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MEDICARE RAC CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
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NATIONAL MEDICARE RAC SUMMIT AGENDA:
PRECONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM
Monday, September 13, 2010
Note, all times listed are Eastern Standard Time
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7:00 a.m. |
Registration Opens
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7:00 a.m. |
Complimentary Coffee and Tea
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PRECONFERENCE: MEDICARE RAC BOOT CAMP (Registration optional; required for Medicare RAC Certificate Program)
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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. |
The RAC Team - Key Roles, Job Descriptions, Training Issues
Barbara Piascik
CHFP, CHC, Senior Vice President/ Chief Compliance Officer, St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, New York, NY
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
Handout Material (Acrobat)
Handout Material (Acrobat)
Handout Material (Acrobat)
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8:45 a.m. |
Taming Complex RAC Risk Areas Using Root Cause Analysis and Scorecards
Jerry Miller, RN, MBA
Interim Practice Manager, Revenue Cycle, Quorum Health Resources, LLC, Brentwood, TN
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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9:15 a.m. |
Managing RAC Demands in a Small Hospital
Joanie Perkins, CPC, CHCM
RAC Coordinator, North Sunflower Medical Center, Ruleville, MS
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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9:45 a.m. |
Break
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10:15 a.m. |
A Framework for Evaluating Audit Management Tools: Lessons from Clinical Systems
Mark Pierce, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Streamline Health, Cincinnati, OH
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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10:45 a.m. |
Anatomy of an Appeal
Andrew B. Wachler, Esq.
Principal, Wachler & Associates, PC, Royal Oak, MI
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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11:15 a.m. |
Faculty Q&A Panel
Day Egusquiza
President, AR Systems, Inc., Twin Falls, ID, (Moderator)
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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
Monday, September 13, 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. |
The New Face of Program Integrity after Health Reform
Peter P. Budetti
MD, JD, Deputy Administrator, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Director, Center for Program Integrity, Washington, DC
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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2:00 p.m. |
Program Integrity Policy Issues as Seen by Hospitals
Don May
Vice President for Policy, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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2:30 p.m. |
What Your Board Needs to Know about Compliance
James G. Sheehan, Esq.
New York State 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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3:00 p.m. |
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
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3:30 p.m. |
Early Hospital Data from AHA RACTrac
Elizabeth Baskett, MPA
Associate Director for Policy, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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4:00 p.m. |
Clinical Document Improvement (CDI) Querying: A Physician's Tx for the Noncompliant Dx
Andrew Rothschild, MD, MS, MPH, FAAP, CCDS
Associate Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc., Austin, TX
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
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4:30 p.m. |
Hospital Roundtable on Implementation Issues
Cindy K. Bartlett, MHA (Health System - Region C)
Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, BSHR, Compliance and Privacy Officer, Bon Secours, Hampton Roads, Suffolk, VA
Betsy Hall, MPH, CHC (Heath System - Region B)
Corporate Compliance Officer and Privacy Officer, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare, Louisville, KY
Ginny Kim, MPH (Large Hospital - Region D)
Compliance and Privacy Officer, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, CA
Joanie Perkins, CPC, CHCM (CAH - Region C)
RAC Coordinator, North Sunflower Medical Center, Ruleville, MS
Barbara Piascik, CHFP, CHC (Health System - Region A)
Senior Vice President/Chief Compliance Officer, St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, New York, NY
Michael Soisson, MS, MHA (LTAH - Region A)
Executive Director, Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Philadelphia, PA (Moderator)
Cheryl J. Golden, CPA, MHA, CHC, CPC-A, CHRC
Senior Manager, Health Sciences, Regulatory Risk & Compliance, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Tampa, FL (Moderator)
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5:45 p.m. |
Networking Reception in Exhibit Hall
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