Agenda: Day I
Thursday, December 5, 2013
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7:00 am |
Registration Opens
Welcome Coffee
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OPENING PLENARY SESSION: NATIONAL ISSUES AND NATIONAL PLAYERS
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8:00 am
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Welcome and Overview
Audience Response System Questions
Brian Annulis, Esq.
Partner, Meade, Roach & Annulis, LLP, Chicago, IL (Summit Co Chair)
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8:15 am
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RAC Stakeholders -- Finding Some Common Ground?
Maria Perrin
Chief Business Officer, HMS Holdings Corp., New York, NY
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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8:45 am
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MAC Roles and Relationships
Laurence Clark, MD, FACP
Medical Director, NGS Medicare, National Government Services, E. Syracuse, NY
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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K. Cheyenne Santiago, RN
Senior Nurse Analyst, WPS Medicare - Provider Outreach & Education, Omaha, NE
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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Jeffrey Farber, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer, Mount Sinai Care, LLC; Associate Professor, Brookdale Dept of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine; Director, Appeals Management and Clinical Documentation Improvement Departments, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY (Moderator)
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9:30 am
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The View from the QIC
Janice H. Eidem, JD, PMP
CMS-QIC Lead, MAXIMUS Federal Services, Inc., Victor, NY
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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10:00 am |
Networking Break
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10:30 am
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What Auditors Look for to Confirm/Deny Medical Necessity -- Lessons from a Former Auditor
Deepak Pahuja, MD, FACP
Chief Medical Officer, Aerolib Healthcare Solutions, LLC, Erie, PA
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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11:00 am
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Use of Interqual and Milliman Care Guidelines
William D. Rifkin, MD, FACP, FHM
Managing Editor, MCG (formerly Milliman Care Guldelines), New York, NY
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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Robert Roth, MD, MPH
Medical Director for InterQual®, McKesson Health Solutions, Newton, MA
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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E.G. "Nick" Ulmer, Jr., MD, CPC
Vice President, Clinical Services and Medical Director for Case Management, Spartanburg Regional Health System, Spartanburg, SC (Moderator)
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11:45 am
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Two Midnight Rule -- Implications for Documentation
Ralph Wuebker, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer, Executive Health Resources, Newtown Square, PA
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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12:15 pm |
Networking Lunch -- Optional Table Topics
- Use of PEPPER
Marcia Widmer, MPP, CPC
Director of Compliance and Audit, North Shore Medical Center, Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Salem, MA
- Successful Use of the Discussion Period
Jeannine Engel, MD, FACP
Physician Advisor, University of Utah Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT
- ABNs, HINNs, and Condition 44
Ronald Hirsch, MD, FACP
Vice President, Accretive Physician Advisory Services (AccretivePAS), Chicago, IL
- Why a System Put RAC under Patient Accounting
Karen L. Zurek
Assistant Vice President/Patient Accounting, Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, NC
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AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION: HOT ISSUES
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1:15 pm
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Welcome and Overview
Larry T. Hegland, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Ministry Saint Clare's Hospital, The Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Weston, WI (Summit Co Chair)
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1:30 pm
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Perspectives from the Field -- the Hospital Association Panel
Stewart Presser (Performant Recovery and NGS)
Vice President, Greater NY Hospital Association, New York, NY
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Kathy Reep, MBA (Connolly and FCSO)
Vice President, Financial Services, Florida Hospital Association, Orlando, FL
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Charles Cataline (CGI and CGS)
Vice President, Health Economics and Policy, The Ohio Hospital Association, Columbus, OH
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Alyssa Keefe, MPP (HDI and Noridien)
Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs, California Hospital Association, Washington, DC
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Day Egusquiza
President, AR Systems, Inc., Twin Falls, ID (Moderator)
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2:30 pm
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Progressive Rounds
Howard Stein, DO
Physician Advisor, Centrastate Medical Center, Freehold, NJ
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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3:00 pm |
Break
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3:30 pm
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Rehab and Long Term Care
Jane Snecinski, MBA, FACHE
President, Post Acute Advisors, Atlanta, GA
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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4:00 pm
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Surviving an OIG Extrapolation Audit
Christine H. Newgren, CPA, CHFP, CHC
Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Audit Executive, University of Colorado Health, Aurora, CO
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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4:30 pm
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Rebilling Part B when Part A Denied
Steven Meyerson, MD
Senior Vice President of Regulations and Education Group, Accretive Physician Advisory Services (AccretivePAS), Chicago, IL
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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5:00 pm
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Compliance Officer Panel
Suzie Draper
Vice President of Business Ethics and Compliance, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
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Christine H. Newgren, CPA, CHFP, CHC
Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Audit Executive, University of Colorado Health, Aurora, CO
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Marcia Widmer, MPP, CPC
Director of Compliance and Audit, North Shore Medical Center, Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Salem, MA
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Day Egusquiza
President, AR Systems, Inc., Twin Falls, ID (Moderator)
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5:45 pm |
Adjourn - Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall
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Go to Agenda:
Preconference | Day 2
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