Montana HFMA/Montana HIMA Spring Conference Believe to Achieve April 18-20, 2012 Hilton Garden Inn, Missoula, MT. Ph: (406) 532.

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1 Montana HFMA/Montana HIMA Spring Conference Believe to Achieve April 18-20, 2012 Hilton Garden Inn, Missoula, MT. Ph: (406) Wednesday, April 18, :00 1:00 p.m. Registration and conference welcome session with lunch served (for new members, 1 st time conference attendees, and nonmembers). Track I Agenda, Accounting/Finance 1:00 2:30 p.m. Topic: Meaningful Use Update Speaker: Lori Laubach, Moss Adams Program Content: The attendees will receive an update on current meaningful use guidelines and payments from Medicare/Medicaid. They will also gain an understanding of the meaningful use application process and the steps involved in attesting for meaningful use. 2:30 3:00 p.m. Topic: HealthShare Montana Update Speakers: Daniel Hillman, HealthShare Montana Program Content: The attendees will be provided with information on how Healthshares Montana is developing the electronic healthcare information exchange. 3:00 3:30 p.m. 3:30 4:30 p.m. Topic: Marcus Daly s Meaningful Use Experience Speakers: Donja Erdman, Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital & Ralph Llewellyn, Eide Bailly 1

2 Program Content: The attendees will gain a perspective on filing for meaningful use, the attestation process, and the process for calculating payments for CAH s from a provider that has gone through the process first-hand. 4:30 5:00 p.m. Topic: Financing Options for Meaningful Use Speakers: Matt Jones, MT. Rural Development Agency & Michelle Barstad, MFFA Program Content: The attendees will gain insight into funding/financing opportunities available for electronic health records. Track II Agenda, PFS 1:00 3:00 p.m. Topic: Payer Updates (Medicare, Medicaid, & Blue Cross Blue Shield MT.) Speakers: Various Prerequisites: Knowledge of hospital payer organization and practices Program Content: The payers will provide attendees with updates and answers to common processing issues from a multitude of sources. 1:00 1:45 p.m. Medicare Update, Ashley Shearer, NAS 1:45 2:30 p.m. BCBS Update, Paul Pederson, BCBS 2:30 3:00 p.m. Medicaid Update, Brett Williams, MT. DPHHS 3:30 5:00 p.m. Topic: Other Payers Update/PFS Roundtable Speaker: Dawna Foote Program Content: Attendees will be able to discuss specific issues relative to their own facilities as well as receive general information which will assist in daily operations in a roundtable format. 2

3 Track III Agenda, MHIMA 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Topic: ICD-10-CM Readiness: Coding Workshop Speakers: Jennifer McManis, RHIT & Joanne Romasko, RHIA, CHDA Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of ICD-9-CM diagnosis coding Program Content: This interactive coding session will focus on the diagnosis portion of ICD-10. Coding conventions, general, and chapter specific coding guidelines will be reviewed. Practice what you are learning by coding specific coding examples and case studies. The session will include the following materials from AHIMA: ICD-10-CM Coder Training Manual and ICD-10- CM: The Complete Official 2011 Draft Coding Book. 5:00 p.m. Vendor Welcome Reception 7:00 8:00 a.m. - fast Track I Agenda, Accounting/Finance Thursday, April 19, :00 9:30 a.m. Topic: Medicare Cost Reporting, Hot Topics Speaker: Shar Shaeffer, Dingus, Zarecor &Associates Prerequisites: Basic understanding of the Medicare 990 /Advanced Program Content: This session will focus on the top items typically reported incorrectly on the Medicare cost report. The attendees will learn strategies for correcting these errors. The attendees will also learn where to focus their time when reviewing the cost report prior to submission to the intermediary. This session will help to improve your Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and improve your compliance with the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Advance Preparation: Basic understanding of the Medicare Cost Report 9:30 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Topic: Bending the Cost Curve Speaker: Allison O Connor, Eide Bailly 3

4 Program Content: The attendees will learn from a case study of a Hospital s experience at bending their cost curve by changing the way they treat their patients prior to hospitalization. The attendees will learn what can be done to prepare for ACO s and reduced payments, how to review their own facility s specific patient issues, how to organize a group to review the patient issues, how to think out of the box to solve large losses for patient visits, and seeing the outcomes from a case study. Track II Agenda, PFS 8:00 9:30 a.m. Topic: PFS Legal Update Speaker: Adam Plotkin, Healthcare Outsourcing Network Program Content: This session will allow attendees to understand the legal changes to billing and collecting patient accounts. 9:30 10:00 a.m. 10:00 11:00 a.m. Topic: Billing Audits What Auditors Look For Speaker: Debora Jesse, Montana Medical Bill Review, LLC Prerequisites: Understanding of Billing Systems /Advanced Program Content: The attendees will get an idea of what an independent healthcare auditor looks for when conducting billing and compliance audits. The attendees will gain an insiders knowledge of the auditing process from the auditor s viewpoint. 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Topic: Hospital Reimbursement 201 Speakers: JJ Carmody, Billings Clinic & Shar Shaeffer, Dingus, Zarecor &Associates Program Content: The attendees will learn about reimbursement from a PPS and CAH standpoint. They will also understand the difference between charges and payments and various methodologies that are used to pay providers for the services that they provide to patients. 12:00 1:00 p.m. HFMA Business Lunch 4

