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\nUse APEA’s Guide to Coding to Help Ensure Accuracy & Reimbursement
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\nAccurate and specific coding is the lifeblood of successful practice. Whether you are in a rural health clinic, community clinic, self-employed or part of a group, the primary responsibility for preventing inaccurate or fraudulent coding and documentation is in your hands. You, the primary care provider, are responsible for employing precise and succinct documentation practices to support accurate and specific code selection.
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\nAPEA is here to help. We have developed a printed handheld resource to help NPs navigate the intricacies of evaluation and management (E/M)
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\nAPEA’s Guide to Coding ($25) provides a succinct and focused guide to accurately selecting billing codes for the most common patient scenarios. NPs who provide exceptional care will use the cards to guide documentation of services, assuring medical necessity and accurate diagnosis—and ultimately the selection of appropriate codes to ensure maximum reimbursement.
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\nAPEA’s Guide to Coding uses an innovative compact design to provide the most relevant coding information in an easy-to-carry size and an easy-to-understand format. The card set features 20 pages (10 two-sided cards) printed on durable, thick cardstock. The pages are graduated in size for easy turning. Each page is labeled to guide the user to the appropriate coding card and associated information.
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\nAdvanced Practice Education Associates has introduced another education and practice innovation! APEA’s new Building Blocks of Growth: A Color-Coded Guide to Birth Through Age 21 is a toolkit that helps NP students and practicing NPs retain and apply key information about pediatric growth and development.
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\nFlash Cards
\nThe Building Blocks of Growth Flash Cards build and assess knowledge about the milestones of pediatric growth and development. Each flash card is created on colored cardstock corresponding to age and developmental task. For example, yellow cards feature questions about fine motor skills, red cards feature questions about physical development, and pink cards feature questions about newborn and infant reflexes.
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\nMore than 150 flash cards (167) are included in the product. Six 3.67 X 4.25-inch cards are printed on each sheet in the flash card pack; they are easily separated along preprinted perforation lines.
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\nSummary Sheets $\"\"$
\nThe Building Blocks of Growth Summary Sheets (8.5 X 11 inches) provide a succinct overview of the information contained on the flash cards. They also serve as a handy point of reference when a nurse practitioner enters an exam room to perform a pediatric assessment. Refer to a Building Blocks of Growth Summary Sheet to review the milestones that should be assessed during that patient visit.
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\n $\"\"$ The 10 summary sheets are spiral bound for ease of use, and they are printed on heavy cardstock for durability.
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\nEven Better Together
\nThe Building Blocks of Growth: A Color-Coded Guide to Birth Through Age 21 program was created and developed to meet the essential information needs of primary care nurse practitioners who treat children, adolescents and young adults.
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\nBundling the two components provides even greater value in practice. Purchase the summary sheets and flash cards together for a bundle price of $49.95.
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\nEvidence-Based
\nTwo important notes about evidence-based support for the content in the Building Blocks of Growth:
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\n•\tNinety percent of infants, toddlers, and children achieve the tasks or skills at the age denoted on the summary sheets and flash cards.
\n•\tThe information on the summary sheets and flash cards reflect the research and review of multiple authorities on growth and development, including the American Academy of Pediatrics Bright Futures program, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Denver II Developmental Screening materials.
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\nPricing Recap
\n•\tBuilding Blocks Flash Cards: $29.95
\n•\tBuilding Blocks Summary Sheets: $24.95
\n•\tBuilding Blocks Bundle (flash cards + summary sheets): $49.95
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\nDon’t miss out on these valuable resources! Order today! Building Blocks of Growth: A Color-Coded Guide to Birth Through Age 21 is a copyrighted product of Advanced Practice Education Associates.

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\nWashington, D.C. — Advanced Practice Education Associates (APEA) recently awarded prizes to five poster presentation winners at the annual conference of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF). The conference was held in April in Washington, D.C. The awards are jointly sponsored by APEA and Mary Neiheisel, EdD, MSN, BSN, CNS-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FNAP, a professor of nursing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
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\nNONPF members presented their research posters on three separate days, and APEA announced all prizes during the organization’s business meeting. For the posters presented on the third day, the judges awarded a three-way tie. The winners’ names and topics are listed below. Congratulations to all who entered! APEA is proud to support the mission and activities of NONPF.
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\nPictured with the winners are Amelie Hollier, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, APEA president and CEO (purple jacket); Jeanie Doucet, MBA, MT(ASCP), APEA vice president and chief operating officer (royal blue jacket); and Mary Neiheisel, EdD, MSN, BSN, CNS-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FNAP, professor of nursing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (turquoise blue suit).
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\nDay 1 Winner (photo 1)
\nTopic: Academic Partnerships to Transform Nurse Practitioner Student Preceptorships: Creating High-Quality Designated Preceptorships in Primary Care Clinics
\nPresenters: Constance Creech, EdD, MSN, RN, ANP-BC; Janet Paulson, MPH, BSN, RN; Margaret M. Andrews, PhD, RN, CTN, FAAN; Denise Cooper, DNP, MSN, RN, ANP-BC; and Tiffany Bishop, BS. All poster authors work at the University of Michigan-Flint.
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\nDay 2 Winner (photo 2)
\nTopic: From Procrastination to Proficiency: Transforming Distance Accessible Health Assessment Courses Through Use of Virtual Assessments
\nPresenter: Kala Blakely, DNP, CRNP, University of Alabama Birmingham School of Nursing
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\nDay 3 Winners
\nPhoto 3
\nTopic: Curriculum Development to Improve Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain and Address the Continuum of Opioid Use
\nPresenters: Susan Renda, DNP; Valerie T. Cotter, DrNP; Marianne Fingerhood, MSN; Tammy Slater, DNP; and Deborah S. Finnell, DNS. All poster authors work at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.
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\nPhoto 4
\nTopic: Advanced Practice Nursing Simulation: Lessons Taught and Lessons Learned by Faculty and Students
\nPresenters: Barbara Hollie, PhD, ANPBC; Youvalanda Frencher, DNP, MSN, RN; Hiba WehbeAlamah, PhD, FNP-BC, CTN-A. All poster authors work at the University of Michigan.
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\nPhoto 5
\nTopic: Online Asynchronous Problem-Based Learning: A Stepwise Approach
\nPresenters: Terri Fowler, DNP, APRN, FNP-C; Catherine Durham, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC; and Beth Jensen, DNP, FNP-BC, CNE. All poster authors work at the Medical University of South Carolina.
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\nPHOTO 1: Day 1 winners
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\nPHOTO 2: Day 2 winner
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\nPHOTO 3: Day 3 winners
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\nPHOTO 4: Day 3 winner
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\nPHOTO 5: Day 3 winners
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Self parking at the hotel is complimentary.

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Staybridge Suites - (901) 682-1722

Four Points by Sheraton Memphis East - (901) 767-6300

Adams Mark Hotels & Resorts - (901) 684-6664

Homewood Suites by Hilton Suites Poplar - (901) 763-0500

Marriott Memphis East - (901) 682-0080

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