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Package includes the following sessions

• A01 Legal Update
• A02 Safeguarding Long-Term Health of Tax-Exempt Bonds
• A03 Developing Justifi able Pricing Methods
• A04 What's New with Healthcare Financing Trends: Debt and Swap Products
• A05 How a Nursing-Finance Collaboration Delivers Quality and Bottom Line Results
• A06 Service Line Competition: SOMC Process for Implementing Quality Improvement
• A07 Using Activity-Based Budgeting Methods to Lower Healthcare Costs
• A08 Applying Legislative Leverage to Managed Care Contracting
• A09 The Effectiveness of Disease Management Programs in Reducing Expenditures
• A10 Beyond the Managed Care Contract: Working as a Team to Maximize Productivity and Hit the Bottom Line
• A11 Transforming Patient Insurance Verifi cation: Leveraging CAQH Core Rules
• A12 Redefi ning Revenue Cycle Performance Metrics: CHRISTUS Health Case Study
• A13 The Business Case for Automated EOB Processing: St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare Case Study
• A14 A Practical Approach to Continuous Charge Capture Improvement: Parkview Health–A Peer Review Session
• A15 Harnessing the Power of Human Capital…The Key to Revenue Cycle Excellence
• B01 The Medicare Wage Index: Where Are We? Where Are We Going?
• B02 Fraud and Embezzlement: Lessons Learned in the Trenches
• B03 Medicare's Proposed Payment Changes: 2008 and Beyond
• B04 Achieving World Class Supply Chain Effectiveness: Nebraska Medical Center Case Study
• B05 How Consumers are Self-Navigating the Healthcare System: Lessons for Hospitals and Health Plans
• B06 Physician Transactions and Fair Market Value: Case Studies in Physician Compensation
• B07 Major Project Financial Planning: Hershey Medical Center Case Study
• B08 Key Trends and Strategies for Addressing Managed Care Payment Issues
• B09 Using Documentation to Protect Your Revenue: The Best Offense is a Good Defense
• B10 Medicare's Impact on Critical Access Hospital Reimbursement: Lessons Learned, 2008 Update
• B11 Working Outside the Box—Home Based Employees: West Virginia University Hospitals Case Study
• B12 Developing Patient Communications to Drive Revenues and Patient Satisfaction
• B13 Mapping the Revenue Cycle: A Creative Approach and Real-World Results: Mayo Clinic Case Study
• B14 The Truth About Pricing Transparency: Collecting and Disseminating Quality Information
• B15 The Managed Care Contract Life Cycle: Managing the Process to Improve Performance
Wednesday, June 25
• C01 OIG and Emerging Risks: Key Interest Areas and What They Mean for Providers
• C02 The New Form 990: What You Must Know and Do
• C03 From CFO to CEO: Is It For You?
• C04 How to Gain and Retain the Benefi ts of Financial Benchmarking to Improve Hospital Bottom Lines
• C05 The Business Case for Quality: Ingraining P4P Into Operations
• C06 Impact of 2008 Elections on Healthcare Providers
• C07 Developing and Maintaining Hospital-Employed Affi liated Physician Groups
• C08 Medicare PPS Update: Cost Reporting for Rural and Small Hospitals
• C09 P4P: Implications for Your Organization and What You Need to Do to Prepare
• C10 Defensible Strategic Pricing: Getting the Most Out of Your Managed Care Strategy
• C11 Leveraging Self-Service Kiosks for a Streamlined Patient Experience: Medical Center of Central GA Case Study
• C12 Creating an Operational Early-Warning System for Your Medical Group: The Holzer Clinic Experience
• C13 Medicare Contractor Reform: What You Need to Know to Prepare for the Change
• C14 CDM Standardization: The Rewards and Challenges
• C15 RAC ATTACK- Utilizing Observation Correctly to Prevent Exposure With 1-Day Stays and Short Stays
• D01 Handling the Financial, Valuation and Legal Risk of Cancer Center Joint Ventures
• D02 Nonprofi t Hospitals and Property Tax Challenges: Managing Exemption and Valuation Disputes
• D03 Washington Update: Tracking Trends and Preparing for Change
• D04 Allies in the Board Room: What the Board Needs to Know About the Revenue Cycle
• D05 Getting the Most from Your IT Investment: Financial Options, Products and Strategies
• D06 Upswings, Downturns, Yield Curves and You: Small Hospital Financing
• D07 Competing in the Outpatient Arena: A Panel's Look at Key Trends, Strategies and Experiences
• D08 What You Don't Track Can Cost You: Overcoming the Challenge of Silent PPOs
• D09 Operationalizing Consumer-Directed Health Plans
• D10 Medicare PPS Update: Cost Reporting for Large Hospitals and Systems
• D11 Achieving Innovative, Patient–Centered, Cost–Effi cient and Integrated Business Services
• D12 HIPAA–Mandated Transaction Sets: Understanding Proposed Changes and How Providers Can Infl uence Them
• D13 Developing a Patient-Centric Experience with the Right Mix of Technology and People
• D14 Price Defensibility: Breaking Down the Barriers Between the Supply Chain and the Revenue Cycle
• D15 CMS and Physician Regulations: What the Proposals in the FY2009 IPPS Rule Could Mean
Thursday, June 26
• E01 MS-DRGs: Analysis of CMI Impact
• E03 Maximizing Benefi t from Your CAH Provider-Based Clinic
• E04 Forging Empowered Consumerism: Making Informed Healthcare Choices for Improved Health
• E05 Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• E06 Accounting and Auditing Standards Update
• E07 Physician and Hospital Alignment: Strategies for Reducing Length of Stay and Costs
• E08 Denials Management: Optimizing Reimbursement Through Collaboration
• E09 Bringing Fairness and Transparency Into Managed Care: How Not to Negotiate Away Physician Discounts
• E10 Successfully Building Quality and Customer Satisfaction for an Improved Patient Flow in the ED
• E11 Recovering Transfer DRG Underpayments
• E12 Developing a Roadmap for Improving the Electronic Remittance Process: Holy Name Hospital Case Study
• E13 Building a Successful Online Patient Financial Portal: Effective Patient Billing
• E14 Improving Collection Recoveries in a Rapidly Changing Legal and Regulatory Environment
• F01 Operationalizing Provider–Based Status and the Incident-To Rule: Revenue Opportunities and Compliance Pitfalls
• F03 Accelerating, Standardizing and Improving AR Reserve Estimation: Catholic Healthcare Case Study
• F04 Clinical Research: Increase Revenue and Enhance Physician Satisfaction
• F05 Mending Holes in the Medicaid Safety Net: A Strategy for State Healthcare Reform
• F06 Managing the Financial Impact of ED Patient Disposition Decisions
• F07 Maximizing Your Managed Care Bargaining Power in a Medicare Advantage World
• F08 The Art of Negotiations: Organizing Your Data and Processes to Get What Your Organization Deserves
• F09 Paying For Performance: Critical Issues, Best Practices and Lessons Learned
• F10 Balancing Financial Challenges with Mission Goals: Mercy Health Partners Case Study
• F11 Self-Pay Segmentation: Novant Health System Case Study
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• F12 Will Your Hospital Be RAC Ready? Uniting the Clinical and Financial Departments of Your Hospital
• F13 Implementing Pricing Transparency Through Consumer-Focused Processes