{"id":4186,"date":"2013-04-23T21:21:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T21:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/?p=4186"},"modified":"2013-04-24T00:28:06","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T00:28:06","slug":"david-werfel-presents-compliance-with-medicares-ambulance-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/david-werfel-presents-compliance-with-medicares-ambulance-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"David Werfel Presents Compliance with Medicare&#8217;s Ambulance Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4226\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4226\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4226\" alt=\"(L to R): David Werfel and Aetna\/ASM President and CEO Wayne Wright\" src=\"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Wayne-and-David-Werfel-300x199.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Wayne-and-David-Werfel-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Wayne-and-David-Werfel-450x300.png 450w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Wayne-and-David-Werfel.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L to R): David Werfel and Aetna\/ASM President and CEO Wayne Wright<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MANCHESTER &#8212; On April 23, 2013, Aetna and ASM welcomed David Werfel, Esq. from Werfel &amp; Werfel, PLLC. As our Medicare Compliance attorneys, David\u00a0delivered their annual site visit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As in years past, David presented proper and compliant documentation to the ambulance crews and dispatchers. Both David and his son Brian Werfel, Esq are nationally renowned experts in Medicare billing and compliance. They have authored numerous articles and manuals, including the Medicare Reference Manual for the American Ambulance Association.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to reviewing\u00a0EMS\/Medicare documentation, they consistently share important points and evolving issues. David also spent time with the Billing Department and management team reviewing\u00a0Ambulance Relief Extension, 2012 rates, Overpayment Rule, \u00a0Lifetime Signature, proving medical need and other topics.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANCHESTER &#8212; On April 23, 2013, Aetna and ASM welcomed David Werfel, Esq. from Werfel &amp; Werfel, PLLC. As our Medicare Compliance attorneys, David\u00a0delivered their annual site visit. As in years past, David presented proper and compliant documentation to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/david-werfel-presents-compliance-with-medicares-ambulance-rules\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1,53,54,46],"tags":[88,479,482,480],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4186"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4229,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186\/revisions\/4229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}