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Trade Show Schedule
EMS
Today Tour
EMS Today Feature: East Coast Ambulance Tour
Friday, March 24th from 10:30 am to 1 pm (include
lunch)
Are you attending the EMS Today Conference in Baltimore,
March 23-25? If so, we would like to invite you to a product
tour at East Coast Ambulance Service in Baltimore. They
utilize the Sweet-CAD and Sweet-Billing products and have a
bariatric truck available for touring. You will be able to
view the Sweet-CAD product in a live environment and
ask questions of end users. We’ll meet at booth #270 on
Friday, March 24th around 10:30 am (right after the morning
conference sessions). Lunch will be included and we’ll have
you back by 1 pm, in plenty of time for the afternoon
conference sessions. There are limited seats available, so
please email us
(cheri.lane@ortivusna.com)
your contact information by March 17th if you’re
interested.
2006 EMS User Group
Are you ready to expand your knowledge of our Sweet-Billing
program? Perhaps you would like to network with others in
this industry.
Whether you are new to the program, or a seasoned veteran,
we are confident that you will learn valuable information
that can be immediately implemented in your office. Come and
join in the FUN!!
Three hands-on workshops are being offered for 2006:
April 19-21 in Dallas, Texas
June 20-22 in Lombard, IL
November 1-3 in Atlanta, GA
Click here for more information or contact Kathy Ransom at
(563)-387-3191 ext 238
2006 Public Safety User Group
Learn how you can accomplish even more with your AdminTool,
AVeL-BASE, AVeL-CAD and AVeL-MobiCAD
software through hands-on sessions. Come and find out
about Ortivus' Public Safety Products Roadmap. Join your
fellow Ortivus software users at the Ortivus Public
Safety User Group in Lombard, Illinois (Chicago) on
June 20-22, 2006.
For more information, check our website or contact Tonie Scozzari at
(450) 682-6262 ext 233
Condition Codes Webinar
Ortivus University Offering:
In one communication link, learn information that your EMS
billing staff needs to know regarding the upcoming Condition
Codes implementation, and also how it applies to the
Sweet-billing software. Information will be provided via
video and audio from the comfort of your office or home.
Condition Codes: New Regulations
and How To Apply Them in Sweet-Billing
Featuring: Steve Johnson
Director of Billing Services; Sweet Billing Services
Tuesday, March 7, 2006: FULL
Thursday, March 9, 2006:
Register >>
2 pm Eastern (1 pm Central, Noon Mountain, 11 am Pacific)
*Requires Fee: ($99 for Ortivus Support Contract
Customers / $199 for non-Ortivus Support Contract Customers)
*Please register only one person per service unless you wish
to pay for more than one 'seat'; there is no limit to how
many can view the presentation from your monitor.
Background Information:
On December 23, 2005, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) issued an important Change Request
(Transmittal 789) for the Condition Codes. The Change
Request includes a revised list of Condition Codes and
instruction on how to use the codes. Effective March 27,
2006, Medicare Carriers and Fiscal Intermediaries will now
be required to accept the Condition Codes; the use of the
codes is still voluntary on the part of the supplier or
provider.
Learn more about:
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What the
Condition Code regulation entails from billing users
like you who understand what you need to know
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How to use
the Condition Codes and review examples of practical
application
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How to make
the necessary changes in your Sweet-Billing program -
see a live step-by-step demonstration of the process to
simplify your personal experience when implementing the
necessary changes
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Question and
answer period for attendees to ask Steve Johnson what
they need to know for a successful 'Condition Codes
experience'
Duration: 90
Minutes
All that is needed to join is an internet connection and
phone.
Sign up now >>
Camp Kathy: Boot Camp for Beginning
Billers
Sherry Jiras, an ambulance biller with SE Iowa Ambulance
Service, Inc. in Iowa City, Iowa, started in her position
just two months ago – and with no prior billing experience.
As many experienced ambulance billers know, the
responsibilities and lengthy learning curve that comes along
with this position, as well as learning all the government
and industry rules and regulations, can be quite
overwhelming. Luckily, Sherry is a quick learner. However,
she does have one piece of advice to pass along to other
“beginning” billers… Camp Kathy: Boot Camp for Beginning
Billers!
Sherry began
with learning some basic information and billing practices
from her supervisor on January 3rd, 2006 – her start date.
Three weeks later, she enrolled in Camp Kathy, and spent
about three hours learning the Sweet-Billing program, as
well as a few additional pieces of information that wasn’t
necessarily expected. “I had some basic knowledge that I
learned from my supervisor, but I learned a lot from Kathy.
Surprisingly, I also learned a few things about some of our
policies that needed a little ‘polishing’,” said Sherry.
Camp Kathy:
Boot Camp for Beginning Billers is a new offering from
Ortivus University, which
features various data entry and hands-on exercises for
billing users that have a very basic understanding of
Sweet-Billing. The program is designed so that participants
become more familiar with: logging in, through the program,
critical codes vs. basic codes, data entry (one call and one
patient), the help system, hot keys, and how to expedite
their call when calling for technical support.
Sherry said that this class was very helpful, and she
appreciated how thorough Kathy was. “Kathy took the time to
make sure I understood everything,” said Sherry. “She was
awesome! In fact, I asked to speak with her supervisor
immediately after the class to tell her just how great Kathy
did.”
For more information about Camp Kathy or to sign up for the
class, call or email your Ortivus sales representative:
800-537-3927 or
sales@ortivusna.com.
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