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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.
AAOE & AAO member registration and housing now open!
New in Coding
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. Courses are one to two hours in duration and eligible for CME credit. All downloads are FREE to AAOE members. Have your membership number ready.
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).
Medicare Claim Adjustment Codes (PDF 411K) Version 14.2
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Ophthalmic Coding Specialists (OCS)
Ophthalmic Coding Specialist Exam Reassure yourself that your coding knowledge is current. Ophthalmic Coding Specialists (PDF 496K) alpha listing as of June 20, 2008
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.
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
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