MIPS and Coding Seminar Information

Question 1: Are you aware of the new requirements to avoid a MIPS penalty for the 2018 reporting period?

Answer: The threshold to avoid a penalty for the 2018 reporting period is 15 MIPS points. This can be accomplished by achieving a perfect score in the Clinical Practice Improvement Activities category.  

Question 2: A patient undergoes an open amputation and returns to the operating room two days later for a staged debridement and closure. Which CPT modifier is most appropriate for the second procedure?

Answer: The correct answer is "1. 58 modifier." The 58 modifier would be most appropriate based on the staged, planned nature of the second procedure.

Question 3: Do you know how to determine whether you are exempt from MIPS in 2018? Hint: You may be exempt, even if you were not in 2017.

Answer: For the 2018 reporting period, you are exempt from MIPS if you had less than $90,000 in Medicare Part B allowable or fewer than 200 Medicare Part B beneficiaries between September 1, 2016, and August 31, 2017.

Learn all about MIPS and the documentation necessary to support the use of the 58 modifier in the above scenario as well as discussion of all the modifiers we use at the upcoming APMA MIPS and Coding Seminar. Register today, using either the online link below, or by completing the registration form and either emailing it to coding.hpp@apma.org or faxing it to 301-530-2752, no later than February 16, 2018.

Register Today! 

Location

• Westin Crystal City
      Arlington, VA
• Rooms are $109/night
    - Call 888-627-8209 to make your reservation under the APMA block by January 24, 2018
    - Note: When making your reservation, identify yourself as a member of the APMA block to ensure the group rate

Registration Cost

• Students: $10
• Residents and Young Physicians: $99
• Members (excluding the above): $199
• Podiatric medical assistants and non-DPM office staff: $199
• All non-members: $399

Agenda

• 7:00–8:00 a.m.
  Registration
• 8:00–10:00 a.m.
  MIPS for Podiatrists - Jeffrey Lehrman, DPM, and James Christina, DPM
     - Intro to MIPS
     - Deep Dive into Quality, CPIA, and ACI Performance Categories
     - Cost Performance Category—New in 2018!
     - MIPS Reporting and the APMA Registry
• 10:00–10:30 a.m.
  MIPS Q&A - Jeffrey Lehrman, DPM, and James Christina, DPM
• 10:30–11:30 a.m.
  Coding 101 - Phillip Ward, DPM
  
• 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
  Modifiers - Jeffrey Lehrman, DPM
• 12:30–1:00 p.m.
  Lunch (will be provided)
• 1:00–2:00 p.m.
  E/M Coding - Jeffrey Lehrman, DPM, and Phillip Ward, DPM
• 2:00–3:00 p.m.
  Hot Topics in Coding - Jeffrey Lehrman, DPM, and Phillip Ward, DPM
     - Coding for Skin Substitutes, Biopsies, and Distal HAV Surgery
• 3:00 p.m.
  Conclusion

Speakers

• James Christina, DPM
• Jeffrey Lehrman, DPM
• Phillip Ward, DPM

Questions?

Contact APMA's Health Policy and Practice Department.

Health Policy and Practice
301-581-9200
APMA Health Policy and Practice Department
coding.hpp@apma.org