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MEDICARE RAC CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
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NATIONAL MEDICARE RAC SUMMIT AGENDA:
PRECONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Note, all times listed are Eastern Standard Time
(Registration optional; Required for RAC Certificate Program)
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PRECONFERENCE: MEDICARE RAC BOOT CAMP
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7:00 a.m. |
Registration Commences
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8:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Preconference Boot Camp Overview
Day Egusquiza
President, AR Systems, Inc., Twin Falls, ID (Co Chair)
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8:15 a.m. |
RAC and the Alphabet Soup of Program Integrity
Cristine M. Miller
Partner, Mountjoy Chilton Medley, Louisville, KY
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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8:45 a.m. |
RAC at Ground Zero: Organizing and Managing the Internal Hospital RAC Team
Lisa Krumpter, RN, MS
Appeals Manager, RAC Liaison, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, NY
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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9:15 a.m. |
RAC at Ground Zero: Organizing and Managing the Hospital Response Process
Kathy Skrzypczak
Assistant Vice President, Corporate Services, Martin Memorial Health System, Stuart, FL
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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9:45 a.m. |
Break
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10:15 a.m. |
Taming Complex RAC Risk Areas using Root Cause Analysis and Scorecards
Valerie Barckhoff
Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Quorum Health Resources, LLC, Brentwood, TN
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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10:45 a.m. |
The Basics of the MAC, MIC, and RAC Appeals Process
Andrew B. Wachler, Esq.
Principal, Wachler & Associates, PC, Author, "Recovery Audit Contractors and Medicare Audits: Successful Strategies for Preparing for and Defending Audits", Journal of Health Care Compliance, Royal Oak, MI
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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11:15 a.m. |
Early Findings and Lessons from the Resumption of RAC Implementation
Day Egusquiza
President, AR Systems, Inc., Twin Falls, ID
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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11:45 p.m. |
Preconference Adjournment
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MEDICARE RAC CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
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NATIONAL MEDICARE RAC SUMMIT AGENDA: DAY I
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Note, all times listed are Eastern Standard Time
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MEDICARE RECOVERY AUDIT CONTRACTING AND THE BROADER PROGRAM INTEGRITY LANDSCAPE
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1:00 p.m. |
Welcome and Overview
Kathleen Houston Drummy, Esq.
Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA (Co Chair)
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1:15 p.m. |
Overview of Program Integrity Audits Process
Richard P. Kusserow
President and Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Management; Former Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services, Alexandria, VA
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1:45 p.m. |
The MAC Education and Oversight Role
Karen Jackson
Director, Medicare Contractor Management Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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2:15 p.m. |
The Medicaid Integrity Program and Medicaid Integrity Contractors (MICs)
Sara Kay Wheeler
Partner, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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2:45 p.m. |
Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPICs)
Cristine M. Miller
Partner, Mountjoy Chilton Medley, Louisville, KY
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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3:15 p.m. |
Networking Break
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3:45 p.m. |
HHS OIG Initiatives for Medicare and Medicaid
George M. Reeb
Assistant Inspector General for Medicare and Medicaid Program Audits, Office of the Inspector General, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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4:15 p.m. |
The State Medicaid Program Integrity Agenda
James G. Sheehan, Esq.
Medicaid Inspector General, NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, Former Associate United States Attorney, US Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Albany, NY
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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4:45 p.m. |
Reading the Congressional Tea Leaves about Where Program Integrity May be Headed Next
Alan S. Goldberg, Esq., LLM
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, Adjunct Professor of Health Law, George Mason University, McLean, VA
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5:15 p.m. |
Wrap-Up and Final Speaker Q&A
Kathleen Houston Drummy, Esq.
Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA (Co Chair)
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5:30 p.m. |
Networking Reception
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