From: "ASPIN Training Information " <pconrad@aspin.org>
Subject: THIS MONTH! Medical Necessity: How to Understand it at a Practical Level | ASPIN
Date: March 5th 2010

Medical Necessity
This presentation will focus on medical necessity from both the payer and provider perspective. It will explore what medical necessity means, how to document it, and what types of diagnostic presentations can lead to a challenge in meeting medical necessity criteria. Treatment planning will be discussed in relation to medical necessity with a focus on assuring measurable outcomes and clearly defined interventions. Finally, documentation examples will also be provided allowing for audience participation in “determining” what does or does not meet medical necessity criteria.

Workshop Objectives
1. Ability to define medical necessity
2. Ability to identify critical areas of documentation to reflect medical necessity
3. Ability to understand critical areas of treatment planning related to medical necessity
 

About the Presenter:

Scott Migdole, LCSW , COO is the Chief Operating Officer of Yale Behavioral Health and is an Assistant
Clinical Professor in the Yale Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine. Mr. Migdole
manages a broad array of behavioral health services for adolescents and adults, including
outpatient clinics, statewide juvenile detention mental health services, vocational rehabilitation
programming and crisis services. 

When:
March 26, 2010
9:00 to 4:30

Where:
ASPIN 3600 Woodview Trace, Suite 103 Indianapolis, IN  

Deadline:
Register by March 22, 2010

Cost:
ASPIN Members: $115.00
Affiliate and Panel Providers: $165.00
Non- Members: $215.00  

REGISTER

6 CEU Credit Hours

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