Calendar event Spring Education Road Show Series

Feb 24 - Feb 29, 2012

Speaker: Richard Williams and Matt Jackson

Meeting type: Education Workshop

February Education Road Show Series
Improvement Strategies for Key Revenue Cycle Processes, HIPAA Security Practices, and EHR Implementations

February 24, 2012
Uvalde Memorial Hospital
1025 Garner Field Rd
Uvalde, TX 78801
830-278-6251
Web address: www.umhtx.org

February 28, 2012
Guadalupe Regional Medical Center
1215 East Court Street
Seguin, Texas 78155
830-379-2411
web address: www.grmedcenter.com

February 29, 2012
Knapp Medical Center
1401 E. Eighth Street
Weslaco, TX 78596
956-968-8567
website: www.knappmed.org

Register online

Schedule:

Registration 9:30
Workshop 10:00 - 11:45 am
Lunch 11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Workshop 12:15 - 2:00 pm

Up to 4.0 CPE credits

Course: 1202 | CPE: 4.0 | Level: Basic | Prerequisites: None

Topic Description | These are challenging but exciting times for the healthcare industry. There are many risks associated with today’s sweeping changes and you can play a significant role in helping to ensure that your organization is effectively managing these risks. Revenue cycle operations and improving the bottom line are under increased scrutiny as costs continue to increase on a seemingly daily basis. Dusting off HIPAA Security practices that should have been in place for years now, while implementing recent changes and reinforcing the importance of protecting information, can be exhausting. Implementing an EHR, participating in a health information exchange, demonstrating Meaningful Use – all without a clear roadmap for success – can be a daunting journey as well. These are just a few of the significant hurdles your organization is undoubtedly facing today. In this session, we will highlight some suggested improvement strategies for how you can add value throughout these efforts while helping to ensure risk is sufficiently managed along the way.

Learning Objectives | After this session, the attendees will be able to:
Objective 1: Obtain an understanding of the key activities performed, risks and typical deficiencies that exist, and various process improvement or project risk management strategies within the following areas: Patient Access, Utilization Review, Charge Capture, Billing & Payment Accuracy, as well as ICD-10 conversion and readiness programs.
Objective 2: Learn about approaches to strengthen existing HIPAA Security practices while also ensuring recent changes are being effectively implemented.
Objective 3: Learn about key approaches to evaluate the effectiveness of EHR implementation practices at various stages of the implementation lifecycle, managing risk while moving towards collaborative information sharing in a health information exchange, and evaluating the reasonableness of Meaningful Use programs.

Target Audience | CFO’s, COO’s, CIO’s, Finance, Information Technology, PFS, Patient Access, Patient Accounting, Reimbursement, Budget, Internal Audit, and HIM (however, this is not a coding lecture)

Speakers:

Richard Williams - Managing Director, Protiviti | Richard is a Director in Protiviti’s Dallas office and a key leader in Protiviti’s Healthcare Revenue Risk Solutions practice. Richard has more than 11 years professional experience providing operational, financial, and regulatory consulting and internal audit services to the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Protiviti, Richard was a Project Manager at Arthur Andersen focusing on healthcare internal audit and risk consulting.

Matt Jackson - Director, Protiviti | Matt is an Associate Director in Protiviti’s Dallas office with more than 11 years experience providing professional services to the healthcare industry. He is a key member of Protiviti’s national Healthcare Practice and serves as Protiviti’s National Electronic Health Records Solutions Lead. He is a frequent speaker on, and has published various articles related to, internal audit, compliance, and information technology improvement initiatives.

Up to 4.0 CPE credits
South Texas Chapter HFMA, sponsor #009106