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Annual Meeting
The AAOE Program of the 2008 Joint Meeting is now available with more than 26 hours dedicated to Coding & Reimbursement. Member registration opens June 25.
New in Coding
Time is Running Out to Test NPI Only on Your Claims (PDF 8K) — Read the Part B News Article
Academy survey shows obstacles remain to PQRI participation for Ophthalmology
Physician Quality Reporting Initiative 2008 Updates
CMS PQRI Educational Resources
Download selected 2007 Annual Meeting courses. Listen to the course audio while following along with the speaker’s slides and download handouts in pdf format. Courses allow CME credit and are from one to two hours in duration. Available Coding & Reimbursement courses:
All downloads are FREE to AAOE and Academy members. Have your membership number ready. View all free downloadable courses.
CMS will now allow physicians to bill Medicare beneficiaries directly for the additional costs associated with insertion of the toric IOL. View CMS ruling
Medicare participation options for physicians (PDF 65K) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
OMIC has developed sample consent forms for Lucentis (PDF 52K) and Avastin (PDF 52K) (revised to address Lucentis)
Coding Tools
Revised Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) replaces the existing ABN-G, ABN-L and NEMB (Form CMS-20007).
Version 14.1
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Ophthalmic Coding Specialists (OCS)
Ophthalmic Coding Specialist Exam Reassure yourself that your coding knowledge is current.
Ophthalmic Coding Specialists (PDF 344K) alpha listing as of 3.18.08
Test your Coding Competence (PDF 109K)
CODEquest Seminars
CODEquest Ophthalmic Coding College 2008 - New Component: Ethics of Coding Attend a CODEquest one-day ophthalmic coding seminar sponsored by AAOE and your state or subspecialty society.
Coding Products
Visit our Products Page for a complete listing of AAOE coding products.
Bulletins
Visit our Newsletters page for links to the current issue of AAOE News, The Coding Bulletin, Executive Update and Techniques.
AAOE Coding Bulletin Archive | AAOE Executive Update Archive | Techniques Bulletin Archive
Questions? Please e-mail coding@aao.org
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