CodingWebU.com Announces New Author

CodingWebU.com has partnered with a new author to develop and peform audio conferences.

About the Author

Michelle R. Baitey, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, is the president and CEO of Professional Coding Solutions, Inc. She actively serves physician clinics as a consultant, coder, chart auditor and trainer, and has a confident reputation as a competent trouble-shooter. Michelle is passionate about identifying internal issues, properly handling them and getting clients back into a place of compliance. Her mission to help others reach this status of qualified excellence shines in her role as teacher and mentor—for both coding students and professionals alike—in a variety of venues including classes, workshops, seminars, on-site training and individual instruction. Michelle has served the healthcare industry for over fifteen years, eight of which has been as a certified coder (CPC—Certified Professional Coder) through the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). She is certified for both the hospital (CPC-H) and payer (CPC-P) designations. She is also an Approved Instructor (CPC-I) for the Professional Medical Coding Curriculum. Michelle is the founder and current president of the local Fremont, Nebraska AAPC Chapter.

Scheduled Audio Conferences:

CERT Audits; what is Medicare looking for?Approved by the AAPC for 1.5 CEUs
Live Conference July 15th, 3:00 PM Eastern Time

The Auditing breakdown, finding the right codeApproved by the AAPC for 1.5 CEUs
Live Conference July 30th, 3:00 PM Eastern Time

CodingWebU partners with CodingCertification.Org to offer the "Coding Certification Review Blitz" - 16 DVD Set

CodingWebU.com is now offering the new 16 DVD Set called the "Coding Certification Review Blitz".

The 16 DVDs consist of 13 Hours of Instruction.

1. Introduction / Test Tips / Medical Terminology
2. HCPCS
3. Modifiers
4. ICD-9-CM
5. E&M
6. Anesthesia
7. Radiology
8. Pathy & Lab
9. Medicine
10. Integumentary
11. Musculoskeletal
12. Respiratory
13. Cardiovascular
14. Digestive
15. Genitourinary
16. Nervous / Eye / Ear

The Coding Certification Review Blitz is developed by Sr. Instructor Laureen Jandroep,OTR, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-EMS.

Laureen Jandroep has been teaching and coaching coders to prepare to be certified coders for the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) or American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) physician based board exams since 1999. She has a unique way of teaching herself new concepts and she share that with her students. There will be lots of free tips and advice on this blog and guest writiers.

She teaches two-day and three-day review classes that are called the “Blitz” because they are very intense jam-packed review for those preparing for one of the physician-based board exams. Many students have expressed that it was this Blitz that helped them pass the exam. This Blitz is now been recorded and produced into this 16 DVD Set.

CodingWebU Partners with a New Author

CodingWebU has partnered with a new author to develop courses covering Infectious Disease and Orthopaedic Coding.

Learn the mystery of Infectious Diseases

Learn the coding intricacies of infectious diseases. Learn how and when to apply specific 900 codes in cases of infections. Do the terms MRSA, HIV, Hepatitis C and End-Stage AIDS cause confusion? Learn the particulars associated with these codes. This course will help one to know when certain codes are primary codes and others are required to be secondary codes. What is necessary to correctly address acute and chronic infectious conditions? Learn how vaccine coding may have different requirements for immuno-compromised patients. This course will assist the student in de-mystifying the often complex conditions in this category.

Orthopedics is more than broken bones

Does orthopedic coding leave you confused trying to determine the differences between arthodesis and arthocentesis, between compression and compartments, autogenous grafts and allografts? Here you will learn to differentiate and master the vocabulary of orthopedics - including some of those procedures that carry the name of some long-ago surgeon - and have the tools to code these often confusing procedures.

Specialty Medical coding is special

Here you will find the answers to code some interrelated conditions - hypertension and renal diseases. Why are they assumed to be related; what should the hypertension table mean to me? What is the difference between acute renal failure and chronic renal failure and why does it matter? What is the GFR and how does it relate to coding chronic renal failure? How is dialysis coded? What changes if an anemia is related to renal failure? Learn the guidelines for coding the specificities of these conditions.

About the Author

Our new author was originally a nurse, then moved into management consulting and coding. Her experience in practice management spans more than 30 years. She has earned an RN, BA, plus a College Certificate in Healthcare Management and has been certified as a CMM, CPC, and a CCS-P.

She teaches medical billing and coding at a local college, and primarily works in medical records and HEDIS audits and coding compliance areas for physicians and facilities. Nationally published, she continues to author relevant articles and courses as well as a newsletter for her clients.

CodingWebU Partners with a New Author

CodingWebU has partnered with a new author to develop Physician Billing and Reimbursement courses, Interventional Radiology, and Specialty Coding Courses.

Our new author, Dorothy, is an Independent Consultant and Educator in Atlanta. She was a Medicare specialist for a large hospital system with 32 years of experience in healthcare. She is a technical school instructor in Atlanta. She performs coding reviews for the QIO in GA, and also performs physician audits and education. Additionally, she has been a technical contributor for several medical publications and has developed a workshop focusing on facility billing, coding and reimbursement. She has supervised a physician audit team for a healthcare system and presented at several national healthcare conferences.

Her credentials include: CPC-H-I, CHCC, CPUM, CPUR, ACS-OP, CCS-P, RCC, RMC, CPC-EMS, CPC-FP, PCS, FCS, CPAR

CodingWebU Partners to Develop Chart Auditing and ICD-10 Courses

CodingWebU has partnered with a new author to develop courses related to Chart Auditing and ICD-10. The first Chart Auditing course will be available in August 2008.

Our new author has over 25 years in the compliance field, with 20 years being specific to medical billing, coding, and reimbursement. Her knowledge, skills and abilities have helped her develop, coordinate and support compliance program functions and activities directed toward helping health care organizations comply with federal, state and local regulations. Examples of practices that she has worked for include a one provider private practice, a large multi-specialty practice and a tertiary care teaching hospital and medical school. She has been a Certified Professional Coder for 13 years and has held numerous offices in various local chapters of the American Academy of Professional Coders. Her consulting practice focuses on education and audits.