metropolitan new york chapter Short Stay Downgrades: How To Reduce Your Risks!! Thursday, April 26th, 2012 Registration: 8:00 AM Program: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Uniondale Marriott 101 James Doolittle Blvd, Uniondale, NY 11553 Metro New York Chapter, HFMA HIM Committee NYS CPE Credits: 8.0 Hours NYS Sponsor ID is #000337 SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND APPLICATIONS RELATED TO SPECIALIZED INDUSTRIES Business Casual Dress Is Now Appropriate www.hfmametrony.org Please email questions in advance to the Program Coordinators [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] NYS Sponsor License ID# 000337 HFMA Metro NY Chapter is approved as a New York State CPE Provider in the areas of specialized knowledge and applications. In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, the total credits have been rounded down. CPE credits have been granted on a 50 minute hour. www.hfmametrony.org Short Stay Downgrades: How To Reduce Your Risks 8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast 8:30 – 9:15 AM RAC – MAC – OIG –Brief Update Thursday, April 26, 2012 Day Egusquiza, President, A/R Systems Latest updates, audit results, and better practices to reduce vulnerabilities. A dynamic class discussion regarding clinical information, finance, utilization, case management, nursing. Look at how these new issues are nationally impacting others outside of DCS territory. Where one RAC goes, the other auditors are following. Hot off the presses information. 9:15 – 10:30 AM Short stays, One-day Stays and 3 day qualifier Vulnerabilities: How to reduce your facility’s risk Day Egusquiza, President, A/R Systems Patient Financial Services, Utilization Review, Case Management, Discharge Planning, Compliance, Electronic Medical Record,The cash impact can be tremendous if the risks are not identified and managed 10:30 – 10:45 AM Networking Break 10:45 – 12:00 PM Short stays, One-day Stays (continued) Day Egusquiza, President, A/R Systems Continued discussion on reducing your facility’s risk. 12:00 – 1:00 PM Networking Lunch 1:15 – 2:30 PM Observation versus Inpatient AND Medical Necessity: Transition from Regulations to Operations Day Egusquiza, President, A/R Systems Best practices pertaining to a daily utilization review process – tools, networking, eyes on the ground, and front-end hot spots. Tactics fostering documentation that effectively supports billed services, such as ensuring providers are partners, incorporating nursing leadership, Medicare inpatient vs observation regulations for education. 2:30 – 2:45 PM Networking Break 2:45 – 4:00 PM NGS -Education Short-Stay regulations, Outpatient versus inpatient admissions – a CMS national perspective 4:00 – 5:00 PM Q&A Panel Discussion of the day’s topics… Program Coordinators: Stacey Levitt Annie Lemoine Sue Montana NSLIJ/Lenox Hill Hospital Jzanus, LTD Habanero, Inc (212) 434-3075 (516) 326-0808 (631) 244-5661 Catherine K. Delli Carpini, RN, BSN, CPC NGS Moderated by: Stewart Presser, GNYHA Bill Allison, HANYS, Vice President of Fiscal Policy Edward McGill – HANYS, Director, Economics, Finance, and Information Target Audience: CFOs, Directors of Reimbursement, Directors of Patient Access and Finance, Directors of HIM, Directors of UR and Case Management, Coders, RNs, Physician Offices metropolitan new york chapter 2011-2012 CORPORATE SPONSORS PLATINUM BDO USA, LLP Bluemark, LLC CAB-Charles A. Barragato & CO. LLP Cleverley + Associates Craneware Deloitte & Touche LLP Emdeon Ernst & Young LLP Grant Thornton LLP HCE LLC/McBee Associates, Inc. Information Builders, Inc. Jzanus, Ltd. KPMG, LLP Liberty Billing and Consulting Services, Inc. M. Leco & Associates MCRC Group Meta Health Technology Miller & Milone, P.C. POM Recoveries, Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Proven Healthcare Solutions RTR Financial Services, Inc. Siemens Medical Solutions SourceHOV Managed Care Professionals-Lexicode