Do You Want to Understand the
Complex Rules of Surgery Status?
Earn 1 Nursing CE credit learning about Surgery Status, Medical Necessity, and Site of Service Guidelines!
During this one-hour live online course over Zoom, you will learn everything you need to know about determining surgery status, medical necessity, and site of service rules so you can be confident that you are complying with all rules and providing optimal patient care!
Surgery – The Rules on Status, Location, Medical Necessity
This webinar will cover determining surgery status, surgery medical necessity, and surgery site of service rules in depth. It will use case examples and excerpts from payer policies as illustrations. It will also go into depth on the inpatient-only list and its proper application, how to determine if a non-inpatient-only surgery should be inpatient or outpatient, and how to use Observation after surgery.
You will learn to:
- Understand the proper determination of surgery status
- Review medical necessity guidelines for surgery
- Correctly apply Observation services to surgery patients
- Delineate site of service guidelines and their application
- Analyze revenue implications of surgery status
You will also have the opportunity to ask questions during this live presentation.
How Do I Register? I’m glad you asked.
Date: Tuesday, September 17th, 7 PM Eastern Time
Location: Zoom
CE: Preapproved for 1 Nursing CE Credit
Meet Your Instructor
Dr. Ronald Hirsch MD, FACP, CHCQM, CHRI
Dr. Ronald Hirsch is a Vice President of the Regulations and Education Group at R1 RCM Inc.
Dr. Hirsch was a general internist and HIV specialist and practiced in Elgin, IL. He was Medical Director of Case Management at Sherman Hospital in Elgin, IL from 2006 to 2012, and also served on the Medical Executive Committee.
Dr. Hirsch is certified in Health Care Quality and Management by the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, certified in Revenue Integrity by the National Association of Healthcare Revenue Integrity, and on the Advisory Board of the American College of Physician Advisors. He is on the editorial board of RACmonitor.com. He is the co-author of The Hospital Guide to Contemporary Utilization Review, with the third edition published in 2021. In 1996, he was a guest on the Jerry Springer show.
How Do I Register? I’m glad you asked.
Date: Tuesday, September 17th, 7 PM Eastern Time
Location: Zoom
CE: Preapproved for 1 Nursing CE Credit
CE Accreditation
This presentation is pre-approved for 1 Nursing CE Credit by the Florida Board of Nursing.
Case Management Institute, LLC (CMI), is an accredited provider of nursing continuing education
by the Florida Board of Nursing CE Provider # 50-37406
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