2005 Seminars - Doug Albaugh

Course Content (Revised and updated for 2005)

Day 1   Focuses on the financial management aspects of AS/PC^®  for Windows.  Specifically, how to most effectively get the bills out and the payments in.  Key topics include:

Maintaining accurate balances cash, insurance, & total balances handling unpaid portion of claims adjustments and transfers fixed-amount-per-visit co-pay reconciling corrected open claims refunds and insurance take-backs returned checks transferring credit to another patient   Using carriers’ allowed amounts, to make your receivables accurate and avoid manual write-offs

Managing receivables   collecting patient portion carrier billing & patient billing tracking unpaid claims insurance tracers corrections to closed month claims re-opening a closed claim methods of flagging accounts for collection work   Automation of charges entry with FEE and catalogs Setting claims options to meet carrier requirements Reports to detect missing information prior to billing

Day 2   Focuses on the many powerful tools and reports in AS/PC^® for Windows, with special emphasis on step-by-step instruction in the use of queries to get the data you need, including queries for billing operations and reports covered on Day 1.  Other “power functions” also are applied to activities discussed on Day 1.  Topics include:

Daily and monthly reports User-defined lists/reports Merging patient data into letters/documents The Recall Report – a patient-specific tickler system Locating patients by SSN, first name, DOB, or anything else Queries to limit the carrier data audit to patients you are currently billing, and the insurance ledger to claims over 60 days, 90 days, etc. A semi-automated system of using collection letters, which creates a record of letters sent

How to print your superbills (encounter forms) with the patient info you need How to set up a customized patient statement (but with no transaction detail) Using the Open Problem Tracking System to keep on top of unresolved problems Printing reports to text files – for economy, or so they can be re-organized in a spreadsheet, or graphed Cross-checking to catch errors Creating your own fields in the MY file Printing labels, envelopes

Sign-in and coffee at 8:30 each day; sessions run from 9 am to 5 pm.

DATE	CITY	LOCATION
F/Sat    April 8-9	Atlanta GA	Clarion Suites Atlanta Airport, 770-996-0000 4820 Massachusetts Blvd, College Park, GA      Special Room Rate $69
W/Th    April 20-21	Harrisburg, PA	Wingate Inn, 717-985-1600 1344 Eisenhower Blvd,      Special Room Rate $69 until 03/30/2005
F/Sat    May 6-7	West Palm Beach, FL	Best Western Palm Beach Lakes, 561-683-8810 1800 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd, I-95 exit 53      Special Room Rate $61 until 04/14/2005
F/Sat    May 20-21	Minneapolis, MN	Hampton Inn Bloomington-Airport, 952835-6643 4201 W. 80th St, Bloomington, MN      Special Room Rate$94
W/Th    Sept 21-22	Columbus, OH	Days Inn East, 614-864-1280 2100 Brice Road, Reynoldsburg, OH      Special Room Rate $49
W/Th    Oct 5-6	Erie, PA	Days Inn, 814868-8521 7415 Schultz Road; I-90 exit 27
W/Th    Oct 19-20	Edison, NJ	Holiday Inn, 732-661-1000, (Newark area) 3050 Woodbridge Ave, Edison NJ; NJ Turnpike exit 10      Special Room Rate $85 until 09/19/2005 Please try to register 6 weeks in advance for this seminar!

Important Notes

1.    The seminars described in this schedule are for AS/PC^® for Windows users; there will be no AS/PC^® for DOS course content.  If you aren’t sure which version you have, the two versions can be positively distinguished as follows:  in AS/PC^® for DOS, the first menu bar selection at the left is “Patient”; in AS/PC^® for Windows, the first selection is “File”.  

2.     Days 1 and 2 can be taken in any sequence.

3.    Travel directions to the meeting location will be provided  by fax or mail upon receipt of your registration.  Hotel phone numbers are provided here in case you wish to make reservations (be sure to mention that you are attending the seminar) or need further travel directions.  Do not call the hotel for information about the seminar.                             

 

Seminar Registration and Fees

For obvious reasons, we recommend that you register well in advance of the session you plan to attend.  To qualify for the early registration price, your registration form with check payable to Doug Albaugh must be postmarked no later than 14 days prior to the session you plan to attend.  Lunch is included in the cost of each seminar.  Fees for the first person and for each additional person from your office at one seminar location are as follows:

                                                                            First Person      Each Additional Person

Days 1-2           Early registration, for one day only              $190                          125

                        Early registration, for both days                    320                          235

                        Late registration, per day                             200                          145

About Late Registration:  While we encourage early registration, we do understand that “late” registration is necessary from time to time.  If you must register late (within two weeks of the seminar date), please call 740-984-8201 to let us know that you will attend the session.  In almost all instances, we can accommodate late registrations.  However, please DO NOT JUST SHOW UP at the seminar.  We appreciate your cooperation.

About seminar cancellation: We know the importance of scheduling staff activity.  That’s why, on those rare occasions when a seminar must be canceled due to under-enrollment or closed due to over-enrollment, we provide as much advance notice as possible.  However, in the rare event that a cancellation is necessary (even with little or no notice), Doug Albaugh’s liability is limited to refunding fees received.

If you cancel your registration less than three days prior to the seminar, any refund will be based on amounts recoverable, and will be solely at Doug Albaugh’s discretion.

To register or if you have questions?  Call Doug Albaugh at (740) 984-8201