OPPS Training Seminars
Dates: Wednesday, July 12 & Thursday, July 13, 2000
Times: Two sessions per day, 9 a.m.-12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Location: GNYHA Conference Center, 555 West 57th Street, 15th Floor

GNYHA is holding four training seminars for patient accounts and outpatient registration staff on the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), which is scheduled to begin on August 1, 2000. The four sessions will review billing under OPPS, assignment of modifiers, calculation of Medicare program payments, and calculation of beneficiary copayment and deductible amounts. Each of the sessions will be conducted by Empire Medicare Services and others. They are open to GNYHA members only. To register, call Barbara Marino at GNYHA.

Medicare Provider-Based Regulations
Date: Friday, July 14, 2000
Time: 9 a.m.-12:00 noon
Location: GNYHA Conference Center, 555 West 57th Street, 15th Floor

Regulations promulgated as part of the Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) establish extensive new requirements for ambulatory care and other sites associated with a main provider (such as a hospital) to acquire and maintain provider-based status. Among other things, provider-based status allows a site to bill as part of the hospital, which, even under OPPS, brings higher reimbursement overall than reimbursement for freestanding sites. Because of the importance and sweep of the new regulations, which replace more general administrative rulings effective October 10, 2000, GNYHA is sponsoring a special member briefing on the rules. The briefing will be given by Dennis Barry, Esq., of the law firm Vinson & Elkins; Mr. Barry is widely regarded as a national expert on the regulations. The briefing is open to GNYHA members only. To register, call Barbara Marino at GNYHA.

DOH Perinatal Survey Process
Date: Monday, August 7, 2000
Time: 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Location: GNYHA Conference Center, 555 West 57th Street, 15th Floor

This meeting, for GNYHA members only, will include a discussion of the New York State Department of Health's (DOH's) perinatal survey, which will be sent to GNYHA members on July 19, 2000. Representatives from the DOH Bureau of Women's Health will provide information and answer members' questions regarding completion of the survey. For more information, call Doris R. Varlese, and to register, contact Barbara Marino, both at GNYHA.