Calendar

Healthcare Financial Management, July, 2005

Fall 2005 Seminars

Level  Seminar                                  Sept. 26-29  Oct. 17-20
                                                Seattle      Cambridge,
                                                             Mass.
       Financial Management

I/A    Achieving Breakthrough Performance:
       Tools and Techniques to Improve
       Healthcare Cost and Performance
I/A    Cost Control and Six Sigma: Using
       Process Redesign to Reduce Operating
       Costs                                                 10/17-18
B      Fundamentals of Healthcare Financial
       Management                               9/28-29      10/19-20
I      Turning Data into Useful Information:
       How to Effectively Collect, Analyze,
       and Report Financial and Clinical Data
       to Enhance Decision Making in Health
       Care                                     9/26-27      10/19-20
O      Charting Your Course Through Hospital
       Medicare Cost Reporting                  9/26-27      10/17-18
I/A    Superior Productivity in Healthcare
       Organizations:
       How to Get It, How to Keep It (New)      9/26-27      10/19-20
I/A    Critical Access Hospital Chargemaster    9/29
A      Bridging the Chasm Between Finance and
       Nursing to Manage Nursing Salary Costs                10/19
I/A    Splitting the Healthcare Pie:
       Real-World Strategies to Develop
       Effective Hospital/Physician
       Transactions and Ventures                             10/17
I/A    Consumer-Directed Health Plans:
       The Financial Impact on Hospitals

       Revenue Cycle

B/I    Chargemaster Strategies to Enhance and
       Maintain Your Billing Process                         10/19-20
A      Advanced Chargemaster Strategies         9/28-29
I/A    Denials Management-Processes,
       Performance, and Results                 9/26-27
I/A    Key Performance Indicators: Creating
       Strategic Scorecards (New)
I/A    Revenue Cycle Management Strategies      9/28-29
I/A    Revenue Cycle and Supply Chain
       Management-Gaining Insight and
       Improving Key Hospital Processes                      10/17-18
B/I    Essential Issues of Revenue and
       Reimbursement Strategies                 9/28-29
I      Patient Access: Strengthening the
       Weakest Link                                          10/17-18
I/A    Making Sense of Observation: Condition
       Code 44 and ROI of Medical Management:
       Reducing Clinical Denials by Managing
       Length of Stay and Throughput (New)                   10/19
U      APC Changes for 2006: Financial
       Implications and Evolving Management
       Strategies (Revised)

       Managed Care Operations and Reimbursement

B      Fundamentals of Managed Care                          10/17-18
I/A    Understanding and Evaluating Managed
       Care Contracts                           9/26-27      10/17-18
I/A    Getting Paid for New Technology (New)
I/A    Managed Care: Product Innovations and
       Reimbursement Implications               9/26-27
B/I    Introduction to Prospective Payment
       Methods (New)                                         10/19-20
I/A    Developing Strategies for Pricing and
       Reimbursement                            9/28
I/A    Breakthrough Negotiation Strategies
I/A    CDHPs and Managed Care: Contracting
       Implications (New)                       9/28
I/A    Pay for Performance: Myths and
       Realities (New)

       Long-Term Care/Home Health Care

I/A    Prospective Payment System,
       Consolidated Billing, Cost Reporting,
       Coverage and Compliance for SNFs and
       Subacute Providers                       9/26-27
I/A    Compliance, Coverage and Cost
       Reporting for Home Health Agencies
       Under the Prospective Payment System     9/28-29

Level  Seminar                                  Nov. 14-17   Dec. 5-8
                                                Phoenix      Chicago

       Financial Management

I/A    Achieving Breakthrough Performance:
       Tools and Techniques to Improve
       Healthcare Cost and Performance          11/14-17
I/A    Cost Control and Six Sigma: Using
       Process Redesign to Reduce Operating
       Costs                                                 12/7-8
B      Fundamentals of Healthcare Financial
       Management                               11/16-17     12/5-6
I      Turning Data into Useful Information:
       How to Effectively Collect, Analyze,
       and Report Financial and Clinical Data
       to Enhance Decision Making in Health
       Care                                     11/16-17     12/5-6
O      Charting Your Course Through Hospital
       Medicare Cost Reporting                  11/14-15
I/A    Superior Productivity in Healthcare
       Organizations:
       How to Get It, How to Keep It (New)
I/A    Critical Access Hospital Chargemaster    11/14
A      Bridging the Chasm Between Finance and
       Nursing to Manage Nursing Salary Costs
I/A    Splitting the Healthcare Pie:
       Real-World Strategies to Develop
       Effective Hospital/Physician
       Transactions and Ventures                             12/7
I/A    Consumer-Directed Health Plans:
       The Financial Impact on Hospitals                     12/8

       Revenue Cycle

B/I    Chargemaster Strategies to Enhance and
       Maintain Your Billing Process                         12/5-6
A      Advanced Chargemaster Strategies         11/16-17
I/A    Denials Management-Processes,
       Performance, and Results                 11/14-15
I/A    Key Performance Indicators: Creating
       Strategic Scorecards (New)                            12/7-8
I/A    Revenue Cycle Management Strategies      11/14-15
I/A    Revenue Cycle and Supply Chain
       Management-Gaining Insight and
       Improving Key Hospital Processes
B/I    Essential Issues of Revenue and
       Reimbursement Strategies                              12/5-6
I      Patient Access: Strengthening the
       Weakest Link                                          12/5-6
I/A    Making Sense of Observation: Condition
       Code 44 and ROI of Medical Management:
       Reducing Clinical Denials by Managing
       Length of Stay and Throughput (New)                   12/8
U      APC Changes for 2006: Financial
       Implications and Evolving Management
       Strategies (Revised)                     11/15        12/7

       Managed Care Operations and Reimbursement

B      Fundamentals of Managed Care
I/A    Understanding and Evaluating Managed
       Care Contracts                           11/14-15     12/5-6
I/A    Getting Paid for New Technology (New)                 12/8
I/A    Managed Care: Product Innovations and
       Reimbursement Implications                            12/5-6
B/I    Introduction to Prospective Payment
       Methods (New)                            11/16-17
I/A    Developing Strategies for Pricing and
       Reimbursement                            11/16
I/A    Breakthrough Negotiation Strategies                   12/7-8
I/A    CDHPs and Managed Care: Contracting
       Implications (New)
I/A    Pay for Performance: Myths and
       Realities (New)                                       12/7

       Long-Term Care/Home Health Care

I/A    Prospective Payment System,
       Consolidated Billing, Cost Reporting,
       Coverage and Compliance for SNFs and
       Subacute Providers
I/A    Compliance, Coverage and Cost
       Reporting for Home Health Agencies
       Under the Prospective Payment System

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U = Update