MPAA Michigan Patient Accounting Association

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1 MPAA Michigan Patient Accounting Association MPAA MEETING NOTICE March 14, 2014 Region I *****PLEASE NOTE EARLIER START TIME!!***** Location: Comfort Inn REMEMBER YOU MUST 2187 University Park Dr. BE PRESENT TO VOTE FOR Okemos, MI OUR NEW BOARD (517) PLEASE JOIN US! 8:00 a.m. Registration 8:30 a.m. Third Party Updates MHA (Vickie Kunz) YES PHP (Trisha Kopulos) YES Priority Health (Deborah Traylor) YES BCN (BJ Byers & Cynthia Swain) YES BCBSM (Doug Bray) YES Meridian Health Plan (Crystal Klier) YES NUBC - Claudia Garabelli - YES MDCH (Catherine Caswell) YES Cofinity / Aetna (Kiley Radel)? McLaren Health Plan (Ken Axtell)? Humana? JVHL (Diane Cicchini)? HealthPlus of Michigan (Jennifer Grennell & Jill Moore)? Molina Healthcare of Michigan (Denise Hughes)-? UHC -? Cigna -? HAP -? 11:30 a.m. Healthy Michigan Plan Update 12:00 p.m. Lunch and networking

2 1:00 p.m. Afternoon Session #1 Collection Panel Discussion Presented by: Dave Mageli, Account Receivable Solutions, Inc. Tim Vreeman, Allied Business Services, Inc. Nick McLaughlin, Americollect The panel will discuss: how to select and evaluate a collection agency, effective collection dialogue for a healthcare business office, and, how to get more from your collection agency To ensure your concerns are addressed, please submit questions for discussion prior to the meeting via to [email protected] or bring them with you that day! 2:00 p.m. Afternoon Session #2 WPS Presented by: Janet Mateo, WPS, Outreach Analyst Janet will cover the following topics: Two Midnight Rule TOB 14X billing IPPS coverage changes Part A to Part B billing clarification Outpatient Therapy G-codes billing clarification Part B Updates Other Medicare changes Please submit and questions or other topics you would like covered prior to the meeting via to [email protected]. 2

3 Our Break sponsors for this meeting are: Advomas Money Recovery Nationwide Our Lunch sponsor for this meeting is: Mid-Michigan Collection Bureau 3

4 ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS Dave Mageli David is the President of Account Receivable Solutions, Inc. and has 35 years of bad debt experience. He is the current Board Executive and Past Chair of St. Johns DDA. David has been married to his wife Sharlene for 29 years and has two grown children, Brett & Baily. Tim Vreeman Tim joined the leadership team of Allied Business Services Inc. in 2011 and serves as its Vice President. Before Allied, he served as the Executive Director of Youth for Christ of Ottawa and Allegan Counties and as the Executive Pastor of Ridge Point Community Church in Holland. In total, Tim has 24 years of leadership experience. Tim has enjoyed engaging in organizations like HFMA, MMGMA, MMBA, and MPAA to stay current on the latest challenges and successes in healthcare. Additionally, Tim empowers medical groups and patient financial service teams by providing educational sessions in Point of Service Collections, Collections 101 and Revenue Cycle Analysis. He is an active member of MACA, Michigan's Association of Collection Agencies where he is currently serving on the Board as Unit Leader. Tim and his wife, Amy, have three children, Lydia (15), Clark (13), and Temesgen (10). Temesgen, or T.J. joined the Vreeman family 5 years ago from Ethiopia. Nick McLaughlin Nick McLaughlin is a Ridiculously Nice Sales Guy for Americollect. He used to be a bill collector himself where he learned that patients really do want to take care of their accounts, and sometimes just need some help and cooperation. Oh yeah, he s also a son, brother, husband, and father of two! Janet Mateo As a Medicare Outreach Analyst, Janet is responsible for Provider Education and Training for Medicare providers in the J8 and J5 National jurisdiction. WPS services hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and a number of other provider types such as ESRD and Outpatient Rehabilitation facilities. Provider Education and Training activities include participation on provider advisory groups, conducting educational seminars, teleconferences, webinars and developing Medicare education based on the needs of the provider community. Before joining WPS Medicare formerly known as Mutual of Omaha in 1999, Janet was employed by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for 10 years at local chapters in New Jersey and Illinois. Janet has a BS degree in Marketing from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey and has a MSW from Rutgers University School of Social Work. Janet also received postgraduate training in Psychotherapy from the Center for Postgraduate Studies in Psychotherapy in Red Bank, New Jersey. Janet has close to 25 years of experience in health care with the last 14 years spent in the Medicare claims area. 4

5 MPAA Michigan Patient Accounting Association Region I RESERVATION INFORMATION Click here to Register! (Even if paying by check) As a Region I MPAA member, there is no charge for regular meetings. We encourage guests to attend; however, there is a charge of $50.00 per guest. Make checks payable to: MPAA Region I Attn: Luke Check MPAA PO Box 1566 Manitowoc, WI PLEASE REGISTER BY March 7 th! MPAA Member s cost: FREE Non-Member s cost: $

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