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News release
3/22/2007
Ortivus Partners with Page, Wolfberg and Wirth to Bring the EMS Industry Billing Information in a New Online Format
Ortivus is pleased to announce a new project and partnership with Page, Wolfberg and Wirth (PWW) that will provide billing educational webinars to the EMS Industry in a convenient online format. Page, Wolfberg and Wirth has developed a popular reimbursement and compliance conference that began in 2005 and has been offered in the forms of physical conference locations and audio tapes. Ortivus also has worked diligently in the EMS billing educational arena by offering information largely through the webinar online format since 2004.
In today's business environment of increasing efficiency, saving time and reducing costs, the online webinar format offers organizations an excellent method of obtaining information and training that meets these criteria.
The PWW - Ortivus webinar series in 2007 will take place in a four-part offering and will utilize content from the ABC3 2005-2006 conferences. The content is designed to help EMS organizations maximize their bottom lines by improving billing, as well as achieving reimbursement goals while remaining fully compliant with all of the complex laws and regulations that pertain to ambulance billing.
Anyone is welcomed to attend the webinar series in its entirety or attend only the individual topics of their choice. The cost of the webinar events is only $350 for all four events if registered by April 10, 2007. Each individual online event is offered for only $99. Attendees can join the webinar events from the comfort of their office or home and hear the live presentation with ability to see visuals and ask questions. All that is needed is a phone and an internet connection to join. To register for any or all of this webinar series, as outlined below, go to www.ortivusna.com/pww.
Part 1 - Claim Clinic
Speaker: Doug Wolfberg, PWW Attorney and Founder
Presentation Date: April 17, 2 pm EDT
- Review actual claims to identify some surprising coding pitfalls
- Teach you some of the most commonly made mistakes in everyday billing
- Help you develop critical thinking skills when making billing and coding decisions
- Teach you about the "assumption coding" trap and how to avoid it
Part 2 - Compliance Clinic
Speaker: Steve Wirth, PWW Attorney and Founder
Presentation Date: June 6, 2 pm EDT
- Learn seven compliance problems that are slipping through the cracks in most ambulance services
- Review the rules for obtaining patient signatures and when claims may be billed without them
- Clarify the confusion regarding the "emergency response" rules
- Learn how to improve your non-emergency call intake practices
Part 3 - Call Intake
Speaker: Doug Wolfberg, PWW Attorney and Founder
Presentation Date: August 23, 2 pm EDT
- Learn the important relationships between dispatch and billing
- Understand the ways that improving call intake information can facilitate cash flow
- Properly apply emergency dispatch protocols to your billing
- Understand the "ALS Assessment" rules and how dispatch affects them
- Learn how to improve your non-emergency call intake practices
Part 4 - More Than Medicare
Speaker: Maggie Adams, PWW Senior Consultant and Reimbursement Specialist
Presentation Date: October 30, 2 pm EDT
- Understand the important of the growth of Medicare Advantage plans
- Learn about the changes being made to Medicaid programs across the U.S.
- Learn strategies to effectively deal with commercial insurers
- Understand the ways you can appeal and fight adverse insurance company claim determinations
Ortivus prides itself in being a partner, not just a software supplier, to their customers. In keeping with this vision, Ortivus’ partnership with PWW provides our respective clients with easier means to stay in compliance with ever increasing state and federal regulations, as well as being informed about helpful business practices in the billing/EMS industry.
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About Ortivus:
Ortivus offers integrated software solutions for Emergency Medical Services and Public Safety. The North American Subsidiary develops and markets the following pre-hospital applications: EMS billing, patient care reporting, computer-aided dispatch, automatic vehicle location, mobile data application, and patient vital signs monitoring and data transmission.
The Ortivus vision is to be the customer’s preferred provider of integrated information and decision-making software support systems in the Emergency Medical Service, Public Safety and Healthcare industries.
Ortivus operates out of two North American corporate office locations (Decorah, Iowa, US and Montreal, Quebec, Canada), as well as several international locations (Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Great Britain).