Wound Care Business Agenda
7:00 AM – 7:45 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast With Exhibitors
Be sure to arrive early to 1) enjoy your breakfast and
2) make your lunch reservation with the exhibitor of your choice.
Note: Lunch seating reservations will be
taken on a first-come, first-served basis.
7:45 AM – 8:00 AM
Opening Session - Introduction
Andrea Clark, Founder and President —
Health Revenue Assurance Associates, Plantation, FL
Kathleen Schaum, Founder and President —
Kathleen D. Schaum & Associates, Lake Worth, FL
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
The Operational Processes Team Playbook
Review the 2010 business rules for wound care programs, e.g.,
Medicare final rules and coverage determinations.
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Ask the Exhibitors
Learn how the wound care industry’s invaluable products,
procedures, and services can be incorporated into your wound
care business. Obtain their reimbursement materials and share
them with your team.
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Top 10 Tips for the Wound Care Revenue Cycle Team
Learn how diagnosis, documentation, and claims submission
lead to appropriate payment that you will receive and can keep
— even after an audit.
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Sit-Down Lunch With Exhibitors
Network with industry specialists to learn how to
incorporate them into your team and to best use their
value-added services.
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Correct Coding and Billing Requires Teamwork
Learn what happens after you code and charge for services,
including modifiers, CCI edits, and claims submission. Also take
a brief look at the future ICD-10-CM coding system as it pertains
to chronic wounds.
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
BREAK
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM
Compliance Is Required to Keep the Trophy
Learn from the “friendly auditors” what types of audits should be
conducted and why. To paraphrase a caveat: If wound departments
don’t police themselves with internal audit functions, others
will do it for them.
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Closing Session
Evaluations and certificates of attendance.
