Education

The World of Medicare (Two-Part Webinar Series)
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 and Wednesday, December 11, 2024
9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Live Webinar, Presented at Your Facility
Fees:

• CHA Members: $200 (Must log in to a CHA account to access member pricing.)
• Non-Member: $300

Please join CHA for this two-segment, virtual education webinar; both programs are ideal for hospital billers who are new or those who would like a Medicare refresher.

The first webinar, being held on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from 9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. is entitled “Introduction to the World of Medicare” and will introduce participants to the world of Medicare and the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System Direct Data Entry (FISS DDE) provider online system. 

Attendees will learn the Medicare billing basics: what it is, how to check if a patient is covered, and how to submit claims.  The presenters will also discuss the system used to process claims, why Medicare suspends, denies, rejects, or returns claims, and how to submit adjustments or corrections. 

The second webinar, being held on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from 9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. is entitled “A Deeper Dive into the World of Medicare Billing” and will present information on specific Medicare topics, including: hospital inpatient interim billing, interrupted stays and leaves of absence, benefits exhausted days, hospital stays that don’t meet inpatient criteria, the two-midnight policy, the Targeted Probe & Educate (TPE) program, Medically-Unlikely Edits (MUEs), skilled nursing facility (SNF) consolidated billing and its impact on hospitals, and Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) billing and the Benefits Coordination & Recovery Center (BCRC).

This two-part webinar series will be held on Wednesday, December 4 and Wednesday, December 11.

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PROUD Enduring Recorded Sessions
On Demand
Virtual Sessions

As care providers, there is much to learn about how to help families managing substance use disorders be successful.  Parents Recovering from Opioid and Other Use Disorders (PROUD) includes an education series for healthcare and service providers, giving them tools to help individuals and families manage the many challenges they face.

The education series includes several recorded sessions open for a year from their recording date.  These sessions are free to participants (registration is necessary) and are available on demand to fit into busy schedules.

Click here to learn more about all PROUD Enduring Recorded Sessions.

PROUD: Reducing Stigma and Bias Summer Series

This summer, the Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) and the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) kicked off the six-part webinar series PROUD: Reducing Stigma and Bias.  These virtual educational activities are being jointly provided by CHA and DMHAS, and they are designed for physicians, nurses, social workers, quality professionals, risk managers, healthcare executives, and all healthcare professionals working with patients with a history of substance use disorder.  

Registration to access the recordings is open:

• PROUD: Reducing Stigma and Bias Webinar #1 – Harm Reduction and Whole Person Care: Part One – Provider Engagement
• PROUD: Reducing Stigma and Bias Webinar #2 – Harm Reduction and Whole Person Care: Part Two – Voices of People in Recovery
• PROUD: Reducing Stigma and Bias Webinar #3 – Implicit and Explicit Bias: Part One – Understanding Bias to Improve the Experience of Maternal Healthcare
• PROUD: Reducing Stigma and Bias Webinar #4 – Implicit and Explicit Bias: Part Two – Protocols for Treating Patients with Substance Use Disorder
• PROUD: Reducing Stigma and Bias Webinar #5 – Perinatal Mental Health: Screening Tools and Resources Available
• PROUD: Reducing Stigma and Bias Webinar #6 – Perinatal Mental Health and Prenatal Substance Exposure – Newborns with Prenatal Substance Exposure: Optimizing Clinical Care to Support Families

Continuing Education Credits are available for these recordings.