The 111th Annual AOA Congress & 38th Annual AOSA Conference

Continuing Education

S131 — Career Options Expo 2008: “Cracking The Code” – The Keys to Implement the Total Patient Care Model, Part 1

Thursday, 3:00pm - 5:00pm [see other Thursday courses]

— Optometric Student Education

Category: AOSA

Medical coding can be both boring and tedious at its worst. This course will change everything you know about the medical eye care paradigm. Broken into two parts — it will provide an innovative and entertaining approach to proper medical coding that you will be able to use your entire career. Part 1 of this course will present actual clinical cases and provide specific coding, billing, and compliance tools to help attendees maximize revenue while maintaining compliance, to avoid costly audit situations. Part 2 will provide a detailed breakdown of the RBRVS system and provide the theory and coding protocols necessary to provide the attendee with a solid medical coding foundation. Real-time Internet-based software tools will be presented to allow you to understand reimbursement differences between carriers, understand your geographic compliance regulations, and the correct coding edits specific to clinical care you perform everyday.

• About Optometry's Meeting™
  • What's New at Optometry's Meeting™
  • Optometry's Meeting™ 2007 Wrap-Up
  • A Look Back at the AOA Congress
• Registration Information
  • On-Site Registration
  • Registration Information and Procedures
  • Registration Categories
  • Complimentary Functions and Premiums
  • Important Acronyms
  • Ribbons
  • Cancellation Policy
• Continuing Education
  • CE Handouts
  • Continuing Education Highlights
  • Continuing Education: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
  • Continuing Education: Thursday, June 26, 2008
  • Continuing Education: Friday, June 27, 2008
  • Continuing Education: Saturday, June 28, 2008
  • Continuing Education: Sunday June 29, 2008
• Highlights & Social Events
  • Wednesday Night Welcome Reception
  • Saturday Morning Closing Breakfast Symposium
  • Opening General Session
  • The Handbook of Ocular Disease Management: Focus on the Cornea
  • The Washington Wine Experience
  • Microbrew Mania
  • New Technology and Product Showcase Theater
  • Presidential Celebration
  • Optometric Physicians of Washington Join Optometry’s Meeting
  • Optometric Educators' Exchange 2008
  • New in Practice Series
  • The Sky's the Limit!!!
  • National Optometry Hall of Fame
• Schedule at a Glance
• Housing, Travel and Seattle
  • Support your association—book your hotel room through the Optometry’s Meeting™ Housing Bureau!!!
  • Hotel Information
  • Travel and Area Information
• What to do in Seattle
• AOSA Information
  • Registration
  • AOSA On-Site Registration
  • AOSA Schedule at a Glance
  • AOSA Events
  • Optometry Super Bowl
  • Education
  • Hotel Information
  • Grants & Scholarships
  • Dress Code
• Exhibit Hall and Exhibitors
  • Exhibitor List
  • Exhibit Hall Winners at Optometry's Meeting™ in Boston
  • Exhibit Hall Details
  • Exhibitor Service Manual
• Sponsors
  • Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
  • Advanced Medical Optics
  • Alcon
  • Bausch & Lomb
  • CIBA Vision
  • Essilor
  • HOYA Vision Care
  • Allergan
  • CooperVision
  • Marchon
  • Optos
  • TLC Laser Eye Centers
  • Vision Service Plan
  • Eyemaginations, Inc.
  • Kemin Health
  • Liberty Optical
  • Luxottica Group
  • Transitions Optical
  • VisionWeb
• Future Dates and Locations
  • Important Acronyms
• Complete Preliminary Program
• Call for Courses
• Poster Session
  • Selected Posters - Benefits
  • Publication of Abstracts
  • Attending the Poster Session
  • Poster Specifications

Optometry's Meeeting™ is the official annual meeting of the American Optometric Association and the American Optometric Student Association.