Pittsburgh Regional Conference
Friday, October 6, 2017
Pittsburgh, PA
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Health Care Reform: What’s next?
Michael Strazzella, Co-Head, Washington Office and Practice Group Leader, Federal Government Relations, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Review of the Affordable Care Act actions
- Medicare Reform: What is on the horizon
- Prescription Drug Pricing: Will Congressional proposals drive down costs?
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Navigating the Crossroad Between CDI, Coding, and Compliance
Shelly Harris, CHC, CHPC, RHIT, CCS, Managing Consultant, Altegra Health
- Explore the often divergent incentives when coding for optimization and/or compliance
- Discuss framework/tools the compliance officer can provide to coding & CDI staff
- Discuss methods of messaging compliance issues to leadership
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Confronting the Cyber Threat
Soo C. Song, Acting United States Attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania
- The cyber threat is the greatest challenge of our age
- It requires a 360 degree response
- Robust law enforcement is extremely effective
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Risky Business: Hospital/Physician Acquisition
Mark Faccenda, JD, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
- Overview of acquisition landscape
- Identification and avoidance of potential pitfalls
- Guidance for successful acquisitions – tools and lessons learned
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Changing Payment Methodologies (MACRA, Bundled Payments, VPB, and Others) and Implications for Hospitals, Physicians and Other Stakeholders
Karen Robinson, CHC, CPC Manager, Arnett, Carbis, Toothman, LLP
- Impact of changing payment methodologies on stakeholders
- Compliance implications and issues
- Strategies to navigate new risks
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Steady As She Blows: Whistleblower claims from start to finish
David R. Johnson, Esq., President, Thomson, Rhodes & Cowie, PC
Thomas B. Anderson, Esq., Shareholder, Thomson, Rhodes & Cowie, PC
- A whistleblower claim from 30,000 feet
- Reduce your risk of litigation – an ounce of prevention, and
- Suit has been filed, now what?
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Panel Discussion: Compliance and Governance: Where the rubber meets the road
Moderator:
Patricia J. Raffaele, Vice President, Professional Services, Hospital Council of Western PA
Panel:
Dennis Breen, Senior Partner, Source 1 Healthcare Solutions
James Weber, PhD, Professor of Business Ethics and Management and Executive Director of the Institute for Ethics in Business, Duquesne University
Joseph A. Macerelli, Esq., Burns & White, LLC, Allegheny Health Network Board Member
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