A newsletter for Highmark Blue Shield providers in central Pennsylvania, the Lehigh Valley, northeastern Pennsylvania, and southeastern Pennsylvania
Issue 6, June 2024
“Cancer”
will be the topic for the Coding and Quality Knowledge College webinar on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at 12:15 p.m.
Throughout the year, the college presents monthly webinars aimed at providing education on the proper coding of medical diagnoses, along with the associated quality measurements that impact documentation.
Here’s the topic schedule for the rest of the year:
All webinars are held 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. EST on the second Wednesday of the month.
Attendees are eligible to receive 0.5 CME credit. Preregistration is required and an Allegheny Health Network (AHN) CME account is needed to receive credit. You can learn more about the Coding and Quality Knowledge College on the Provider Resource Center (PRC). Select EDUCATION/MANUALS from the left menu and then click Coding Education/HCC University.
Once there, you can find instructions to create an AHN CME account, register for the next class, or view past coding webinars. To register for the July webinar on Cancer, go here.
*V28 will be the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Payment Model. The current payment system is a combination of both the V24 (which was the previous model) and V28 models. The V28 model goes into full effect for dates of service starting Jan. 1, 2025.
