Highlights from Day One of the June 2017 PWW abc360 Conference

The abc360 conference started on Wednesday June 7 in Clearwater Beach, Florida.  abc360 provides a broad focus on the ambulance revenue cycle.  This event is designed for those involved in agency billing and compliance and provides a wide variety of sessions that cover revenue cycle, compliance and practical coding skills.  The conference kicked off on Wednesday morning with an opening from Stephen Wirth and Doug Wolfberg, who welcomed everyone and took their traditional abc360 selfie with the whole crowd: Steve and Doug then introduced attendees to the entire PWW team.  The PWW team has done an incredible job this year of planning and delivering this conference not once, but three times over the last four months.  For their efforts, they received a well-deserved round of applause. The first morning session, run by Doug Wolfberg, provided key Medicare and Reimbursement updates.  Doug covered an incredible amount of information, all of which the PWW team had synthesized into key points on the following topics: Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal and replace updates American Health Care Act (AHCA) and its implications for billing, coverage and preexisting conditions Ambulance inflation factor increases CMS poverty guidelines Results from a pilot program on prior authorization for repetitive patients 2015 Medicare Part B payment figures (which yielded $5 billion in payments for ambulance services) Current state of the Medicare appeals backlog Steph...
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