A variety educational modules, delivered in the form of a CD, are available for purchase and are listed below with a brief description of the content. Flash Player 9 is required for viewing.

To purchase any of  the CD modules  listed below (except for QI for APNs),  CLICK HERE for an order form.

Quality Improvement for Advanced Practice Nurses

Presented By: Kathryn Fiandt, DNS, FAANP and Sheila Ryan, PhD, RN, FAAN

Web cast module and Manual available.

• A comprehensive resource offering in depth strategies to promote quality improvement for advanced practice nurses.

• Topic areas include the importance of getting involved, measuring outcomes and indicators, barriers, and Quality Improvement in NP Education.

• Manual available for purchase in hard copy or CD.

To purchase the QI Web cast or Manual CLICK HERE.

Pay For Performance (P4P)/PQRI

What is Pay For Performance and what does it mean for you?

Max Reiboldt, , CPA, and CEO of The Coker Group and Justin Chamblee, MAcc, CPA, Senior Consultant at Coker Capital will provide a 90 minute presentation on the significance of P4P, including PQRI (Physician Quality Reporting Initiative), for practices and how to distinguish which measures apply to your specific practice. This session will detail how to report the quality measures for P4P initiatives, with or without an E.H.R. system, and will help identify vital information to be tracked.

Target Audience:

• Advanced Practice Nurses

• Physicians

• Physicians Assistants

• Office managers, CEOs, Practice administrators 

Establishing an Independent Practice

Presented By: Jamesetta A. Newland, PhD, APRN, BC, FAANP, FNAP

Learn the steps to successfully opening and maintaining your own practice by following the wisdom and guidelines described in this presentations.

Objectives Include:

•  Assessing the Community

• Organizing Your Practice

• Assembling Your Team

• Operating the Practice

• Planning the Facility

• Staying Legal

• Managing the Bottom Line

• Marketing Your Practice

• Ensuring Quality

Billing & Coding for Advanced Nurse Practitioners

Basic Billing & Coding for Advanced Practice Nurses

Presented By: Jeannie Cagle, RN, CPC, The Coker Group

Objectives:

• Define basic rules of CPT and ICD 9 coding

• Determine the level of service provided and code accordingly

• Comply with "incident to" billing guidelines

• Learn when and how to bill for counseling

• Know where to find the answer when they don't know the answer

• Learn how to determine the primary diagnosis when the patient has more than one condition

 Advanced Billing & Coding for Advanced Practice Nurses

Presented By: Crystal Reeves, CMPE, CPC, The Coker Group

Objectives:

• Recently released new documentation requirements for “incident to” billing

• Changes in requirements for Advance Beneficiary Notices

• How to avoid claim denials by proper use of NPI numbers

• Trends and changes in healthcare reimbursement

• New CPT codes for smoking cessation

• Review of common coding situations including shared visits, selecting the appropriate level code and how to bill when more than one service is rendered on the same day

Educational Links

• Written by Kate Fiandt, APRN, DNS, FAANP, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing.
• To order your copy, click here. Order forms may be returned via fax to (517) 324-6098 or via email to Krysten Pierce at kpierce@mphi.org.

Consultation Services- Click here to view postcard

• A panel of national experts are available for 1-2 day consultations on the following topics:
  • Establishing a NMHC
  • Finances, billing, and business practices: how tobe sustainable
  • Evaluation of clinical services
  • The academic connection
  • Electronic Health Record
  • Other clinical topics

  • RFP Grant Writing

   

• For further information or to request a consultation, please contact Krysten Pierce at kpierce@mphi.org or (517) 324-8345.

National Clinical and Financial Database - Click here to view postcard

• INC has developed a survey tool to collect standardized data on NMHCs delivering primary care.
• The tool is the outcome of a national consensus conference held with leaders in the fields of nurse-managed health and primary care informatics, in Washington, DC, December 2004.
• This initiative - funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation - is the first national repository of data for Nurse Managed Health Centers.
• National Database Information - click here for more information

Electronic Health Record

• The Institute is collaborating with a national vendor to develop an electronic health record (EHR) specifically for Community Health and Nurse Managed Health Centers.
• EHR Fact Sheet