Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1. Distinguish the difference between Inpatient and Outpatient Status
2. Describe Medicare's Global Surgical Guidelines
3. Differentiate the role "the decision for surgery" plays in minor versus major surgical procedures
4. Identify when it is appropriate to bill an E/M service on the same day as a procedure
5. Fulfill documentation requirements for E/M and Procedures

Faculty

Sherill Acevedo, Manager, Provider Revenue Integrity
Compliance, Audit & Education Instructor, BMP Revenue Integrity and Compliance, Baystate Health

Jenny Chen Maus, Compliance Specialist, BMP Revenue Integrity and Compliance, Baystate Health

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Physicians
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).  Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.