Practical information for conducting laboratory compliance audits: auditing the billing process

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Practical information for conducting laboratory compliance audits: auditing the billing process

Practical information for conducting laboratory compliance audits: auditing the billing process

Instructor : Christopher P Young

Product Id : 600067

Overview: This session will provide a practical approach to conducting comprehensive billing audits of a clinical laboratory that include a start to finish audit process for a non-statistical probe audit.

Auditing for compliance is one of the most critical compliance functions that are laboratory is engaged in. Laboratory compliance officer should oversee the auditing process in his or her laboratory to ensure that it is done in an acceptable manner as it pertains to compliance in meeting its laboratory compliance requirements. Billing for laboratory services is still one of the highest risk areas for a laboratory or any other provider.

Areas Covered in the Session:

Provide a practical step-by-step process for conducting a billing audit of the clinical laboratory.
Help participants understand what are the most important issues a billing audit should cover.
Determine what steps are necessary to reduce the risks that conducting an audit create for the laboratory.

Who Will Benefit:

Laboratory and Hospital Compliance Officers
Billing Department Managers
IT Department Directors and Managers
Financial Officers
Laboratory CEO and COO

Mr. Young is Certified in HealthCare Compliance (CHC) by the Health Care Compliance Board of the Health Care Compliance Association. He is a compliance professional with over 20 years of experience in laboratory compliance issues and over 40 years in clinical laboratories . He is an HEW-certified medical technologist, former chairperson of the CLMA Health-Care Policy Committee (HCPC), and former member of the Medicare Billing Issues Committee (MBIC) for CLMA. He is currently serving as the laboratory representative on the Carrier Advisory Committee for Arizona and is serving as an alternate representative for CLMA on the Pathology Coding Caucus. He has worked directly with government representatives in shaping laboratory legislation. Mr. Young has contributed articles to Vantage Point, Laboratory Industry Report, and other health-care publications, he is a member of the Board of Advisors for Laboratory Compliance Insider and writes a regular bimonthly column for the Journal of Health Care Compliance. During nearly 40 years as a laboratory professional, Mr. Young has had the opportunity to work in or with every kind of laboratory setting. Mr. Young is currently working as an independent consultant specializing in regulatory matters and the development of compliance officers and programs for clinical laboratories. He speaks locally and nationally on health-care compliance, regulatory issues, Medicare and Medicaid billing and other laboratory-specific topics.

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