MS4 & Vision – Vision User Group Conference 2010 – In Full Swing

This is Part 1 of a full day workshop, which will be offered in three continuous sessions. Attend all three classes to gather the knowledge needed to fully utilize the MS4 Billing Editors. Each workshop builds on the previous presentation and material will not be repeated.

5010 is on its way!! Get a jump on it and start using the 4010 version of the 837-IN and 837-PF Editors now! We are offering a 3 part workshop for the 837 Editors this year. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 are an integrated workshop covering the 837 Editors’ screens, functionality, file maintenance, data stream file, and file dependencies. Please plan on attending all 3 workshops so you won’t miss anything pertaining to the 837 Editors.

Audience: Patient Financial users interested in 837s.

This is Part 2 of an all day workshop that will be offered in three sessions. Plan on attending all three classes to acquire all of the information needed to fully utilize the MS4 Billing Editor to get clean claims and timely payment. Each workshop builds on the previous discussion. Material will not be covered in more than one class. Bring questions and issues for discussion.

Audience: Patient Financial users interested in 837s.

This is Part 3 of an all day workshop that will be offered in three sessions. Plan on attending all three classes to acquire all of the information needed to fully utilize the MS4 Billing Editor to get clean claims and timely payment. Each workshop builds on the previous discussion. Material will not be covered in more than one class. Bring questions and issues for discussion.

Audience: Patient Financial users interested in 837s.

ACTS is MedSeries4’s Automated Collection and Tracking System. It is designed to assist healthcare institutions in employing more efficient ways of lowering AR days, collecting receivables, and increasing business office efficiencies. In Part 1 of this workshop, attendees will receive an overview of the application, instruction in basic file maintenance, and processing activities utilized during collection and follow up.

Audience: Business Office managers, credit and collection staff, and IT support staff

ACTS is MedSeries4’s Automated Collection and Tracking System. It is designed to assist healthcare institutions in employing more efficient ways of lowering AR days, collecting receivables, and increasing business office efficiencies. In Part 1 of this workshop, attendees will receive an overview of the application, instruction in basic file maintenance, and processing activities utilized during collection and follow up.

Audience: Business Office managers, credit and collection staff, and IT support staff

Part 2 is a continuation of ACTS – Part 1. This workshop offers attendees hands-on experience with the ACTS Master files. Users will be given the chance to build a basic ACTS environment for a facility and learn tips for identifying and addressing file maintenance issues. Participation in this workshop requires prior knowledge of ACTS file maintenance or participation in ACTS – Part 1.

Audience: Business Office managers, credit and collection staff, and IT support staff

What is a file dependency? It depends . . . .

The AR File Dependencies class works through key master files used by the MS4 Accounts Receivable database, showing their impact on other applications. Gain knowledge of file management to promote changes that will benefit data flow between the applications within your system.

Audience: Anyone interested in or dependent on the decisions made in the AR Master files. This includes people from the business office, medical records, Case Mix users, and Reimbursement Management staff.

Can you recite the 180+ standard AR reports by heart? For most of us, the AR Reports universe may not be a familiar subject. This presentation looks at many of the hidden gems in AR reporting and discusses ways of getting the most from their content.

Audience: Business office staff that review and analyze AR data.

“Wow.” You have just implemented that powerhouse of an application; MS4’s AR/ADT and are trying to recall all the system functionality you learned during user training. Or you have just landed the most desirable job in the hospital business office and are overwhelmed with all the options at your fingertips. Whether you’re new to the application or just need a refresher course, join this class for a thorough, basic introduction to all that MS4 AR/ADT has to offer.

Audience: New users of the AR/ADT Patient Accounting application.

Pre-Billing Edits. You’ve completed the minimum file building necessary for that upgrade, but now you are interested in fully utilizing all the features to produce cleaner claims. This is the workshop for you! We will talk you through the file maintenance and system reports to enable you to customize this application to fit your specific facility needs. See the positive impact on AR when you accurately report AR status classification. Discover how the report is used for problem resolution and how it can assist you with employee education. Gather troubleshooting tips to help work these edits.

After the billing process, Claim History Inquiry enables a facility to match a payment to a specific claim generated in the Editor and review the information in the 835 remittance file. Come for a full review of the maintenance, screens, reports, and workflow. Learn how to customize the maintenance for the specific needs of your facility. This class has limited hands-on, but plenty of how-to.

