Audits and Records Request Webinar (Recorded Webinar) – Online CE Course
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Audits and Records Request Webinar Course Objectives, Description, and Outline
Course Objectives:
- Identify the most common reasons that records might be requested by a health plan
- Identify what health plans look for in documentation reviews
- Identify the difference between progress notes and psychotherapy notes
- Identify an ethical way to add information to records without altering notes
Course Description:
How would you feel if a health plan asked to see your notes? For most therapists, this request would bring an acute wave of anxiety, and a strong desire to protect confidentiality. Yet every day, healthcare professionals nationwide — whether in or out of network — are facing these requests, as they are being asked to provide documentation to back up their billing. Yes, even the notes of out-of-network therapists are being requested, as notes are subject to review whenever a statement/superbill is submitted to a plan.
Let’s face it — audits are stressful. While some are purely administrative, others can lead to costly claim denials or repayment requests (aka “clawbacks”). You — or your out-of-network clients — can lose thousands of dollars in unreimbursed claims.
In this live webinar, we take a closer look at the reasons your notes might be requested by a health plan, how to respond if they are requested, and how to avoid these requests in the first place. We’ll also give tips on record-keeping changes you can make now, to avoid any loss of money.
Course Outline:
- Who needs to worry about audits, and why
- Types of insurance audits
- Clinical reviews (not an audit)
- Administrative audits
- Claim audits
- Sample insurance plan letters requesting records
- Treatment record requests
- What the plan wants to see
- Risk adjustment audits
- Progress vs. psychotherapy notes
- Claim-Related Audits
- What insurance plans look for in your documentation
- Common audit triggers
- The 90837 CPT code dilemma
- Altering records
- Responding to records requests
- What should be in your progress notes
- If time:
- Do you need a release?
- Appealing a denial or request for repayment
Instructors: Barbara Griswold, LMFT
Barbara Griswold, LMFT and author of Navigating the Insurance Maze: The Therapist’s Complete Guide to Working with Insurance – And Whether You Should, now in its 8th edition. She has been interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition and served 2 years on the Ethics Committee for the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. In addition to her 31-year private practice in San Jose, CA, she provides individual consultations, Continuing Education webinars, and group trainings to therapists nationwide, on topics including insurance, progress notes, and practice-building. She invites Zynnyme members to check out all the resources on her website at theinsurancemaze.com.
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