5 Track I & II Afternoon Agenda, Accounting/Finance & PFS 1:30 3:00 p.m. Topic: Missing Reimbursement Opportunities Speaker: Ralph Llewellyn, Eide Bailly Program Content: The attendees will learn of reimbursement opportunities that may be left on the table. This session will cater to all provider types. Some of the topics covered will include, but are not limited to, Sole Community, Medicare Dependent, Low-volume Hospitals, Utilization Review, Quality Reporting Coding, and Charge Capture. 3:00 3:00 p.m. 3:30 5:00 p.m. Topic: Survive and Thrive Speaker: Lois McElravy, Lessons from Lois Program Level: Beginner Program Content: Attendees will learn from Lois how to adjust to life after life delivers serious challenges to you. You will learn how to be better equipped to cope with frustrations, adjust to constant change, implement persistence, develop courage and confidence to try new things and to take risks, pay attention and discover opportunity, turn disappointments into valuable learning experiences and to lighten up with humor and laughter! Track III Agenda, MHIMA 8:00 9:30 a.m. Topic: ICD-10-PCS Root Operations: Understanding Root Operation Definitions Speaker: Jennifer McManis, RHIT Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of ICD-9-CM procedure coding Program Content: Understanding the ICD-10-PCS root operations is half the battle. This session will review the 31 root operations and their definitions. This interactive coding session will include coding examples to identify root operations. 9:30 10:00 a.m. 5

6 10:00 11:00 a.m. Topic: Dream Big: Creating the Future Speaker: Jill Burrington-Brown, MS, RHIA, FAHIMA Program Content: AHIMA report to the CSA s for :00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Topic: Communicating Your Leadership! Speaker: Jill Burrington-Brown, MS, RHIA, FAHIMA Program Content: Excellent communication skills are vital in today's healthcare environment. In order to make sure HIM is at the table where the decisions are made, we need to improve our communication skills and treat communication as a process. We will discuss the process and some tips for improvement. Track III Afternoon Agenda, MHIMA 12:00 1:00 p.m. MHIMA Business Lunch 1:30 3:00 p.m. Topic: HIM Risk Management Speaker: Darci Bentson, JD, MBA, CPHRM Program Content: Have you ever wondered what risk management really is all about and how you fit into that picture? Gain a better understanding of risk management and learn how HIM and Risk Management can establish a valuable partnership to reduce risk to your organization. Identify the Top 5 risk pitfalls for HIM managers and related mitigation strategies to help your organization be well positioned. 3:30 5:00 p.m. Topic: Survive and Thrive Speaker: Lois McElravy, Lessons from Lois Program Level: Beginner Program Content: Attendees will learn from Lois how to adjust to life after life delivers serious challenges to you. You will learn how to be better equipped to cope with frustrations, adjust to constant change, implement persistence, develop courage and confidence to try new things and to take risks, pay attention and discover opportunity, 6

7 turn disappointments into valuable learning experiences and to lighten up with humor and laughter! 5:00 p.m. Networking Social/Vendor Reception 7:00 8:00 a.m. - fast Friday, April 20, 2012 Track I & II Agenda, Accounting/Finance & PFS 8:00 10:00 a.m. Topic: Health Care Reform - The Game Changer: Come Learn More about the New Playbook Speakers: Rob Schile & Nancy Rehkamp Program Content: The attendees will gain an overview of changes to the healthcare landscape through payment models/arrangements that are taking shape and specific market innovations that are unfolding throughout the country that are more accelerated in payment reform initiatives and care redesign processes. The attendees will also learn about expense management initiatives and how some organizations are thinking about this differently. 10:00 10:30 a.m. /Checkout Track III Agenda, MHIMA 8:00 10:00 a.m. Topic: HIPAA, ARRA and OCR... The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Speaker: Virginia Gleason, JD, MPA, LPN, CHC, CPHRM Program Content: The world of healthcare privacy laws, rules, regulations and enforcement has changed significantly over the past decade. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act "HIPAA" was only the beginning. Is your organization tracking disclosures? Do you know which disclosures you are required to track? What do you do if the OCR knocks on your door? Are there really "HIPAA Police? In this two hour session, we will not only discuss how to best operationalize current regulations, but will walk through the OCR's enforcement process for the HIPAA Privacy Rule. 7

8 10:00 10:30 a.m. /Checkout Tracks I, II, & III 10:30 12:00 p.m. Topic: MHA/Legislative Update Speaker: Bob Olsen Program Content: Bob Olsen will provide attendees with information regarding changes, new items, and review of past items as they relate to a variety of hospital functions. 8