2004 HFMA seminars and meetings

Healthcare Financial Management, Annual, 2004

Educational Events

Feb. 23-26

San Antonio Cluster

San Antonio

Feb. 29 March 2

Health Care Finance--The Executive Summit

New York, N.Y.

March 15-18

New Orleans Cluster

New Orleans

April 21-22

Alexandria Cluster

Alexandria, Va.

April 25-27

Leadership Training Conference

San Francisco

May 17-20

San Diego Cluster

San Diego

October

Revenue Cycle Strategies Fall--2004

Las Vegas, Nev.

2004 HFMA Cluster Seminar Topics

Seminars for the San Antonio, New Orleans; Alexandria, and San Diego clusters will be scheduled from among the following topics:

Financial Reimbursement

* Using Activity Based Information to Enhance Operational Decision-Making

* Cost Accounting Applications for Management Decision-Making

* Cost Control and Six Sigma: Using Process Redesign to Reduce Operating Costs

* Fundamentals of Healthcare Financial Management

* Turning Data into Useful Information: How to Effectively Collect, Analyze, and Report Financial and Clinical Data to Enhance Decision-Making in Health Care

* Charting Your Course through Hospital Medicare Cost Reporting

* Six Sigma in Healthcare Finance: Prescription to World-Class Patient Care

Revenue Cycle

* Charge Master Strategies to Enhance and Maintain Your Billing Process

* Denials Management--Real-Life Activities that Improve Payments and Maintain Compliance

* Revenue Cycle Management Strategies Implementing the Ultimate Revenue Cycle Model: Strategies for Success

* Revenue Cycle and Supply Chain Management-Gaining Insight and Improving Key Hospital Processes

* Essential Issues of Revenue and Reimbursement Strategies

* Patient Access: Strengthening the Weakest Link

Managed Care Operations and Processes

* Fundamentals or Managed Care

* Understanding and Evaluating Managed Care Contracts

* Maximizing Revenues Using Reimbursement Methodologies in the Changing Managed Care Environment

* Breakthrough Negotiations Strategies

* Auditing Ambulatory Claims Payments

* Labor Cost Management

Long-Term Care/Home Health Care

* Prospective Payment System, Consolidated Billing, Cost Reporting, Coverage and Compliance for SNFs and Subacute Providers

* Compliance, Coverage, and Cost Reporting for Home Health Agencies under the Prospective Payment System

JUNE 27-JULY 1 2004 ANNUAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE Nashville, Tenn.

HFMA's Annual National Institute is the premier educational and networking experience for healthcare financial management professionals, providing four days of focused, relevant, educational courses and other events that fully explore all of the important issues affecting healthcare finance.

For more information or to register, visit www.hfma.org, or call (800) 252-4362, ext. 2