 10, 2021 @ 1:30 am
Registration Cut Off December 9, 2021
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