Sunbelt Medical International TRITECH Healthcare Management, LLC GOLD Apollo Health Street, Inc. ARMDS Betz-Mitchell Associates, Inc. Capio Partners, LLC Cirius Group, Inc. Dell Services E-Management Associates, LLC Group J HANYS Solutions, Inc. Health/ROI Jzanus Consulting, Inc. LYNX Medical Systems MBI Associates, Inc. Mullooly, Jeffrey, Rooney & Flynn LLP MultiPlan, Inc. The Outsource Group Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers Pinnacle Strategies, Inc. Professional Claims Bureau, Inc. Reimbursement Services Group Smart Solutions for Health Care TD Bank - Healthcare Lending Division TransUnion LLC Washington & West, LLC WeiserMazars LLP WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. OFFICERS 2011-2012 President President-Elect Vice President Treasurer Secretary Immediate Past President John I. Coster Palmira M. Cataliotti, FHFMA, CPA David Evangelista Wendy Leo, FHFMA Meredith Simonetti, FHFMA Edmund P. Schmidt, III, FHFMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS CLASS OF 2012 James G. Fouassier, JD, Esquire Robert Jacobs James Petty, FHFMA Donna M. Skura David Woods CLASS OF 2013 Mario DiFiglia Jason Gottlieb Annie Lemoine Richard T. Nagy, FHFMA Maryann J. Regan Metropolitan New York to Healthcare Financial Management Association SHORT STAY DOWNGRADES: HOW TO REDUCE YOUR RISKS!! Meeting Code: 1241NY8 PROGRAM DATES & LOCATION: Thursday, April 26, 2012 Uniondale Marriott, 101 James Doolittle Blvd, Uniondale, NY 11553 Registration: 8:00 am Program: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm 8.0 NYS CPE’s - NYS Sponsor ID is #000337 ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE FOR CREDIT CARDS For quick and easy registration via credit card processing, (AMEX, MasterCard, VISA and Discover): http://www.hfma.org/Metropolitan-New-York-Chapter-Short-Stay-Downgrades-How-to-Reduce-YourRisks/ IF YOU ARE NOT USING A CREDIT CARD, FAX REGISTRATION FORM TO: 708-531-0665, ATTN: MSC Make Checks Payable to: HFMA Mail Check and Completed Form to: HFMA, Dept. 77-6063; Chicago, IL 60678-6063 Note: If you are paying by check make sure you notate on the fax that payment is being mailed separately. To ensure space, please register by 4/16/12. Faxes received after this date will NOT be processed and attendance CANNOT be guaranteed. After 4/16/12 please utilize our “walk-in” registration option by signing up at the facility the day of the program. Please note however that by choosing the “walk-in” option space at the program is not guaranteed and there is an additional $50.00 walk in fee applied to your applicable registration fee. 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No refunds or credits will be given on registrations accepted and later canceled or for failure to attend session. Important New Payment Policy Dear Members, Please be advised that effective June 1, 2011 the Metro NY Chapter of HFMA has instituted a change in our payment policy as follows: All attendees must be paid in full PRIOR to an event. If payment is NOT received by the day of the event, the attendee will not be admitted unless payment is made that day with our registration staff located at the event venue. Accepted forms of payment are: VISA, MASTERCARD, CHECK (Personal or Corporate). Checks in the mail or copies of checks will not be accepted as proof of payment and payment will need to be made in order to attend the event Reminder: All registrations are a guarantee of payment. If you fail to show for the event payment is required. We regret any inconvenience that this policy might cause you, but we believe that it is in the best interests of our Chapter and our members to implement this policy in order to control our costs and maintain our low registration fees. If you have any questions regarding this policy, or if a special arrangement needs to be made requiring payment please contact me at (516) 240 8147 or [email protected]. Sincerely, John I. Coster Chapter President 2011-2012