Cost
$12.50 non-members
$11.25 members (must be logged in to receive the discount)
Includes access to the eCourse for 1 year
Overview
This 1.25-hour course reviews options for billing and coding by using case examples.
Objectives
- Explain the principles of time-based coding and coding by medical decision making
- Identify the requirements needed to bill as a consultant
- Discuss considerations on whether to bill for the lactating parent and/or the infant
- Define incident-to billing
Topic Outline
- Lactation coverage per the Affordable Care Act
- Preventative codes for lactation
- Billing on time vs medical decision making
- Billing as a consultant
- Case based learning
Accreditation
CMEs: The AAFP has reviewed Case Discussions on Billing and Coding for Lactation and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.25 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CERPs: If this course is purchased by December 31st, 2025, this course has been allocated 1.25(L) CERPs recognized by IBLCE. Long Term Provider #117-04.
If this course is purchased on or after January 1st, 2026, according to the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) Individual CERPs Guide for Recertification, Section IIIA, education that has been awarded educational credit by another board or organization may be counted as CERPs. All IABLE courses both live and enduring are awarded continuing education credits (CMEs) from the American Academy of Family Physicians. Each CME credit can be counted as one CERP. There is no limit to the number of CMEs that can be counted as CERPs.
Nursing Credits: All state boards for nursing licensure approve of educational offerings that are approved by the American Nursing Credentialling Center (ANCC)
According to ANCC Certification, the continuing education hours approved by the AAFP and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ meet the requirement of formally approved continuing education hours and may be used as such for ANCC Certification renewal. https://www.nursingworld.org/certification/faqs/
Speakers
Karen Bodnar MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP, received her BS in Physics from MIT and served as an officer in the US Air Force. She then completed medical school and pediatric residency at the University of Florida. At UF, she also studied to become an Internationally Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). After completing her training, she spent 5 years in California where she worked in private practice and as an assistant clinical professor of general pediatrics at Harbor UCLA Medical Center.
In 2015, she relocated to Virginia and became a pediatric hospitalist, assistant clinical professor at Inova Children’s Hospital, and medical director of the Inova Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic. She is a fellow of both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, a past board member of IABLE, and a recent board member of ABM. She is a cohost on the Breastfeeding Medicine Podcast series.
Conflicts of Interest
None
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