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
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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
The New CMS Value-Based Purchasing Initiative
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
Engaging Board Members and Physicians to Drive Hospital Performance
Pam Arlotto, FHIMSS
President and Chief Executive Officer, Maestro Strategies, Roswell, GA
Bundled Payment -- Challenges and Opportunities for Hospitals
Francois de Brantes
Executive Director, Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute, Newtown, CT
Colleen Matthews, FACHE
Director of Clinical Pilots, Horizon Healthcare Innovations, LLC, Newark, NJ
Employer Demands for Value from Providers...and the New Partnership Opportunities They Offer
Dennis White
Senior Vice President, Value-Based Purchasing, National Business Coalition on Health, Washington, DC
Shane Wolverton
Principal, The Delta Group, Greeneville, SC
Hospitals and Care Systems of the Future
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
Patient Experience as an Indicator of Quality
Seth Glickman, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Clinical Data Integration as the Foundation of an ACO or Patient-Centered Medical Home
Darren Schulte, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Apixio, San Mateo, CA
Moving HACs, Never Events, and Medical Errors to Zero
Doron Schneider, MD
Chief Patient Safety and Quality Officer, Abington Health, Abington, PA
Overview of Successful Strategies for Reducing Preventable Hospital Readmissions
Ralph Wuebker, MD, MBA
Vice President, Audit, Compliance and Education, Executive Health Resources, Newtown Square, PA
Protecting Your Billing Privileges: A New Look at Medicare Enrollment
Emily W.G. Towey, JD, MHA
Director, Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle, P.C., Glen Allen, VA
Hospital and Health System CFO Panel
Diane Corrigan
Chief Financial Officer, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Diane Harden, CPA (Invited)
Chief Financial Officer, De Kalb Medical Center, Decatur, GA
Rosemary Rotty, MHA, FHFMA
Director, Service Line Finance, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
Jackie H. Edwards
Partner, Health Industries Advisory, Revenue Performance Management Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Los Angeles, CA (Moderator)

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TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED
  • 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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    CO-LOCATED WITH
    SEVENTH NATIONAL MEDICAID CONGRESS
    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

    MEDICARE RAC CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

    MEDICARE READMISSIONS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

    NATIONAL MEDICARE-MEDICAID PAYMENT
    INCENTIVES AND PENALTIES SUMMIT
    May 30 - June 1, 2012


    ONSITE
    Hyatt Regency Crystal City
    Washington, DC


    OR
    ONLINE
    In your own office or home live via the Internet
    with 24/7 access for six months


    KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

    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

    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
    SUMMIT CO CHAIRS

    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)

    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)

    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)
    CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
    MEDICARE RAC CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
    The Medicare-Medicaid Payment Summit is offering a Medicare RAC Certificate Program in the form of an optional course within the conference for attendees wishing to take a deeper dive into the Summit's subject matter. The Program requirements are:
    • Completion of preconference readings - Click here to review pre-course reading
    • Completion of online training modules on preparing for and responding to RAC audits, prepared by Davis Wright Tremaine and Deloitte & Touche
    • Attend Preconference Medicare RAC Boot Camp either in person or online
    • Attend Summit either in person or online
    • Successful completion of a post-conference online examination - Click here to take sample examination.

    Attendees who successfully complete Program requirements will receive a certificate of completion.


    MEDICARE READMISSIONS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
    The Medicare-Medicaid Payment Summit is offering a Medicare Readmissions Certificate Program in the form of an optional course within the conference for attendees wishing to take a deeper dive into the Summit's subject matter. The Program requirements are:
    • Completion of preconference readings - Click here to review pre-course reading
    • Completion of online training modules on Medicare Readmissions
    • Consideration of a series of preconference questions - Click here to review pre-course questions.
    • Attend Preconference Medicare Readmissions Boot Camp either in person or online
    • Attend Summit either in person or online
    • Successful completion of a post-conference online examination - Click here to take sample examination.

    Attendees who successfully complete Program requirements will receive a certificate of completion.


    PARTICIPATION OPTIONS
    TRADITIONAL ONSITE ATTENDANCE
    Simply register, travel to the conference city and attend in person.

    Pros: subject matter immersion; professional networking opportunities; faculty interaction






    LIVE AND ARCHIVED INTERNET ATTENDANCE
    Watch the conference in live streaming video over the Internet and at your convenience at any time 24/7 for the six months following the event.

    The archived conference includes speaker videos and coordinated PowerPoint presentations.

    Pros: Live digital feed and 24/7 Internet access for next six months; Accessible in office, at home or anywhere worldwide with Internet access; Avoid travel expense and hassle; No time away from the office





    INTERNET INTERFACE SAMPLE

    Click here for a sample stream
    THE GROUP REGISTRATION/ONLINE TRAINING ALTERNATIVE
    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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    SUMMIT REGISTRATION

    For Summit registration information, visit www.MedicareMedicaidPaymentSummit.com/registration.php, email registration@hcconferences.com, or call 800-503-3650.


    SUMMIT EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

    For sponsorship and exhibit information, visit www.MedicareMedicaidPaymentSummit.com/promotional/index.html, or contact Justin Sorensen, Exhibit Manager, at (206) 452-0609 phone, (206) 319-5303 fax, or exhibits@hcconferences.com.