Audience: Experienced AR/Editor users, systems analysts, and A/R managers.

This workshop focuses on working with the collection letters provided through Document Processing. Gain an understanding of how collection letters work with datamailer tracks and how they can improve your accounts receivable and manage your bad debt. You’ll receive valuable tips on file maintenance, process workflow, and reporting and there will be time to discuss individual concerns and potential solutions.

Audience: Business office employees responsible for accounts receivable and collections.

Nothing is more critical to outpatient reimbursement than accurate and complete CPT/HCPCS coding. In this workshop you will learn the flow of these codes through the AR, MIRA, and Editor applications. Learn how to troubleshoot issues and perform the necessary file maintenance to correct CPT problems.

Audience: Billing managers and staff, Medical Records staff, or those responsible for file maintenance.

Discover the functionality available in the MS4 Billing Editors to produce clean claims that ultimately result in timely payments. This class provides an in-depth discussion of the UB04 Description Keys and Table File and the H4 Description Keys. The entire workshop will be dedicated only to details about Description Keys and the UB04 Table file. This is the workshop you have been waiting for!

Audience: Billing managers and staff.

Are AR days keeping you up at night? Join us as we offer practical ways of collapsing the time between patient discharge and a zero account balance.

Audience: Business Office managers and credit and collection staff.

An essential part of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) is the Charge Description Master (CDM). Talk through considerations as you set up or expand this master file and gain knowledge of the CDM, field by field, as we build charges in the system and develop an understanding of other Master File dependencies such as GL Distribution, Proration, and Expanded Proration. See processes to keep your CDM compliant and in synch as we discuss multi-tiered pricing, the Price History file, and mass price updates.

Audience: Business office or IT staff responsible for maintenance of the CDM.

MS4’s Scheduling application is an integrated appointment management system that offers a strong complement to MedSeries4 Clinical Suite. This hands-on class focuses on all aspects of setting up and using the Scheduling system, including review of terminology and system components, scheduling records and referrals, scheduling options and scenarios, surgery management, and insurance authorization and charging.

Audience: Anyone responsible for clinical scheduling within the facility.

This workshop will enable facilities to better understand and use GL Distribution and the Revenue Reclassification tool to more correctly identify and report revenue and direct it to specific GL numbers for more accurate reporting. Learn about the many options and exclusions of the tool and review the maintenance, screens, and reports for a complete understanding of how Revenue Reclassification can work for your facility.

Audience: Business office personnel responsible for patient accounting functions.

The HIPAA administration simplification provision requires that we use standard electronic health care transactions. So you look at these transactions and think what the ‘*~:’ is that? Where is the simple in all the numbers, letters, squiggles and splats? Regardless of the type of health care transaction, the basics are the same. This workshop teaches everything you ever wanted to know about transactions; how to read and understand them and how to read and understand the implementation guides. It gives you the tools to analyze data in files and the ability to interpret the information, and provides hands-on exercises to support the learning process.

Audience: Users who work with HIPAA transactions

This workshop teaches users the H4 Editor-type application. Discuss the source of the data, how it loads into the Editor, and interact with individual concerns and potential solutions.

Audience: New users to the H4 Editor application, Business Office staff who wish to learn more about the application.

Part 2 of the U4 / H4 Editors workshop continues to build on the information presented in Part 1. Material will not be repeated. Plan to attend both workshops to learn about the full use of the application.

Audience: New users to the H4 Editor application, Business Office personnel who wish to learn more about the application.

MedSeries4 applications have a mandate to address the responsibility of guarding data integrity, confidentiality, and availability. This includes the processes that control and monitor patient protected health information (PHI) access. MS4’s Auditing feature complements existing hospital-specific policies and procedures through use of the General Purpose (GP) Audit Master file, the GP Audit Log Transaction file, and the GP Audit Log Purge program.

This workshop provides a review of all components of the General Purpose Auditing feature, including specifics of the audit trail that can be captured and potentially used to facilitate a security audit, and technical and end user information. Participants will be able to execute specific AR/ADT and MIRA features and track their steps in the audit log.

NOTE: The workshop does not focus on specific application functionality, but teaches users how specific functions in those applications capture audit information.

Audience: HIPAA compliance officers and any user who needs to electronically access protected health information (PHI).