2010 OPPS UPDATES and ADVANCED

CHARGE MASTER SEMINAR

Tuesday January 26thand Wednesday January 27th

8:30 am . 4:30 pm

Buffalo/Niagara Marriott

1340 Millersport Highway

Amherst, NY14221

(716) 636-6035

Day 1:

Registration 8:30 – 9:00 am

  • Charge Master Concepts
  • 2010 OPPS -The Final Rule
  • Composite APCs
  • Bundling and Packaging
  • Status Indicator Changes
  • 2010 Updates - Payment Implications and Impacts

Day 2:

Registration 8:30 – 9:00 am

  • Impact/Coding Changes By Department
  • Hands on Exercises
  • Payment for Devices and Implants
  • Drugs, Radiopharmaceuticals, Biologicals and Blood
  • Impact/Updates – Other Services
  • Charge Capture Analysis and Essentials
  • Pricing Considerations

2010 OPPS UPDATES and ADVANCED

CHARGE MASTER SEMINAR

Who Should Attend:

This seminar is for reimbursement managers, PFS managers, business office managers, medical record personnel, compliance officers, controllers, CFOs, department heads, chargemaster or APC coordinators and all others responsible for updating and maintaining the chargemaster. This seminar is also for those who need to have a firm understanding of how to implement a charge review and reconciliation process.

Speaker Bio:

Mike Kovaris a Partner in Tatum LLC.s Health Care Consulting Practice. He has performed over 400 charge master, revenue capture, and patient charge compliance reviews. He received his Masters degree in Business Administration from Loyola University of Chicago,and is a nationally recognized speaker for charge master and other revenue capture-related issues.

Registration Fee (breakfast and lunch each day is included):

Members $120 - 2 day session, $65 - 1 day

Non-Members $140 - 2 day session $75 - 1 day

After five paid 2 day registrations from the same facility, additional attendees are free but must be listed on the registration form.

A block of rooms has been reserved at a cost of $110 per night. Please contact:

Buffalo/Niagara Marriott

1340 Millersport Highway

Amherst, NY14221

(716) 636-6035

HFMA has subsidized this seminar in order to offer this valuable conference at a reduced rate. We would also like to thank our generous sponsors who make these educational offerings possible.

To take full advantage of this seminar, please bring a charge master to this session. YTD revenue and usage merged into this document would be useful. Time will be allotted for review during this session.

2010 OPPS UPDATES and ADVANCED CHARGE MASTER SEMINAR

Mail, fax, or email registration by January 20, 2010 to:

Rachel Davis, Kaleida Health Finance

726 Exchange Street Suite 200

Buffalo,NY14210

PHONE: (716)859-8556

FAX: (716) 859-8664

Email:

Checks Payable to: HFMA TREASURER

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The Western New York Chapter of HFMA is pleased to recognize, and wishes to express its sincere appreciation to those who support our educational programs throughout the year– our valued Sponsors!

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Med Rev Recoveries

GOLD SPONSORS:

Freed Maxick & Battaglia, CPAs

Lumsden & McCormick, LLP

McKay Consulting, LLP

Outsource Receivable Management, Inc.

Upstate New York Transplant Services

SILVER SPONSORS:

Healthnow New York, Inc.

KPMG, LLP

PracticeManagementCenter

Reimbursement Alliance Group

UniveraHealthcare

BRONZE SPONSORS:

The Bonadio Group

CBCS National

Hodgson Russ Attorneys, LLP

MedAssist

Outsource Realm, LLC

R-Tech Healthcare Revenue Technologies, Inc.

Summit Healthcare Solutions