2018 Coding And Medicare Reimbursement Changes For Gastroenterology Post-test: Activity Date: February 7, 2018
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- 1.Would you Like AAPC Credit for this program? The AAPC Index # for this webinar is: CSC0130181246A
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 2.Please enter your e-mail address and a certificate will be emailed to you.
- 3.Approximately how many hospitals currently participate in the Medicare program?
- A.
A. 8,000
- B.
B. 5,000
- C.
7,000
- D.
4,000
- 4.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is adding 3 additional C-APCs for CY2018.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.C-APCs impact which of the following settings of care:
- A.
Ambulatory Surgical Centers
- B.
Outpatient Hospital
- C.
Inpatient Hospital
- D.
Physician Office
- 6.ASC payments are projected to increase by 1.2% in CY2018.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.On average, Medicare physician payments will:
- A.
Increase by 2%
- B.
Decrease by 5%
- C.
Remain relatively flat
- D.
Decrease by 10%
- 8.The CY2018 Conversion Factor used to calculate Medicare physician payments is
- A.
$35.7547
- B.
$35.9996
- C.
$35.8043
- 9.Which of the following anesthesia CPT codes have been deleted:
- A.
00740
- B.
00731
- C.
00811
- D.
00813
- 10.Which of the following HCPCS codes should be used to report anesthesia for combined upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures, endoscope introduced both proximal to and distal to the duodenum:
- A.
00731
- B.
00732
- C.
00811
- D.
00813
- 11.Select one of the two paths within the Quality Payment Program:
- A.
MIPS
- B.
MACRA
- C.
Advanced APMS
- D.
Comprehensive APC
- 12.Fill in the blank: Identify one of the performance categories under MIPS.
- 13.Please describe your role in your organization:
- A.
Coder/biller
- B.
Endoscopy unit nursing
- C.
Endoscopy unit administrator
- D.
Practice administrator
- E.
Physician
- F.
Finance
- G.
Other
- 14.At your organization are your physicians well educated on Medicare reimbursement, Medicare policy changes and the impact on future payment rates?
- A.
YES
- B.
NO
- C.
I DONT KNOW
- 15.At the departmental level, do you and your team have the appropriate level of information about coding and revenue capture for GI procedures?
- A.
YES
- B.
NO
- 16.Have you ever undertaken, at the departmental level, a coding or charge master audit to be sure you are accurately reporting services provided and capturing all appropriate revenue?
- A.
YES
- B.
NO
- 17.How relevant was the content?
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4(High)
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3
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2
- D.
1(Low)
- 18.How effective were the slides at conveying the information?
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4 (High)
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3
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2
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1 (Low)
- 19.How effective was the speaker in communicating the material?
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4 (High)
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3
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2
- D.
1 (Low)
- 20.How likely are you to recommend this program to a colleague?
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4 (High)
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3
- C.
2
- D.
1 (Low)
- 21.What is your overall opinion of program?
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4 (High)
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3
- C.
2
- D.
1 (Low)
- 22.Additional comments are most welcome:
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Option 1
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Option 2
- C.
Option 3
- D.
Option 4
- 24.Which one do you like?
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Option 1
- B.
Option 2
- C.
Option 3
- D.
Option 4
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