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July 2016

New webinar series on Prospective Provider Engagement Program now available

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network have teamed with Data Driven Delivery Systems to provide an updated webinar on the Prospective Provider Engagement Program. The program is targeted to health care providers who treat Medicare Advantage patients.

This five-part educational program includes:

  • A refresher course on how to accurately document patient conditions in a manner that’s compliant with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  • Program overview
  • Clinical scenarios highlighting real-world examples to improve documentation accuracy
  • Clinical expertise and support from Osamah El-Aroud, M.D., DDS medical director for Michigan

You can click on the links below to access the following modules:

  1. Introduction to Risk Adjustment
  2. DDS Program Overview
  3. DDDS Clinical Documentation
  4. Documentation Improvement Scenario — Diabetes with Complications, Morbid Obesity and Major Depression
  5. Documentation Improvement Scenario — Angina, Pulmonary Hypertension and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism.

Each module lasts about 15 minutes. You can fast-forward, rewind or pause the recordings at any time and view as many times as you like.

How to print the presentation

You can print the presentation by clicking on the question mark icon in the lower right-hand corner of the viewing window. Select the Print Slides option.

About the presenter

Dr. El-Aroud has extensive experience in risk adjustment, Medicare Risk Adjustment Factor scores and Hierarchical Condition Category coding as they apply to the clinical world. He was instrumental in developing and implementing the Prospective Provider Engagement Program.

FAQs

You can access some of the most frequently asked questions by physicians by clicking on the attachments tab in the left-hand navigation menu and downloading the FAQs attachment.

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