Transplant Financial Coordinators
September 12-14, 2016
Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Transplant Financial Coordinators (TFCs): Ensuring we provide accurate financial information to our patients and their families
in a compassionate and tactful manner, while maximizing reimbursement for our transplant centers.
Keynote: “… Even though he had a very small heart it could hold a rather large amount of gratitude” [A.A. Milne]Rikki and Greg Myers -- Parents of Skylar Myers, pediatric heart recipient
♦ Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP – Developments and Essentials
♦ Health Insurance Marketplace – Now and for the Future
David P. Santana, Health Insurance Specialist/Lead Trainer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Washington, DC [2 sessions]
♦ UNOS: Finding your way in Adventureland -- Navigate the OPTN/UNOS information maze, learn about current initiatives and get involved!
Stuart Sweet, MD, President-elect, OPTN/UNOS, Medical Director, St. Louis Children’s Hospital Pediatric Lung Transplant Program,
W. McKim Marriott Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
♦ Navigating Wonderland: Medicare Coverage and Reimbursement Policies
Kathleen Lester, Principal, Lester Health Law PLLC; J.D., M.P.H., Lester Health Law PLLC, Washington, DC
♦ TFC Fundamentals – It’s not a fantasy – I really am a TFC …. Now what?
Michelle Dodson, Transplant Financial Coordinator, Cell Transplantation, West Penn Hospital Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
Daryl Battin, MSW, LICSW, Transplant Financial Coordinator & Social Worker, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA
♦ A Magic Carpet Ride to Effective Wait List Management
♦ Kidney Paired Exchanges – To Infinity and Beyond
Andrea Tietjen, CPA, MBA, Director , Transplant Finances and Data, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ [2 Sessions]
♦ Pharmacy: Complexities of Prescription Drug Coverage & Finances
Kristin Fox-Smith, MPA, Vice President, Hospital and Health System Services, Visante, Inc. [2 Sessions]
♦ Challenges of Living Donor Billing – Pre and Post-Transplant
Laura J. Aguiar, Principal & Managing Partner, Transplant Solutions, LLC, Glendale, AZ
♦ Integrating the Jungle into a Book: The Incorporation of a Financial Coordinator into a Transplant Program
Pamela Combs, PhD, RN, Director of Cardiovascular Services, Seton Medical Center, Austin, TX
♦ Avoiding the Tower of Terror: The Financial & Regulatory Future of Transplant.
Jennifer Milton, BSN, CCTC, MBA, Executive Director, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas Transplant Center, San Antonio, TX
♦ Taking the Main Street – Medicare Cost Report Basics
♦ Advanced Topics in Medicare Cost Reporting
Robert Howey, CPA, Revenue Cycle Manager, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL [2 sessions]
♦ Challenges in Bundled Pricing for Transplants: Are We Ready?
Martin J D’Cruz, FHFMA, MBA, Managed Care Executive, Ascension Health, Indianapolis, IN
♦ BMT: Clinical Trials – The Carousel of Progress
Angela Simmons , Vice President, Revenue and Reimbursement, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN
♦ BMT: What’s New with the NMDP
Stephanie Farnia, MPH, Director, Payer Policy, National Marrow Donor Program/Be the Match, Minneapolis, MN
♦ BMT 101: Hop on the TFC Monorail in the HCT world!
Rajwant Dhami, Bone Marrow Transplant Financial Coordinator, Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
♦ Can feel as if planning for a trip to the moon … Coping with the care needs of our sick child & the financial needs of our family
Rick Lofgren, CFRE, President & CEO, COTA-Children’s Organ Transplant Association, Bloomington, IN
♦ Tomorrowland?? Thinking about “tomorrow” now – coping with alifetime of transplant costs ….
Rick Lofgren, CFRE, President & CEO, Children’s Organ Transplant Association-COTA, Bloomington, IN; David Bakelman, CEO, HelpHOPELive, Philadelphia, PA;
Claire Prince, LCSW, Director of Patient Services, National Foundation for Transplants-NFT, Memphis, TN
♦ Live Donor Financial Toolkit & Resources / National Living Donor Assistance Center [NLDAC] Program Updates & Usage
Holly Warren, Program Coordinator/ASTS Program Director, NLDAC, Arlington, VA
Rebecca Hayes, MSW, APSW, Live Donor Social Worker and ILDA, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
♦ And the Beat Goes On….Authorizations & Reimbursement for VADs
Lori Almand, BA, North American Director Market Access, Government Policy & Economic Outcomes Health Policy, HeartWare, Inc. Framingham, MA
Pamela Combs, PhD, RN, Director of Cardiovascular Services, Seton Medical Center, Austin, TX
♦ Creating Spot On Communication Within a Multi-disciplinary Transplant Team
Shanda Ross, RN, MSN, Manager, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
♦ The Bare Necessities of Medicare
Ruth Wilhelm, Transplant Financial Manager, The Virginia Transplant Center, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, Henrico, VA
Lisa McDermott, Transplant Operations Analyst, Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN
♦ It Really Is A Small World After All! Let’s Connect & Learn
Lisa McDermott, Transplant Operations Analyst, Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN;
Lisa Donovan, Transplant Financial Coordinator, SUNY Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, NY
www.tfcassociation.org
~~ Draft Agenda - Subject to change ~~