Last Chance to Register: Free Webinar on Advanced Strategies in Responding to Managed Care & Payer Audits on Tuesday, May 9th

• Creating a new Collaborative Payer and Provider Pathway. Turning Anguish into Action
• Sponsored by the Fifth National Physician Advisor & Utilization Review Boot Camp
• Tuesday, May 9, 2017
• 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm eastern
• http://appealacademy.com/from-anguish-to-action/

WASHINGTON, DC -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- MAY 8, 2017: Join us on Tuesday, May 9th at 1:00 pm Eastern for a free webinar titled "Advanced Strategies in Responding to Managed Care & Payer Audits."

During the webinar, we will be discussing all 5 members of the Dream Team as we learn better practices that impact provider's relationships with the payers.

The faculty for the webinar, Day Egusquiza and Dr. Maria Johar, will outline how she and Aetna turned anguish into a new working relationship. Exciting!

Sign up for the webinar at http://appealacademy.com/from-anguish-to-action/. Just go to this website on or before Tuesday, May 9th at 1:00pm EST to join us. We look forward to seeing you online!

FEATURING A PRECONFERENCE SESSION Documentation 101: Telling an Enhanced Patient Story PLENARY SESSIONS Regulatory Update: Impacts from DC and Payer Updates Managed Care Anguish and Why I Love the 2 MN Rule Contracting: Key Elements Within a Contract and Creating an Operational Focus for Contracting Payer Relations: Each Payer will Address Key Areas of Status Disputes, Contract Issues and Payer/Provider Challenges Case Study Discussion: Payer Denial Anguish with Action Plan Provider Challenges: BUILDING A Contract Data Base for ongoing Payer Challenges Provider Challenges: UM Contracting Worksheet Provider Challenges: Payer Anguish Provider Challenges: Payers and Providers Forging a new Relationship Provider Challenges: Payer/Provider Workgroup Appeal and Denial Prevention Team Nuts and Bolts of Peer2PeerReview Strategies for Internal Appeal filings Legal Team: When All Else Fails TABLE TALK WITH FACULTY The Validity of Clinical Validation Denials Integration with the Revenue Cycle Team to Find Lost Revenue Lessons Learned from Filing Payer Appeals and Common Denial Patterns The Physician Advisor and Payer Relations Patient Notices: ABN, HINN, IMM, Moon Appeals Hot Topic AND THE RAC CERTIFICATE PROGRAM The Boot Camp Certificate Program Curriculum and Requirements are as Follows: Complete preconference readings (as needed, up to 4 hours). Attend the preconference (4 hours). Attend the entire Boot Camp (12 hours). Successfully complete the post-conference online examination (1 hour). Those who successfully complete the program requirements and pass the final examination will receive a certificate of completion.

AND SAVE THE DATE FOR THE FIFTH PHYSICIAN ADVISOR AND UR TEAM BOOT CAMP FEATURING

Marlene Allen, MBA, CHA, CHCO Compliance Internal Auditor/HIPAA Privacy Officer, Harrisburg Medical Center, Inc., Harrisburg, IL R. Phillip Baker, MD Physician Advisor, Self Regional Healthcare, Greenwood, SC Jennifer Bartlett Clinical Appeals & Denials Coordinator, Infirmary Health, Former Coordinator Of Patient Financial Services, Infirmary Health, Mobile, AL Mary Murray Battiste, MA Manager, Clinical Documentation Improvement, Infirmary Health, Mobile, AL Ernie de los Santos Founder & Faculty Chair at Appeal Academy, Former Creator & Chief Architect, The RAC Shadow Agency, San Antonio, TX Jessica L. Gustafson, Esq. Founding Shareholder, The Health Law Partners, Southfield, MI Ronald Hirsch, MD, FACP Vice President, Regulations and Education Group, R1 Physician Advisory Services, Chicago, IL Maria Johar, MD System Physician Advisor and Medical Director, Promedica Health Network, Promedica Health System, Toledo, OH Elizabeth Lamkin, MHA Chief Executive Officer, PACE Healthcare Consulting, LLC, Former Market President &CEO, Hilton Head Regional Healthcare, Tenet Healthcare, Hilton Head Island, SC Kathryn Lueken, MD, MMM, CPE Regional Medical Director, Humana, Former Chief Medical Officer, WVP Health Authority, Durham, NC William Malm, ND, CMAS, CRCR Managing Director, Revenue Integrity Services, Healthcare Audit Specialist, Appeal Academy, Former Director, Revenue Integrity Services, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Cleveland, OH John Montaine, MBA, FHFMA, HRM Chief Executive Officer, Creative Managed Care Solutions, LLC, San Antonio, TX Anand Nilakantan, DO, MBA Medical Director, Aetna Mid-America Region, Dublin, OH Abby Pendleton, Esq. Founding Shareholder, The Health Law Partners, Southfield, MI Ferdinand Richards, MD Medical Director, KePro Quality Improvement Organization, Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine Physician, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL K. Cheyenne Santiago, RN Clinical Manager – Medical Review, WPS GHA, Omaha, NE Sommer Slavin, RN, MS, MBA, CCDS Program Coordinator, Utilization Management, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY Denise Wilson, RN, MS, RRT Vice President, Intersect Healthcare + AppealMasters, Lutherville, MD

BOOT CAMP REGISTRATION

For Boot Camp registration information, visit www.RACSummit.com/registration/, email registration@hcconferences.com, or call 800-503-0188.

BOOT CAMP EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

For sponsorship and exhibit information, visit www.RACSummit.com/promotional-opportunities/, or contact Justin Sorensen, Exhibit Manager, at (206) 673-4815 phone, 206-319-5303 fax, or exhibits@hcconferences.com.