Published May 30, 2017

Tips to Surviving a Third-Party Audit for Behavioral Health Services

PYA Principal Denise Hall-Gaulin and PYA Manager Lori Baker co-presented “Tips to Surviving a Third-Party Audit for Behavioral Health Services,” at the Florida Council for Community Mental Health 2017 Administrator’s Forum.

The presentation included:

  • Predicting and preparing for off-site and on-site audits
  • Understanding which mistakes to avoid when faced with an audit
  • Understanding appeal language
  • Ensuring a successful and painless audit
  • Learning how to face future audits

View the presentation below:

Lori and Denise also presented “Coding for Mental Health in Today’s Environment,” which covered:

  • Evaluation and management
  • Psychiatric services
  • Diagnosis coding
  • Documentation patterns
  • DSM-IV vs. ICD-10-CM
  • Nurse practitioner (NP)/physician assistant (PA) scope and supervision requirements
  • Payer guidelines regarding billing for NP and PA
  • Compensation/RVU methodology overview

View the presentation below:

If you would like more information about healthcare compliance, or would like to request a speaker on this topic for your organization or event, contact one of our executives below at PYA, (800) 270-9629.

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