Rural Health Documentation, Coding & Billing Bootcamp 

  • Become a Rural Health Coding & Billing Specialist (RH-CBS). (Optional Certification Exam Included in tuition)
  • Choose from a live two day bootcamp or Online Self-Study (Work at your own Pace)

Choose Live or Online Self-Study Below

ONLINE SELF-STUDY
LIVE TRAINING EVENTS

This training focuses on clinical documentation, coding, & billing for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and allows attendees to choose from a live 2 day bootcamp or online self-study (Work at your own pace)

Though this class is designed to help facility managers and revenue cycle staff to pass the optional certification exam to become a Rural Health - Coding & Billing Specialist (RH-CBS). We urge clinical personnel (MD, DO, NP, PA, RN) to attend as well since clinical documentation is key to everything. BUILD A SHARED FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE

Who Needs Training on RHC documentation, coding, billing, and quality reporting?

  • Do you providers, managers, and coding/billing/quality staff have a shared foundation of knowledge?
  • Do your clinical providers know the documentation rules related to capturing the valuable services they provide?  
  • How confident is senior-management that the RHC is not under-valuing their "true costs" on the annual cost report ? How long has it been since they received updates that are relevant to the unique needs of a Rural Health Clinic?
  • Does your RHC have a full record of each service provided (CPT/HCPCS-II codes) and why they were done (ICD-10-CM codes)?Are you generating all of the revenue you are entitled to when billing non-Medicare/Medicaid payers?
  • Are you reporting quality measures related to Shared Savings, Risk Adjustment, HCCs, or other Quality Improvement programs?

Who is the class for: This class is specifically designed for clinical personnel (MD, DO, NP, PA, RN), coders, billers, EHR professionals, facility and financial managers that work in RHCs, to encourage building a shared foundation of knowledge.  We will provide action items and how to “get results” by working together through hands-on practice.

Why attend?

  • With the recent requirement by CMS to require RHCs/FQHCs to list all CPT and HCPCS-II codes – it has never been more important to make sure you are documenting and coding for 100% of what is done.  Commercial payers probably don’t pay under the Medicare PPS system, so you have to bill them differently. If you aren’t documenting and coding correctly you may not be capturing everything and some revenue may be left on the table! Your cost report is very tied to your professional coding practices – don’t undervalue and underreport what you do.
  • With IT finding its way into more areas of medical facilities the difference between clinical documentation, professional coding, and medical billing have never been more important.
  • Are you too dependent on IT instead of relying on well-trained and qualified staff?  We will focus on the guidelines that appear before and after key coding sections that rarely are accessible to providers and coders/billers in their EHRs and encoder software.
  • We will limit the review of codes that will rarely or never be performed in your facility setting – and will focus on primary care visits, behavioral health, and preventive services.
  • We will be careful to get hands-on with over a dozen vital resources (including CMS Benefits and Claims manuals) that outline the unique approach rural and community health needs to be aware of to stay compliant!
  • Recently, RHCs had to start listing all CPT and HCPCS-II codes performed on claims to Medicare for the first time in decades.  Many RHCs are still learning to balance its AIR (“per diem”) Medicare system of getting paid with the huge billing variations when billing commercial carriers or Medicaid.

What is Covered & Agenda

How well do your clinical providers know the rules: Do your clinical providers know the documentation rules related to capturing the valuable services they provide?  What type of training do they have on the differences between coding and billing?  How long has it been since they received updates?

  • Does your facility have a full record of each service provided (CPT/HCPCS-II codes) and why they were done (ICD-10-CM codes) regardless of whether you get paid or not?
  • Are you generating all revenues you are entitled to when billing non-Medicare/Medicaid payers?
  • Are you reporting quality measures related to Shared Savings, Risk Adjustment, HCCs, or other Quality Improvement programs?

Required Class Materials

  • CPT manual (AMA’s Professional Edition strongly recommended)
  • Any publisher’s HCPCS-II manual
  • Any publisher’s ICD-10-CM manual
  • Class Slides  - will be provided at class at no additional charge

CPT, ICD-10 & HCPCS should be available through your clinic or health system, however if you need to order you can CLICK HERE TO ORDER

If you order books from ArchProCoding please allow ample shipping time to you as coding manuals will not be brought by our team and they are required for class.  Sharing manuals between 2-3 people from the same facility is fine. 

CEUs (Continuing Education Units) - 11 CEUs Approved by ArchProCoding & AAPC

CME (Continuing Medical Education) Credits for MD, DO, NP, PA, RN: 11 CME Credits

*This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and Association for Rural & Community Health Professional Coding.  The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education to physicians. The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 11 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Earning the optional Rural Health Coding & Billing Specialist (RHC)

  • Upon completion of the live or online training attendees will be able to take the Rural Health Coding and Billing Specialist 100 question online certification examination.  The exam is scored immediately and if a score of 70% is achieved, a certification of Rural Health Coding & Billing Specialist (RH-CBS) will be granted by ArchProCoding