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This 1½-day
conference on
the latest legislative, regulatory and
reimbursement issues affecting the vascular
ultrasound profession provides an excellent
opportunity for vascular technologists/
sonographers, physicians, lab medical directors,
and lab/hospital billing / reimbursement
managers to get the current information
from those in the know.
This conference is
filled with information and strategies on how
to navigate your way through the complex
network of federal government agencies
and the Congressional legislators who
impact the vascular ultrasound profession,
especially in terms of Medicare/Medicaid
reimbursement for vascular ultrasound
studies performed in a hospital
laboratory or independent testing
facility. You will have direct access
to several expert speakers with
a generous amount of time for
Q&A. You also will take home
several valuable resources and
critical information of value
to your vascular lab's billing/
reimbursement policy.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Physicians, vascular technologists/
sonographers and others who are
working in the vascular ultrasound
field and want to update and enhance
their knowledge of legislative,
regulatory and reimbursement
issues affecting the vascular ultrasound
profession.
- Vascular lab directors and lab/hospital
billing/reimbursement managers
who are seeking to further their understanding
of the Medicare billing
& reimbursement issues affecting
the vascular ultrasound profession.
- Any physicians and vascular
technologists/sonographers
who require continuing
medical education
units to maintain
either laboratory
accreditation or
their individual
credentials.
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of this SVU Conference attendees should:
- Know how to receive the appropriate
reimbursement for your vascular
lab studies.
- Know what's new in billing and coding
for vascular labs.
- Understand the CMS proposed
rule for the CY 2010 Physician Fee
Schedule and its impact on your
vascular lab.
- Be aware of pending federal health
care reform legislation and state
licensure legislation that will impact
the vascular ultrasound profession.
- Be aware of current regulatory
issues affecting the vascular ultrasound
profession and the recent
efforts on them of SVU's Advocacy
Committee.
- Understand the various CMS
policies/regulatory issues affecting
vascular labs, such as pay-forperformance.
- Know why and when the ICD-9
Codes are being replaced by ICD-10
Codes.
- Know how to stay out of trouble
and understand what clinical and
practice actions could result in a
possible government investigation
of your lab.
- Know why your vascular lab should
be accredited by ICAVL.
- Understand why state Local Coverage
Determinations are changing
under the Medicare Administrative
Contractors (MACs) and the impact
of those changes on your lab.
- Understand why SVU, through the
Coalition for Quality in Ultrasound
(CQU), is in complete support for a
credentialing and/or accreditation
requirement in LCDs for reimbursement
for vascular lab studies.
- Understand why SVU, through its
participation in the Sonography Licensure
Coalition, supports efforts
for state licensure legislation, such
as in New Mexico and in Oregon.
- Know why the halls of Congress are
the new battlefield where decisions
are being made about managing the
use of imaging services, including
vascular ultrasound studies.
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