Online Training Course

Linda D'Spain CMPE, CMC, CMIS, CMOM, CMCO, CMCA-E/M

Linda is President of her medical practice management consulting firm, D'Spain Consulting. She travels the country conducting national seminars, workshops and webinars and consulting with physician practices, hospitals and medical societies on healthcare reimbursement, documentation guidelines, procedural and diagnostic coding, financial management, human resources, medical office management and compliance with fraud and abuse, OSHA, and HIPAA. She has also served as an Independent Review Organization (IRO) for the Office of the Inspector General and consulted for the Texas Medical and Dental Boards.

With more than 30 years of experience in medical practice management, Linda has managed cardiology, cardiothoracic, vascular surgery, physical therapy, orthopedics, pediatric orthopedics, gynecology and reproductive endocrinology and large multispecialty group practices. She maintained broad responsibilities in business and clinical operations, financial management, governance and organizational dynamics, human resource management, marketing, customer service, compliance, information system management, mergers and acquisitions and risk management.

Linda has attained all five PMI certifications. She also has a degree in Business Administration and is a Board Certified Medical Practice Executive through the American College of Medical Practice Executives, a member of the San Antonio Medical Group Managers Association (MGMA) and has served as an advisory board member with PMI.

Learn the most current information available for ICD-10-CM specifically for medical office coding and billing professionals, providers, office managers, consultants, and compliance officers. Includes a digital file with details on all ICD-10-CM changes.

This is an intermediate-level course. Content assumes knowledge of outpatient coding and reimbursement. No additional outside resources are required for participation. An ICD-10-CM code set manual may be helpful to best comprehend the context of the revisions that will be discussed.

Learn the potential impact to your practice. A joint effort between the healthcare provider and the coder is essential to achieve complete and accurate documentation, code assignment, and reporting of diagnoses and procedures. This program will help determine what templates or other documents that may need to be updated and/or replaced. Ensure your EHR system code submissions remain accurate. Collaborate with your practice management system and EHR vendors to update coding and billing software.

Highlights

Course includes 6 months On Demand access to pre-recorded instruction and a digital companion manual.

Comments from past participants:

“Very informative and confident about the content. Thank you.”

“Excellent; well done! Very good information, and in detail.”

“Linda D'Spain was excellent as the instructor. She knows her coding business forwards and backwards!”

“Instructor was very effective and knowledgeable. I rely on this course every year to inform me about updates.”