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What you must know about moving from medical records from paper to Electronic Medical Record.

Implementing an EMR system will change the relationship that you the coder, insurance specialist or the Office Manager have with your healthcare providers. Understand how your role will change. Learn from the “lessons learned” from the early adopters. Find out if there are audit issues from RAC’s, ZPICs, PSCs or other external auditing agencies.

You will Learn:

• Learn what skills you will need to work with an EMR.
• Learn why it is important to have the coder, insurance specialist, and office manager at the table during the selection, implementation and optimization of your EMR.
• Understand why an EMR increases the need for office presence and interaction with your healthcare providers.
• Walk away with the steps necessary to set up documentation and coding rules in your EMR that will help auto adjudication of your claims
• Understand what you need to do to become prepared for your EMR.

About the Presenter

Doug Arrington, Ph.D., FNP, CHC, CHRC, CMC, CPC-H, CPMA, is the Director of the Office of Billing Compliance at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He is responsible for the Billing Compliance for all professional billing, hospital billing, and research billing at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He has a diverse clinical and administrative background in health care operations, billing, coding, reimbursement and compliance. He has worked clinically as a Family Nurse Practitioner in the Chronic Pain, Dual Diagnosis Substance Abuse/Mental Health programs and the Emergency Room at Vanderbilt University. He earned a BS in nursing from the University of Utah, a Master’s degree in Nursing from Vanderbilt University, and a Ph.D. in Health Administration with a focus in Health Policy from Kennedy-Western University.