Past Audio/Web Conferences
Past Audio/Web Conferences are available on CD only. Please click on the link for the desired conference to a printable PDF form. HCCA is required to charge sales tax on post conference CD purchases from Minnesota and Pennsylvania. Please calculate this in the cost of your CD. The required sales tax in Pennsylvania is 6% and Minnesota is 6.5%. Ask about possible CLE credit on these subjects. Call 888-580-8373 or 952-988-0141 and ask for Melanie Gross melanie.gross@hcca-info.org

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A Master Class in Hospital Reimbursement Compliance

A Six-Part Audio/Web Conference Series by HCCA
All Sessions  |   12:00 Central Time   |   1.2 CEUs

Special member rate of only $750 for all six sessions!

• CMS Data Mining Implications March 4
• RACs Auditors and Other New Predators March 11
• Compliance Issues Arising Out of Graduate Medical Education (GME) March 18
• Auditing Compliance with the Provider-Based Status Rules March 25
• Present on Admission and Hospital-Acquired Conditions April 1
• Organizational Culture and Compliance April 8

Each presentation features industry experts who have had considerable real-world experience with these issues.  The topics were chosen to be of interest to different segments of the hospital community and address some of the most current topics.  The series concludes with a capstone presentation designed to bring the series out of the tree-trunks of specific reimbursement issues and refocus on some of the fundamental questions facing compliance officers dealing both with nuts-and-bolts and overall philosophy of compliance.

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Quality of Care Initiatives Gaining Momentum

April 24, 2008 | 12:00 pm Central
(90 minutes) 1.2 CEUs

Quality of care is emerging as a priority area for the heath care industry and an enforcement priority for the government. We are entering a new era of thinking about health care quality and collaboration among the health care provider community. Quality of care trends are emerging in several key areas. Our speakers will focus on some of those areas,
including OIG/AHLA Guidance for Health Care Board of Directors; OIG/HCCA Roundtable “Driving for Quality in Long- Term Care: A Board of Directors Dashboard”; Quality of Care enforcement actions; Quality of Care Corporate Integrity Agreements; and Quality of Care highlights in the 2008 OIG Work Plan. The speakers will also explore the effects, both positive and negative, of gainsharing and other “pay for performance” initiatives on quality of care.

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Recovery Audit Contactors (RACs): Have You Billed Medicare Accurately Since October 1, 2007?

April 30, 2008 | 12:00 pm Central | (90 minutes) 1.2 CEUs

This conference on Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) will provide a brief history of the development of the RAC demonstration program, the overall results of that program, the enactment of a permanent RAC program, and suggested proactive steps to prepare for a RAC audit. Discussing these important items will be Karen Feeley, Director of the Network Patient Financial Services at New York Presbyterian Hospital; Bill Moran, Senior Vice President at Strategic Management in Chicago; and Ebony Brandon, CMS.

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Medicaid Enforcement Trends

January 22 & 23, 2008

This constructive, two-part audio/Web conference discusses the new Medicaid Enforcement Trends. Overall, these sessions will cover how and why organizations should implement upgrades to their compliance programs to protect against new risk. This informative conference will teach compliance professionals about new federal initiatives to oversee providers and their compliance programs.

Part I: DRA Update: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

January 22, 2008 | 12:00 pm Central
(90 minutes) 1.2 CEUs

The speakers gave a contextual assessment of recent activities and very near implementation activities by CMS for the DRA, PERM, and MIP.

Part II: What You Can Do and How You Can Prepare for the Implementation of the DRA, PERM, MIP, And RACs to Protect Your Organization

This session provided direction, examples, and useful tools on what providers can do to protect their organizations while also complying with the new requirements.

January 23, 2008 | 12:00 pm Central |
(90 minutes) 1.2 CEUs

Brian Flood, Esq., CHC, CIG National Managing Director, KPMG
Frank E. Sheeder, Esq. Partner, Jones Day
James Sheehan, Medicaid Inspector General, New York State Office ce of the Medicaid Inspector General

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The Inside Story on Clinical Research Billing

January 18, 2008 | 12:00 pm Central
(90 minutes) 1.2 CEUs

This informative presentation covered:

• The ins & outs of a compliant research billing operation: practical strategies to making it work
• Integrating current research billing compliance programs with revised CMS policy
• Centralizing research compliance for a successful research billing program

Learn from our expert speakers: Kelly Willenberg, Director, Health Sciences, Spartanburg Regional; and Beau Gostomsky, Manager, Clinical Research Solutions and Healthcare Compliance, Higher Education Practice, Huron Consulting Group

Who Should Attend: Lawyers, physicians, compliance officers, research compliance officers, COO, CFO, VP, Administrators and Directors of Clinical trials, research, billing compliance, finance budget development and risk management

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