CPT and RBRVS 2008 Annual Symposium
CPT and RBRVS 2008 Annual Symposium – Nov. 14-16, 2007
Join hundreds of your colleagues and learn from the experts on Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) and Medicare payment policy.
Symposium Faculty
- CPT Advisory Committee members
- CPT Editorial Panel members
- Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Contractor Medical Directors (CMD)
Each presenter will discuss in detail many of the significant changes to CPT 2008 codes and descriptors, as well as 2008 payment policy and relative value unit (RVU) changes to the Medicare physician payment schedule.
Revisions to CPT, Adjustments to RBRVS & Coverage Changes
Sessions will be scheduled to define and explain major changes in CPT and the Medicare physician payment schedule for 2008. Presentations will demonstrate the development of the policy, highlighting the changes from the point the service description that was developed or edited by CPT through its valuation by the RUC, and explain how CMS will implement payment policies and how CMDs will cover and reimburse for the service in 2008.
Emerging Billing, Claims, and Coding issues
- Insightful billing/claims processing tips
- Strategies to help you ensure accurate and efficient Medicare payment
- Topics influencing coding procedure and policy direction
- Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
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