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Friday September 29, 2006
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8:00 am
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Jeff Warner
Director of Performance Improvement, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center Trinity Heath
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9:00 am
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9:15 am
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- Assessing the impact of recent changes to the DRG
weighting system within the inpatient prospective
payment system (IPPS)
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Steven Speil
Senior Vice President, Health Financing, Policy, and Legal Affairs & Chief Financial Officer Federation of American Hospitals

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Marc Hartstein
Deputy Director, Division of Acute CareCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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10:15 am
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10:45 am
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11:30 am
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- Effective rate negotiation of managed care contracts -
ideal reimbursement methodologies
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12:30 pm
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Friday Luncheon Topic:
Developing Denial Management Strategies
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*Sessions are limited to 10 participants. Please sign up when you arrive on site at the conference. |
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1:30 pm
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- Linking supply chain systems with Chargemaster/CDM
systems to ensure streamlined pricing
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2:15 pm
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| Dr. Goodman will review the factors underlying the financial improvement at Rush, with particular emphasis on the role that the governance structure of the institution and an emphasis on quality played. |
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Larry Goodman, MD
CEO Rush University Medical Center; President, Rush University

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3:00 pm
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- Integrating revenue cycle into clinical process
and technology
- The impact of RHIOs on claims processing, dealing
with underpayments/denials, etc.
- Using technology for improved clinical documentation
and coding
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3:45 pm
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4:00 pm
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