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2010 - 2011 Meeting Schedule
September 23, 2010 - General Session
Reimbursement
Stonewater Country Club
HFMA Agenda and Registration September 23, 2010
October 21, 2010 Noon EDT, Thursday – LOCAL WEBINAR Improve Your Self-Pay Operation Through Scoring and Segmentation. McCoin & Smith Communications Inc.
Learn how to use analytics and scores to improve business office self-pay performance. Understand the differences among common scoring approaches and tips on how to evaluate. Recognize the benefits from and requirements to successful scoring deployments.
October 25, 2010 (Monday) REGIONAL WEBINAR IPA, PHO, and MSO Redesign: Accountable Care Organizations. Maria Todd
November 10, 2010 Noon EDT, Thursday LOCAL WEBINAR Vendor Management, a Case Study. McCoin & Smith Communications Inc.
Reveals common issues providers face in working with 3rd party collection resources. A case study of a major multi-facility hospital network will explore operations prior to and after adopting vendor management technology, as well as the realized benefits.
November 18, 2010 - General Session
Revenue Cycle
Stonewater Country Club
December 9, 2010 (Thursday) – REGIONAL WEBINAR Coordinating Third-Party Liability Claims. Maria Todd
January 18, 2011 Noon EDT LOCAL WEBINAR Best Practices: Point Of Service (POS) Collections. Recondo
• Emerging Trends (Statistics, Barriers, Compliance, HIPAA, EMTALA)
• Success factors and enablers
• Collecting best practices (examples and dialogue)
• Readiness, opportunities, and culture
January 20, 2011 - General Session
Hot Topics
Watermark Country Club
February 9, 2011 (Wednesday) REGIONAL WEBINAR Capitation 2.0: Ready or Not, Here It Comes! Maria Todd
February 17, 2011 Noon EDT LOCAL WEBINAR Best Practices: Obtaining Authorizations and Preventing Denials. Recondo
- Increasing effectiveness of patient management, billing and collections
- Shifting revenue cycle efforts from the back end of the cycle to the front end
- Exception based management
- Optimization of charity care: building or improving the process
MARCH One more based on members survey
March 24, 2011 - General Session
Finance - Leadership
Watermank Country Club
April 13, 2011 (Wednesday) – REGIONAL WEBINAR Contract Negotiation Techniques. Maria Todd
APRIL One more based on members survey
Meeting Locations
Stonewater Country Club
7177 Kalamazoo Ave
Caledonia, MI 49316
Watermark Country Club
5500 Cascade Road
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
616-949-0570
Annual Spring Conference will be held at the Soaring Eagle Conference Center in Mt. Pleasant, MI.
We welcome and value your input regarding meeting topics. If you have a specific topic(s) or speaker(s) in mind, please contact LisaFox Program Committee Chair at 517.541.5927 or via e mail at lfox@ghbhealth.com
Note: Meeting dates are subject to change due to speaker and facility availability.
COMPLETED PROGRAMS
Webinar Series - Jan. 21, Feb. 11, March 11, 2010
Western Michigan HFMA Complimentary Webinars 2010
General Finance and Leadership Thursday, 3/18/2010
March 18, 2010 Finance Meeting Details & Registration
Webinar Series - Jan. 21, Feb. 11, March 11, 2010
Western Michigan HFMA Complimentary Webinars 2010
General Finance and Leadership Thursday, 3/18/2010
March 18, 2010 Finance Meeting Details & Registration
Reimbursement Update Thursday, 9/17/2009
September 17, 2009 Reimbursement Details & Registration
Hot Topics in Healthcare Thursday, 11/19/2009
HOT! HOT! HOT! TOPICS Program Detail & Registration
Revenue Cycle Update Thursday, 1/28/2010
January 28, 2010 Meeting Notice and Registration Information