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Healthcare Financial Management, June, 2003
2003 Annual National Institute
Sunday, June 22
Monday, June 23
Track
Preconference Programs Financial Management
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Patient Financial Services The Future of Health Care: An
Conference (PC01) Outlook from the Perspective of
Hospital CEOs (A01)
Compliance Officers Conference
(PC02)
Using Data to Make Management
Decisions (PC03)
Charge Master Strategies to Enhance 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Your Billing Process (PC04)
Protocol of A/R Management (B01)
Understanding the Medicare Cost
Report (PC05) Combining Data with Judgment in
Healthcare Enterprise Planning
(B02)
The Future of Health Care: An
Outlook from the Perspective of
Hospital CEOs (B03) *
Compliance/Legislative
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Hot Trends in Reimbursement
Regulation (A02)
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The OIG is Watching--Are You?
Work Plan 2003 (B04)
Strategies for Managing HIPAA
Transaction Compliance and
Identifying Opportunities for
Future Cost Savings (B05)
Payment and Reimbursement
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Advanced Charge Master Techniques
(A03)
National Coaching Course Entrepreneurial Opportunities in
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Serving the Senior Market (A04)
Core Review Session 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Leveraging Self-Pay into a
Significant Financial Opportunity
Specialty Review Session: (B06)
Accounting & Finance
Patient Financial Services Leadership Development
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Managed Care
Advanced Interviewing Techniques
Physician Practices Management (A05)
Threading Accountability to
Performance Improvement by Using
Compliance Training as the
Catalyst: Lessons Learned in the
Field (A06)
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Effectively Communicating Financial
Information to Non-Financial
Managers (B07)
PFS/Revenue Cycle
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Ten Strategies Used for the Alegent
Health Turnaround (A07)
Risk Mitigation Within the Revenue
Cycle (A08)
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Professional Assessment Program Access Redesign: Establish a Best
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Practice to Enhance Revenue (B08)
Feedback Review Patient Friendly Billing (B09)
Technology Information Management
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Paper-based Information Processes:
The Money Pit (A09)
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Optimization of PDA and Web Portal
Performance (B10)
Senior Financial Executive
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Strategic Benchmarking and
Productivity Measurements (A10)
Best Practices in Denials
Management (A11)
HFMA Certification Exams
Monday, June 23 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Obtaining Better Results Using
Certification Exams by Appointment Value-Based Operations (B11)
Certification exams will be
administered on Monday, June 23, by Managed Care
advance appointment. Walk-ins will 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
be accepted on a space-available
basis. Issues and Trends in Payer/Provider
Disputes (A12)
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Effective Strategies for Reducing
Managed Care Denials (B12)
Sunday, June 22 Tuesday, June 24
Preconference Programs
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Patient Financial Services APCs: Revenue Enhancement
Conference (PC01) vs. Compliance (C01)
Compliance Officers Conference Protocol of A/R Management (C02) *
(PC02)
Using Data to Make Management
Decisions (PC03)
Charge Master Strategies to Enhance 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Your Billing Process (PC04)
Benchmarking and Monitoring
Understanding the Medicare Cost Critical Indicators (D01)
Report (PC05)
Measuring the Impact of APC Rate
Changes (D02)
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Legal Issues Update: 2002-2003
(C03)
Contracting Do's and Don'ts:
Pitfalls and Opportunities (C04)
Hot Trends in Reimbursement
Regulation (C05) *
2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Washington Update (D03)
Rural and Critical Access Hospital
Regulatory and Reimbursement Update
(D04)
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
HIPAA Testing & Certification:
Are You Ready? (C06)
National Coaching Course Entering the Age of Contract
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Revenue Cycle Management (C07)
Core Review Session 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Maximizing Time of Service
Collections (D05)
Specialty Review Session:
Operationalizing HIPAA: Getting the
Accounting & Finance Dollars (D06)
Patient Financial Services
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Managed Care
Moving Up to the CEO (C08)
Physician Practices Management
2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Connecting Staff Knowledge and
Improved Cash Collections (D07)
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Defining the New Comparative PFS
Performance Metrics (C09)
2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Reducing A/R Through Benchmarking
and Management Skills (D08)
Professional Assessment Program
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Denials Management Failures: Lost
Revenue and Increased Compliance
Feedback Review Risk (D09)
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Streamlining Healthcare Business
Operations (C10)
2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Patient Financial Services
Technology Watch: The Future is NOW
(D10)
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Got Money? Integrating Facility,
Financial, and Strategic Planning
(C11)
HFMA Certification Exams
Monday, June 23
7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
The CFO's Role in Combating the
Certification Exams by Appointment Industry's Biggest Issue: Self-Pay
(D-11)
Certification exams will be
administered on Monday, June 23, by
advance appointment. Walk-ins will 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
be accepted on a space-available
basis. Show Me the Money: Strategies
for Getting Claims Paid (C12)
2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Optimal Pricing Strategies for
Healthcare Firms (D12)
Sunday, June 22 Wednesday, June 25
Preconference Programs
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Patient Financial Services HFMA Accounting and Financial
Conference (PC01) Update (E01)
Compliance Officers Conference Measuring Performance Indicators
(PC02) (E02)
Using Data to Make Management Five Steps to Transform A/R
Decisions (PC03) Management (E03)
Charge Master Strategies to Enhance 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Your Billing Process (PC04)
The Financial Manager's
Understanding the Medicare Cost Perspective: Monitoring Charge
Report (PC05) Master Effectiveness (F01)
Medicare Optimization Opportunities
in Today's Healthcare Environment
(F02)
Strategies for Successful Revenue
Management in an Integrated Health
System (F03)
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Keeping Compliance Real: Defining
an Honest Billing Error (E04)
Navigating an Internal Compliance
Investigation (E05)
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The Paper Claims Not Dead Yet! An
NUBC Update and UB-02 Review (E06)
National Coaching Course Latest Issues in Denials
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Management (E07)
Core Review Session 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Ambulatory Payment Classifications:
Beyond 2003 (F04)
Specialty Review Session:
Accounting & Finance
Patient Financial Services
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Managed Care
Leading and Managing for Superior
Physician Practices Management Results (E08)
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Keep Your Healthcare Professionals
for Life (F05)
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Payer/Provider Collaboration:
Transforming the Revenue Cycle
Through Cooperation (E09)
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Emergency Department, EMTALA
and APCs (F06)
Professional Assessment Program
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Revenue Cycle Key Performance
Indicators (F07)
Feedback Review
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Reinventing Billing Processes to
Meet Today's Technology (E10)
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Avoiding Damage to Institutional
Integrity: CFO's Role in Managing
Stakeholder Relationships (E11)
HFMA Certification Exams
Monday, June 23 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Contemporary Debt Financial
Certification Exams by Appointment Strategies and Implications for
Providers (F08)
Certification exams will be
administered on Monday, June 23, by
advance appointment. Walk-ins will 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
be accepted on a space-available
basis. Practical Strategies for Managing
Rejections and Denials (El2)
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Negotiating and Administering High
Performance Managed Care Contracts
(F09)
* Repeated Sessions
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