Medicine is now widely viewed as a business, and there is a focus on increasing revenue and maintaining a profit margin. As physician reimbursements fall, many physicians have looked to other areas to increase their revenue. Ancillary studies during this time have seen a surge in their performance and billings to compensate for falling fees.
This webinar will review several ancillary procedures and studies particular to urology and their proper coding and billing to ensure correct reimbursements. Didactic teaching and clinical examples will be presented throughout the conference to bring to light a clearer understanding of coding and billing for these ancillary services in urology. All urology offices or departments should consider providing certain ancillary services to help manage patients and hope to raise revenue when payments have fallen.
Urologists, pediatric urologists as well as urogynecologists should attend. RNs, coders, billers, and all staff involved in the performance, coding, billing, authorizing, and posting of these ancillary services should also attend.
Dr. Michael A. Ferragamo, Jr., MD, FACS is the former chief of urology of Hempstead Medical Center and of Franklin Medical Center of Long Island, New York, and presently is an assistant clinical professor of urology, State University of New York, Stony Brook School of Medicine. Michael Ferragamo is a consulting editor for Urology Coding Alert and is a coding consultant for many private practices across the United States as well as a coding consultant for several academic institutions such as the Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Mass., Intermountain Urology in Utah, NYU Urology in New York City, and Duke Urology, Durham, North Carolina to name a few.