Press Release: National Medicare-Medicaid Payment Incentives and Penalties Summit Features Entire Day on Hospital Financial and Quality Management in a Value-based World
- A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
- The Leading Forum on Recovery Audits, Readmissions, Value-Based Purchasing, HACs and Never Events, and Managing to Medicare Margins
- May 30 - June 1, 2012
- Includes the RAC and Readmissions Certificate Programs
- Co-located with Seventh National Medicaid Congress
- Onsite at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Washington, DC
- Online In Your Own Office or Home live via the Internet with Six Months Access
- www.MedicareMedicaidPaymentSummit.com
PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-503-3650
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.MedicareMedicaidPaymentSummit.com
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WASHINGTON DC USA -- MEDICARE/MEDICAID UPDATE NEWS SERVICE -- MARCH 30, 2012: The First National Medicare-Medicaid Payment Incentives and Penalties Summit, www.MedicareMedicaidPaymentSummit.com, will be held on May 30 - June 1, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Washington, DC. The Summit will be offered both onsite and live and archived for 6 months over the Internet.
FEATURING HOSPITAL FINANCIAL AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN A VALUE-BASED WORLD
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The New CMS Value-Based Purchasing Initiative
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Patrick Conway, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MD |
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Engaging Board Members and Physicians to Drive Hospital Performance
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Pam Arlotto, FHIMSS
President and Chief Executive Officer, Maestro Strategies, Roswell, GA |
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Bundled Payment -- Challenges and Opportunities for Hospitals
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Francois de Brantes
Executive Director, Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute, Newtown, CT |
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Colleen Matthews, FACHE
Director of Clinical Pilots, Horizon Healthcare Innovations, LLC, Newark, NJ |
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Employer Demands for Value from Providers...and the New Partnership Opportunities They Offer
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Dennis White
Senior Vice President, Value-Based Purchasing, National Business Coalition on Health, Washington, DC |
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Shane Wolverton
Principal, The Delta Group, Greeneville, SC |
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Hospitals and Care Systems of the Future
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Pam Rudisill, MSN, MEd, RN, NEA-BC (Invited)
Vice President for Nursing/Patient Safety, Health Management Associates, Inc.; Member, AHA Board Committee on Performance Improvement, Naples, FL |
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Patient Experience as an Indicator of Quality
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Seth Glickman, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC |
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Clinical Data Integration as the Foundation of an ACO or Patient-Centered Medical Home
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Darren Schulte, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Apixio, San Mateo, CA |
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Moving HACs, Never Events, and Medical Errors to Zero
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Doron Schneider, MD
Chief Patient Safety and Quality Officer, Abington Health, Abington, PA |
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Overview of Successful Strategies for Reducing Preventable Hospital Readmissions
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Ralph Wuebker, MD, MBA
Vice President, Audit, Compliance and Education, Executive Health Resources, Newtown Square, PA |
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Protecting Your Billing Privileges: A New Look at Medicare Enrollment
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Emily W.G. Towey, JD, MHA
Director, Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle, P.C., Glen Allen, VA |
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Hospital and Health System CFO Panel
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Diane Corrigan
Chief Financial Officer, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
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Diane Harden, CPA (Invited)
Chief Financial Officer, De Kalb Medical Center, Decatur, GA |
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Rosemary Rotty, MHA, FHFMA
Director, Service Line Finance, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA |
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Jackie H. Edwards
Partner, Health Industries Advisory, Revenue Performance Management Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Los Angeles, CA (Moderator) |
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GRANTORS
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ADDITIONAL GRANTORS
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BROCHURE NOW AVAILABLE
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Click here to download the brochure.
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TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED
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CMS Updates on Medicare and Medicaid Initiatives
Hospital Compliance Programs
Recovery Audit Contracting in Medicare and Medicaid
Reducing Hospital Acquired Conditions and "Never Events"
Proven Strategies to Prevent Unnecessary Readmissions
Key Legal and Regulatory Issues Ahead
Employer Demands for Value
Total Revenue Cycle Management
Instituting a Culture of Patient Safety
Making Value Based Purchasing a Bonus not a Penalty
How Patient-Centered Care Improves Quality and Lowers Cost
Managing to Medicare and Medicaid Margins
The Board's Role in Quality and Safety
How Baldrige Winners Meet the Triple Aim
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FREE TRIAL OFFER FOR INSIDE HEALTH POLICY
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Inside Washington Publishers is offering friends of the Medicare-Medicaid Payment Summit a free four-week trial subscription to their newsletter Inside Health Policy. The free trial includes all regular subscriber services, including an e-mail alert every business day as a reminder of what's been added to the site.
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CO-LOCATED WITH
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SEVENTH NATIONAL MEDICAID CONGRESS
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A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
Successful State Models for Dual Eligibles, Health Homes, and Medicaid Expansion
Media Partners: Harvard Health Policy Review and Health Affairs
May 30 - June 1, 2012
Hyatt Regency Crystal City
Washington, DC
www.MedicaidCongress.com
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MEDICARE RAC CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
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MEDICARE READMISSIONS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
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NATIONAL MEDICARE-MEDICAID PAYMENT
INCENTIVES AND PENALTIES SUMMIT
May 30 - June 1, 2012
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ONSITE
Hyatt Regency Crystal City
Washington, DC
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ONLINE
In your own office or home live via the Internet
with 24/7 access for six months
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Melanie Bella
Director of the Federal Coordinated Health Care Office, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC |

Jonathan Blum, MPP
Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC |

Richard Clarke, DHA, FHFMA
President, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), Westchester, IL
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Ceci Connolly
Managing Director, PwCHealth Research Institute, Washington, DC |

Richard P. Kusserow
CEO, Strategic Management Services, LLC; Former Inspector, General, US Department of Health and Human Services, Alexandria, VA |

Cindy Mann
Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
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SUMMIT CO CHAIRS
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Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP
Founder, Collaborative Healthcare Strategies, co-Founder, STAAR Initiative, Faculty, Harvard Medical School, Lexington, MA (Co Chair, Readmissions Content) |

Jackie H. Edwards
Partner, Health Industries Advisory, Revenue Performance Management Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Los Angeles, CA (Co Chair, Hospital Financial and Quality Performance Content) |

Day Egusquiza
President, AR Systems, Inc., Twin Falls, ID (Co Chair, Recovery Audit Contractng Content)
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Nancy Foster
Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Policy, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC (Co Chair, Readmissions Content) |

Kathleen Goonan, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Goonan Performance Strategies, LLC, Associate in Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (Summit Co Chair) |

Larry T. Hegland, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Ministry Saint Clare's Hospital, The Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Weston, WI (Co Chair, Recovery Audit Contractng Content)
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Sara Rosenbaum, JD
Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Summit Co Chair) |

Bruce Spurlock, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Convergence Health Consulting, Inc., Roseville, CA (Chair, Readmissions Preconference) |

Shane Wolverton
Principal, The Delta Group, Greeneville, SC (Co Chair, Hospital Financial and Quality Performance Content)
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CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
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MEDICARE RAC CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
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MEDICARE READMISSIONS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
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THE GROUP REGISTRATION/ONLINE TRAINING ALTERNATIVE
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By arranging to license online group access to the Medicare RAC or Readmissions Certificate Program, health care providers subject to RAC audits and potential readmissions penalties can implement an organization-wide online Certificate Program. The organization's training coordinator can assign and track online participation. Successful completion of the training can be evidenced by passing the post conference training examination.
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HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A HEALTH SYSTEM CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
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