Education

Coding Fundamentals for MFMs
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One of the SMFM’s missions is career and practice support, and a large component of this is proper billing and coding practices. Coding is often an overlooked arena during fellowship training, as the focus is on research and clinical care. However, once physicians complete fellowship and start practice, they realize that coding and billing drive practice and organizational sustainability. Practices cannot provide high-risk care without optimizing their payments and reimbursements. Given that there is no formal training in fellowship regarding practice management, this course serves as an introduction to basic coding concepts. It’s an ideal course for new MFM attendings or for those who want a refresher course on coding basics.
Course Co-Directors: Fadi A. Bsat, MD, and Vanita D. Jain, MD Course Faculty: Steve Rad, MD, FACOG; Brad Hart, MBS, MS, CPME, CPC, CPMA, COBGC; Arij Faksh, DO; Elizabeth Westen, MD; and Matt Zuber, MD
Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit is provided for this course through Global Learning Collaborative (GLC).
Accreditation and Credit Designation Statements
In support of improving patient care, Global Learning Collaborative (GLC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Global Learning Collaborative (GLC) designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Global Learning Collaborative (GLC) designates this activity for 3.5 nursing contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Education Units (CEU) This program meets AAPC guidelines for 3.5 CEUs. Can be split between Core A and all specialties except CIRCC after successful completion of post-test for continuing education units.
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence, Global Learning Collaborative (GLC) requires that individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with any ineligible company. GLC mitigates all conflicts of interest to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all its educational programs.
Planners
Vanita Jain, MD, Delaware Center for Maternal & Fetal Medicine, Christiana, DE: No disclosures to report.
Fadi Bsat, MD, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA: No disclosures to report.
Molly Rothschild: No disclosures to report.
Donna Tyler: No disclosures to report.
Mara Siegel: No disclosures to report.
Barry Fiedel: No disclosures to report.
Faculty
Steve Rad, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA: No disclosures to report.
Elizabeth Westen Fontaine, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY: No disclosures to report.
Brad Hart, MBA, MS, CMPE, CPC, CPMA, COBGC, Reproductive Medicine Administrative Consulting, Inc., Charlotte, NC: No disclosures to report.
Arij Faksh, DO, Scripps Health, San Diego, CA: Research - Abbvie Myovant Sciences.
Matthew Zuber, MD, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC: Consulting Fees - EBSCO Dynamed.
Release Date: 1/1/2023
Expiration Date: 12/31/2024
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine has not received commercial support for this educational activity.
Target audience: New MFM attendings or for those who want a refresher course on coding basics
Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Explain the how, what and why of medical coding concepts
- Differentiate ultrasound codes based on approach versus trimester
- Identify the most common modifiers to append to E/M coding to improve reimbursement
- Explain and be able to select codes based on time versus components or medical decision making
- Understand the differences in coding that apply to teaching faculty.
- Choose the correct code for ultrasound-based procedures
- Distinguish between Medical Decision Making components: diagnosis, data and risk
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