The APTA/Colorado Chapter presents

“RAC Audits: Are You Ready?”
A 90-Minute Lunch & Learn Audio-Conference

Presented in partnership with State Chapters of the American Physical Therapy Association

Thursday, July 23, 2009
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mountain Time

Presenter:

Michael McGowan, MBA, HCA
CEO, Senior Consultant, Continuous Quality Improvement Systems, LLC
with offices in California and Nevada

*Register by Printable PDF (Checks & Purchase Orders)

An Overview

This timely audio conference will describe how the new RACs operate and will describe the new documentation standards you will need in order to get through the expected elongated RACs appeals process. Automated survey activity is scheduled to start in a few short weeks. Complex medical review is scheduled early in 2010. Now that the practice runs are over, how do you and your resources stand strong against this new audit process?

National consultant Michael McGowan defines documentation of a clinical encounter as the “subjective narration” of an “objective encounter.” He firmly believes that it will be your organization’s documentation that will save you and carry you through the appeals process.

More about Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs):

$980 million has already been recovered in the demonstration project (just six states with focus on hospitals);
Some $187 million dollars in commissions has been paid out to the RAC auditors;
Even though hospitals have resources available to combat such attacks, each year over three years the RAC audits have identified more and more money through enhanced sophistication;
RAC auditors are private organizations who work on commission and have buildings and salaries to pay each month. It will be their survival against yours.

Visit the Whitehouse website at the following link and see how the Obama administration plans to pay for Health Care Reform initiative.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/MedicareFactSheetFinal/

This is real.... You can’t afford to miss this chance to get ahead of the RAC game.

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About the Presenter

Mr. McGowan was an OASIS Coordinator for the State of California. He monitored and interacted with 700 Home Health Agencies and 450 state surveyors in 24 district offices on a daily basis and also acted as a liaison between CMS, State government, and the provider community. Prior to his employment with the State of California, Mr. McGowan was a nurse with over twenty years of hands on patient care in a wide variety of settings. More than 97 percent of his clients have recovered funds that were previously withheld. To date he has recovered over $18 million for clients nationwide. Currently Mr. McGowan, MBA/HCA is the CEO, Senior Consultant of CQIS, LLC.

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This is how it works...

Complete the Registration Form for your PT practice and return to the APTA/Colorado Chapter by July 16th, 2009.

On the Monday before the session, registered locations will be sent an e-mail confirmation with dial-in information and a web link to download handout materials.

Join the call by dialing the toll-free number and tell the operator your specified confirmation number.

Gather your staff and listen via speaker phone to the presentation, follow along with the handouts and participate in live, interactive Q&A.

After the conference, take a few minutes to complete the program evaluation form and submit back to the APTA/Colorado Chapter office.

Certificates of attendance will be mailed to your practice after evaluations are received.

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Save time and travel costs and include all staff members who will benefit from this timely topic!

Fees to participate in this audio-conference are based on practice size and number of PTs on staff.

$149 for Practices with 4 or more PTs on staff
$139 for Practices with 2-3 PTs on staff
$129 for Practices with only one PT on staff

PLEASE NOTE: Registration fees are based per dial-in connection; multiple dial-ins from your practice will be charged. We are unable to accommodate more than one practice or department per call-in.

Written requests for refunds received on or before the July 16th deadline will receive a 50% refund, less a $50 processing fee; fees are nonrefundable after this date. There are no refunds for no shows.

You must contact us by the session deadline date if you have special needs or require additional assistance or accommodation to participate in this audio conference.

Register by July 16th!

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A confirmation with dialing information and handout materials will be emailed to all registered practices on the Monday before the session.

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Colorado Chapter

American Physical Therapy Association / Colorado Chapter
7400 East Arapahoe Road, Suite #211, Centennial, Colorado 80112-1821 U.S.A.
Phone 303.694-4728 Fax 303.694-4869 Email apta@assnoffice.com

Visit the Whitehouse website at the following link and see how the Obama administration plans to pay for Health Care Reform initiative.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/MedicareFactSheetFinal/ This is real.... You can’t afford to miss this chance to get ahead of the RAC game.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/MedicareFactSheetFinal/

This is real.... You can’t afford to miss this chance to get ahead of the RAC game.